School of Global Affairs and Public Policy News
- January 4, 2023Global connectionsAs the U.S. midterm elections passed this November it remains clear that the U.S. public is deeply divided by partisan lines.
- December 20, 2022
Gender and Climate: The Importance of Intersectionality
Global connectionsAs climate change continues to degrade the environment, disrupt people’s livelihoods and threaten social stability, it has become increasingly important to analyze its impacts and solutions t
- November 24, 2022
Finance for Climate Action
Noha El-Mikawy, dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, chats with Vera Songwe, a nonresident senior fellow at Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative, and former under-secretary general at the United Nations (UN) and executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa on the Finance for Climate Action report how emerging market economies can fill the fiscal constraints and the impact of Climate Change. - December 19, 2022
Decolonization of Knowledge
Noha El-Mikawy, Dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, chats with Alasdair Roberts, inaugural director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, as well as Jocelyne Bourgon, visiting scholar at the Canada School of Public Service on the Decolonization of Knowledge Production. - December 19, 2022
The Public Policy and Administration Department organized the eleventh meeting of the the Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration
The Public Policy and Administration Department (PPAD) organized the eleventh meeting of the Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration (AMEPPA) on December 9-10, 2022. - December 19, 2022
AUC Receives $86 Million USAID Grant, Largest in University History, for Scholarships and Training
University NewsThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded The American University in Cairo (AUC) $86 million for USAID Egyptian Pioneers, a new program that provides scholarships and training to Egyptian students with emphasis on sectors that can advance Egypt’s climate goals. - December 6, 2022
Qatar on the Global Stage: Faculty Insight into the FIFA World Cup 2022
Global connectionsQatar is the first Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup, thrusting it into the global spotlight.
- November 9, 2022
Household International Migration Survey in the Mediterranean Countries.
NewsCenter for Mirgration and Refugee studies (CMRS) in cooperation with the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) delivered a two-day tra
- November 20, 2022
AUCTV Covers COP27 Activities
The American University in Cairo's (AUC) TV team participated in COP-27 through comprehensive media coverage of the activities in the Green Zone and the AU
- November 20, 2022
Twitter Troubles: Faculty Insight
Global connectionsFake, verified Twitter accounts caused chaos after Elon Musk, who purchased the platform in October for $44 billion, allowe
- November 16, 2022
Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism@COP27
The Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism had an active role in representing GAPP and AUC at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh.