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Stewart draws on days in Parliament, and Afghan villages, in new Yale role

March 18, 2024

Rory Stewart, a former British diplomat who recently returned to Yale, discusses his approach to teaching grand strategy — and offering hope in a bleak time.

Rwanda policy dialogue with President Salovey and EGC affiliates’ research

March 15, 2024

Salovey delivered remarks that described Yale’s contribution to transforming research into policy in Africa.

PODCAST: Digital inclusion and economic development

March 15, 2024

Pramod Varma, Chief Architect of Aadhaar, India's digital identification program, discusses the role of digital public infrastructure in economic...

Going the last mile (with evidence)

March 14, 2024

A new study in Sierra Leone shows that it is possible to get health interventions to remote and under-resourced areas cost-effectively and with good uptake.

Vaccine delivery initiative expands in Sierra Leone

March 13, 2024

A medical care and vaccine delivery project, co-led by Yale’s Mushfiq Mobarak, is expanding into remote, rural parts of the West African nation.

PODCAST: The importance of the sacred, with Martin Jean

March 13, 2024

In the new episode of the YDS Quadcast, Martin Jean, director of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, discusses the ISM’s past, present, and future.

Exploring the unexpected effects of ‘rational inattention’ on profits

March 12, 2024

A new study reveals that in markets where information processing is particularly complex, increased competition can lead companies to capture higher profits.

Why market size and equality are critical for poverty reduction

March 12, 2024

In a Q&A, Yale economist Pinelopi Goldberg explores the role of population size, trade, and inequality in today’s changing global economy.

Defending Enlightenment reasoning in an age of ‘alternative facts’

March 11, 2024

In his new book, Ian Shapiro defends the Enlightenment principles of science and reasoned thinking against philosophical assaults from the right and left.

Pulitzer Prize-winning authors on the art of writing biographies

March 7, 2024

At a recent Jackson School event, journalist Kai Bird and Yale historian Beverly Gage discussed how biographies help tell the story of human history.