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Johns Hopkins SAIS expert develops new data platform for study of economic progress in India
MEDIA ADVISORY In developing countries, policy-makers often have insufficient knowledge of socioeconomic conditions throughout the country. The household surveys most often used for research and policy and as the basis for national statistics rarely describe conditions with high geographic...
Johns Hopkins SAIS to host “American Diplomacy in a Disordered World” with U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) William J. Burns
MEDIA ADVISORY The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will host a session titled “American Diplomacy in a Disordered World” with former deputy secretary of state, Ambassador William J. Burns, on September 16. This session will feature a discussion on Burns’ latest book, “...
Johns Hopkins SAIS names Paula G. Thornhill Associate Director of the Strategic Studies Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) has named Paula G. Thornhill Associate Director of the Strategic Studies program. She will also serve as an Associate Professor of the Practice of Strategic Studies. Thornhill has served as an...
Johns Hopkins SAIS and SOAS University of London launch cooperative degree program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and SOAS University of London have partnered to launch a cooperative degree program. This two-year program, will enable students to earn a Master of Arts in International Affairs at SAIS Europe, the...
Johns Hopkins SAIS expert develops new research on improvements to global power transmission and distribution
MEDIA ADVISORY Today, the Center for Global Sustainability at the University of Maryland and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), launched new research in Nature Climate Change quantifying potential opportunities for emissions reductions from improvements to global...
Eliot A. Cohen named ninth dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS
MEDIA ADVISORY Distinguished scholar, accomplished author, and senior official in the George W. Bush administration, Eliot A. Cohen, begins his tenure as dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Cohen will serve as the school’s ninth dean, succeeding Vali R. Nasr,...
Johns Hopkins SAIS expert develops research paper on effects of Chinese export slowdown
MEDIA ADVISORY New research co-authored by economist and professor Filipe Campante at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) details how negative economic shocks, such as decreases in exports, may result in domestic political turmoil, due to the impact these events have...
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, named 2019 Commencement Speaker for the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
MEDIA ADVISORY Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will deliver the keynote address during the 2019 commencement ceremony for the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Wednesday, May 22 at 11 a.m. at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC...
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson to speak at "The Condoleezza Rice Women Who Inspire Lecture Series" May 2, at Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington, DC
MEDIA ADVISORY Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will host "Leadership in the Context of National Security," a discussion with Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Thursday, May 2, in Washington, DC. The discussion will be moderated by Barbara Barrett, former U.S....
Johns Hopkins SAIS to host Rethinking Iran book discussion on, “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran,” with author Lior Sternfeld, May 3 in Washington, DC
MEDIA ADVISORY Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will host a session with Lior Sternfeld, to discuss his latest book, Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran, which is one of the first definitive histories of Iran’s ancient Jewish community....