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IAD Distinguished Africanist Scholar: Dr. Kouame Kouadio, Researcher, Head of Eco Epidemiology unit, Department of Environmental Health, Pasteur Institute (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)

Kouadio

Kouamé Kouadio is an Ivorian senior researcher and the Head of the eco epidemiology unit within the Department of Environmental Health at Pasteur Institute (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire).

IAD DAS Lecture                                                                                          
Hospital Waste Management in the Context of Pandemics: case of  the Covid 19 (Wednesday, September 20, @2:30pm G-08 Uris Hall) 
The Challenge of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa: From the Diagnostic State to the Prospect of their Eradication  (Thursday, September 21,  @4:30-6:00pm Africana Center and Research Center)

Institute for African Development Seminar: Women's Land Rights and Rural Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa

September 27, 2023

2:30 pm

Uris Hall, G-08

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The seminar series for fall 2023 explores the future of African land, agriculture and food, digging into the contestations, conflicting and converging visions from a wide range of perspectives. How might land be used, valued and lived in, across cities, rural communities, forests, deserts and grasslands on the continent in the future? Who is proposing different visions of land futures in Africa, what are the histories, politics, socio-cultural, environmental and economic implications of these potential visions? In one of the regions with the most youthful populations, how are young people considering possible futures? What are ways that land, agriculture and food systems could be resilient, healthy, ecological, thriving and just? Can there be a decolonial agriculture and food future in Africa that celebrates Indigenous and local foodways?

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Einaudi Center for International Studies

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Information Session: Travel Grants & Global PhD Research Awards

November 15, 2023

4:45 pm

Uris Hall, G02

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies funds international graduate student research!

Research travel grants provide international travel support for graduate and professional students to conduct short-term research or fieldwork outside the United States. Global PhD Research Awards fund fieldwork for 9 to 12 months of dissertation research.

Contact einaudi_center@einaudi.cornell.edu for more information.

Register for the information session.

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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.

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Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

IAD Africa Summer '23 Internship Presentations

Interns presentation
September 11, 2023

Reflections of Summer 2023

To get lost is to learn the way. - African proverb

October 26, 2023  4:00pm  Willard Straight Browsing Library

Join us for presentations, reflections, and stories from the Institute for African Development Summer 2023 research interns. Learn how you too can intern next summer in Ghana and Zambia.

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IAD seminar: Chinese Investment and African Industrialization: from Farms to Factories

September 13, 2023

2:30 pm

Uris Hall, G-08

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The seminar series for fall 2023 explores the future of African land, agriculture and food, digging into the contestations, conflicting and converging visions from a wide range of perspectives. How might land be used, valued and lived in, across cities, rural communities, forests, deserts and grasslands on the continent in the future? Who is proposing different visions of land futures in Africa, what are the histories, politics, socio-cultural, environmental and economic implications of these potential visions? In one of the regions with the most youthful populations, how are young people considering possible futures? What are ways that land, agriculture and food systems could be resilient, healthy, ecological, thriving and just?

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Einaudi Center for International Studies

East Asia Program

Institute for African Development

Kurt Waldman

Kurt Waldman

Assistant Professor, Department of Global Development

Kurt Waldman is an assistant professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University. He studies judgment and decision making related to environmental sustainability, climate adaptation and food security. He uses interdisciplinary quantitative methods, drawing on behavioral experiments, econometrics, and often integrating social and environmental data.

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  • Faculty
  • IAD Core Faculty

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Information Session: Dissertation Proposal Development Program

October 23, 2023

4:45 pm

The Einaudi Dissertation Proposal Development Program (DPD) supports 12 PhD students annually by offering seminars, workshops, mentoring sessions, and up to $5,000 for summer research. Applicants’ research projects must focus on global issues, but the proposed research setting may be international or domestic.

In this session, you'll learn more about the details of the program and advice on the application process.

Register for event here.

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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.

Additional Information

Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

East Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for African Development

Institute for European Studies

South Asia Program

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