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An innovative new startup co-founded by Jackson grad Corey Pattison offers more than just a glimmer of hope in the uphill battle to combat climate change.

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan opened up about the promises and pitfalls of his country’s sustainable development journey.

Master's students Joyce Guo and Graeme Clements are leading research teams that are investigating the environmental costs of the growing semiconductor manufacturing industry and the potential impacts of U.S. sanctions on China’s efforts to develop their own supply chain.

Interview with Kah Walla, a Cameroonian politician, entrepreneur and social activist who ran for president in 2011. She is also the CEO of STRATEGIES!, a leadership and management consulting firm she founded in 1995. In this interview, Walla discusses her perspectives on strategies for social change in Africa.

Interview with 2020 Yale World Fellow Hyppolite Ntigurirwa, an artist, activist, and founder of Be the Peace, an organization focusing on the use of art to halt the intergenerational transmission of hate and to promote the power of cross-generational healing. A child survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Hyppolite continues to promote reconciliation and peace throughout Rwanda.

H.E. Timothy Musa Kabba, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Sierra Leone discusses coups, climate change, and conflict minerals — and his own remarkable journey from a child soldier in his country’s civil war all the way to the UN Security Council.

Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees (Yale World Fellow ’10) talks about the interplay between the local and the global, how questions of identity shape his approach to politics, and how to fix our broken political systems.

Iván Duque, President of Colombia from 2018-2022 on climate change, populism, polarization and Latin America’s role in the new multipolar world order.

From a young age, Jackson alum Rheanne Wirkkala knew she wanted to work in government. The steps she’s taken since — from Yale to Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and now foreign policy consulting— have been in pursuit of that dream.

A new policy brief, released April 11, 2023, by Jackson School Professor Catherine Panter-Brick and colleagues offers insight on how sustainable peacebuilding can be practiced.