Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Restrictions on abortion are not just a matter of domestic politics. Abortion access has also proven to be a key international policy issue, producing wide ranging impacts. What are the barriers to ensuring safe and legal abortion access globally, and what are the successful strategies being mounted against them? The Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs convened leading strategists, researchers, medical practitioners and human rights advocates from Colombia, Ireland, Kenya, Poland and the U.S. to shed light on their challenges and successes at our fall quarter Buffett Symposium. Foreign Policy magazine's research and advisory division FP Analytics produced a synthesis report on key takeaways from the convening. Read: https://lnkd.in/gRtaKBxJ

Following Donald Trump’s electoral win, the Buffett Institute convened six Northwestern University faculty experts to discuss the impacts of the new administration, focusing on topics ranging from international relations to immigration. The panel featured history professor Michael Allen, global health studies professor Sarah Rodriguez, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law professor David Dana, and political science professors Karen Alter, Julie Lee Merseth and William Reno. "There’s going to be tremendous corruption that’s going to be less visible under the surface,” said Professor Alter. “Because tariff and economic security policies can be used to reward friends and punish people who are not.” Read more insights from the panel in The Daily Northwestern's recap: http://spr.ly/6041Qwa4S

Listen to episode three of Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HER♀)—a podcast from Foreign Policy with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Atlantic Council—featuring Gargee Ghosh and Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi. Hear their strategies to best support women and girls and reduce poverty: http://spr.ly/6044Qy4eI

Hear key insights from Foreign Policy's antimicrobial resistance outbreak simulation convening government health ministry, NGO and industry leaders across the world—and the co-lead of the Buffett Institute's Antimicrobial Resistance Global Working Group, Professor Mehreen Arshad—to think through how to coordinate efforts across sectors and drive sustainable investment in research to tackle the mounting global crisis of antimicrobial resistance: http://spr.ly/6041t42z1

Northwestern faculty, students and staff are invited to join us for our Buffett First Friday Lunch this week to hear from Sara Huston, co-lead of the Buffett Institute’s Global FamDNA Working Group and Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Huston will discuss her research on utilizing scientific DNA testing technologies to reconnect separated families. 🗓 Friday, December 6 at 12:30 p.m. 🥙 Lunch begins at 12:15 p.m. 🔗 Register to attend in person: http://spr.ly/6048t4XJK

Among the reparations that may be owed to victims and survivors of human rights violations are epistemic reparations—the opportunity for them to testify and document their own stories to a wider public. Professor Brent E. Huffman was inspired by the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs' Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group to create the Documenting Carceral Injustice Program at the Northwestern University Medill School to help facilitate these opportunities for those incarcerated in nearby prisons. 🎬 Attend this quarter's culminating documentary screening this Monday, December 9 at 6:30 p.m. in Evanston at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum. 🎥 Learn more about the program, which is a part of the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) and Buffett's Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group: https://lnkd.in/dvw78K8j 🌎 Learn more about the Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group: https://lnkd.in/g6uhZ-xQ

Listen to the season 7 premiere of the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HER♀)—a podcast from Foreign Policy with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Atlantic Council—featuring Christine Lagarde and Malado Kaba on their efforts to advance women and girls economically. https://lnkd.in/gn-UT3tk

If you're a Northwestern University graduate student, consider applying for a Buffett Institute International Conference Travel Grant. These grants fund Northwestern doctoral students and terminal master’s students who are traveling to present their research at a professional academic conference in a location outside of the United States. 🗓 Learn more and apply by January 15, 2025: http://spr.ly/6044tpeRC

Northwestern University faculty: Interested in funding to address a significant global or international problem in an interdisciplinary, collaborative context? Explore Buffett Institute's Global Working Group grants and apply by February 14, 2025: http://spr.ly/6040tpdQM

Northwestern University students, faculty and staff: Join the Buffett Institute for our December First Friday Lunch featuring Sara Huston, co-lead of the Buffett Institute’s Global FamDNA Working Group and Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Huston will discuss her research on utilizing scientific DNA testing technologies to reconnect separated families. 🗓 Friday, December 6 at 12:30 p.m. CT 🔗 Register to attend in person: http://spr.ly/6048tpjpG