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Steve Osofsky, IAD

In this NYT opinion piece, author Thomas L. Friedman writes how Steve Osofsky "summarized how the health of wildlife, the health of ecosystems and our...

Condemns Anti-Asian Racism and Violence

Einaudi stands with our Asian and Asian American colleagues and students. Read the statement to find out how to report campus incidents of bias.

Africans in Science and Technology

In contrast to the objective conditions and the current images of Africa in the global geo-politics measured by indicators of socio-economic...

Moving Words, Moving Worlds: Migration, Exile and Return

Poetry is sometimes viewed as the least directly political of literary genres, yet the political and other forms of exile have encroached on the lives...

Chris Barrett, IAD and SEAP

“The risk of food price spikes is driving people into diets or undernutrition who don't need to be there. We've got to find ways to both temper demand...
Vusi Gumede has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Development and Business Science, University of Mpumalanga (UMP).  Before joining...

The African Community in China in the Age of Renewed China-Africa Cooperation

The IAD Occasional Papers Series is a biannual publication of multi-disciplinary, policy-oriented articles in all fields of African studies relevant...

Chris Barrett, IAD

While many of the speakers during the event lamented a broken system, Chris Barrett, professor and co-editor-in-chief of Food Policy at Cornell...

Prospects and Impediments to Peaceful Democratic Transitions in West Africa:...

Friday, December 11, 2020 December 11, 900am-12:00pm (EST)/2:00pm-5:00pm (GMT)                                                                        ...

Federal Grant to Support Learning Hubs in Ghana, Zambia

The Institute for African Development has been awarded a three-year UISFL grant to strengthen African studies and languages.