During a recent class at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, a discussion about changes to the global order over the past century ended in a series of arm-wrestling matches.
Literally. At the instructor’s urging, the students broke into pairs and...
A new study co-authored by Yale sociologist Nicholas A. Christakis demonstrates that tapping into the dynamics of friendship significantly improves the possibility that a community will adopt public health and other interventions aimed at improved human...
Reading aloud to children through a community-based volunteer program significantly boosted levels of life satisfaction in Syrian refugee women living in Jordan, providing them a tangible sense of fulfillment, agency, and human dignity, according to a new...
In his career, Rory Stewart has held key diplomatic posts in conflict zones and participated in policymaking at the highest levels of the U.K. government, as a diplomat, cabinet secretary, and member of Parliament.
But a hike across Asia, completed during...
Sixteen leaders of cultural institutions from across Africa have embarked on a ground-breaking initiative with Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) to develop museums, libraries, and other organizations that preserve material...
Two years ago, Yale archaeologist Veronica Waweru was in central Kenya, where she conducts her fieldwork, when she received a tip from a local contact. Tourists, she was told, were removing stone hand axes from a prehistoric site located within a private...
During a panel event at last month’s UN climate conference in Dubai, Brurce M. Mecca, a climate policy advisor from Indonesia, and Naomi Wagura, an energy expert based in Kenya, swapped ideas for financing clean-energy transitions in countries within the...
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, acclaimed military historian Andrew Roberts contacted retired Gen. David Petraeus and proposed that the two write a book together that contextualized the conflict by considering the history of warfare...
William Nordhaus can recall the precise moment when he became interested in what is now known as “green accounting,” a type of accounting that factors environmental costs and benefits into measures of economic activity.
It was 1969, and he was thumbing...
Providing poor women, including Syrian refugees, in Amman, Jordan, with volunteer opportunities helps them diversify their social networks, enhances their sense of empowerment and wellbeing, and potentially encourages social change, according to a new...