The notion that humanitarian response should center on the people it serves, rather than the aid agencies serving them, has been repeatedly codified in humanitarian commitments as far back as […]
Name: Kaitlyn LynesDegree: M.A. International AffairsYear Graduated: 2017Career/Field: Arms Management and Destruction / Humanitarian Mine ActionTitle: Regional SALW Project Development ManagerOrganization: The HALO Trust What brought you to The New School?I already lived in New […]
Name: Hannah Dunphy Degree: M.A. Year Graduated: 2014 Career: Human Rights and Media Title: Digital Communications Manager Organization: Physicians for Human Rights What brought you to The New School? I […]
Name: Skye Dobson Degree: Master of Arts in International Affairs Year Graduated: 2011 Career: Non-Profit Occupation: Director of Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Skye Dobson is a […]
Name: Mahmoud Ameen Degree Program: M.A. program in International Affairs Graduation Year: 2016 Career: Diplomat Occupation: Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the UN Before enrolling at […]
Name: Tulsi Byrne Degree: M.A. program in International Affairs Year Graduated: 2015 Career: Gender Rights Title: Responsible Investment Team at Nuveen, New York, NY Tulsi Byrne came […]
Published on Art and culture create an emotional response in people, which then opens up the space to change how people think and act around different social justice issues. So […]
Published on Vesna Jaksic Lowe graduated with an MS in International Affairs with a concentration in Governance and Rights from The New School in 2011. She works as a communications […]
Published on Patrick Guyer is an Impact Measurement Specialist with Oxfam Novib in The Hague, Netherlands. His work combines quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation techniques to make better […]
Published on Stuypend is an alternative payment processing system designed to help small independent businesses avoid the high fees of processing credit cards. Think of it like Venmo, but […]
Published on Earlier this month, SGPIA Alum Melissa De La Cruz (Development, ‘17) and her two teammates, Ann Le and Angela DeGeorge, reached the semi-finals of hOUR City, the 2017 […]
Published on Feet in 2 Worlds’ latest edition of its magazine is now available online: Is it Safe Here? Redefining Sanctuary in the Trump Era. The magazine features articles, commentaries and […]
Marija Šajkaš (pronounced as Maria Say-kash) is an SGPIA alum who is a communications and political consultant based in New York City. Her expertise lie in media, immigration, and transitional justice in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Marija also works as a foreign correspondent for a Belgrade-based weekly publication and her first novel was just translated into English.
Published on SGPIA Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr has been working on human rights and development for over thirty years. She was recently awarded the 2016 Best Book in Human Rights by […]
Published on Equity for Children (EFC), an advocacy and social change initiative of SGPIA that focuses on the rights and wellbeing of children, recently had two research papers published in internationally […]
Published on Equity for Children is an impact driven advocacy and social change initiative at Milano focused on children’s rights and wellbeing. Below are two recently published articles written by the […]
Published on SGPIA alum Alexandra Vasquez was two weeks deep into a summer-long housing development project with the International Field Program (IFP) in Colombia when she realized she wanted to return to the […]
Published on How has microcredit changed over the past 15 years? SGPIA Alum and Director of Bankers Without Borders at The Grameen Foundation Sabrina Quaraishi describes the movement’s development in four waves. […]
Published on International Women’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the gender equality agenda—its progress and achievements over the last decade, and the work that remains in order to close […]
Published on SGPIA alum Christina Arabia, a consultant at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), is working on a set of projects that bolster the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The […]
Published on Vida Tehrani, a May 2015 GPIA graduate hailing from Oakland, California, has accepted a position with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in N’Djamena, Chad. Her position as a Grants Officer consists of […]
Published on GPIA alum Yael Even Or had some journalism experience in her native country of Israel prior to attending the The New School, but had never produced an audio […]
Published on Milano alumna Jesica Santos’s piece in the Huffington Post covers the recent decision by the Central African Republic’s (CAR) Transitional Council to adopt a law that will set up a […]
Published on Tania Lee, a GPIA alumna who concentrated in Conflict and Security, is an ICT4D (Internet Communications Technology for Development) specialist. Prior to GPIA she received a B.A. in […]
Published on French Smith (GPIA, Spring 2015) is currently a Fellow for the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security at the UN Plaza. In her new role French will be performing policy […]