School of Global Affairs and Public Policy News

The Humanitarian Paradigm as a Neoliberal Technology 

Panel discussion on The Humanitarian Paradigm as a Neoliberal Technology in the context of the war on Gaza.

AUC at COP28

AUCians made their voices heard at COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

CMRS was invited by UNHCR to represent AUC as the leading regional university on Migration and Refugees issues in the Global Refugee Forum

Maysa Ayoub, Associate Director of CMRS was invited by the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) to represent the American University in Cairo (AUC) as the leading regional university on Migration and Refugees issues in the Global Refugee Forum.

Thomas Skouteris Named 'Most Inspiring Legal Academic'

Thomas Skouteris, associate professor and chair of AUC’s Department of Law, was honored with the Most Inspiring Legal

Faculty Exchange Visit to University of the Western Cape

Mohamed Fahmy Menza, Senior Director of GAPP executive education, visited the University of the Western Cape.

GAPP and Ford Foundation Launches the Responding Neoliberal Economic model: Voices from the Global South

Ford Foundation attendees from five institutions from the Global South, gathered at AUC for the launching event.

Exploring the Future of Communications with AI

The Journalism and Mass Communication Department in collaboration with School of Sciences and Engineering hosted the 13th International Conference on Information Communication and Management (ICICM) bringing together experts to discuss the future of AI in Digital MarCom Management as well a

Cairo Media Conference 5

A strong press has been theorized to be a key element of a functioning healthy country, with citizens relying on journalism and the media industry to provide accurate information and to hold authority accountable, particularly at times of crises.

GAPP hosted nine ambassadors from the Association of South-East Asian Nations

On March 19, 2023, in a gathering hosted by PPAD Assistant Professor Dr. Hisham Wahby, students had theunique opportunity to meet with eight ambassadors and one Deputy Chief of Mission representing Singapore,

Book Launch Event- Celebrating 50 Years of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court

Marking 50 years since the founding of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, GAPP's Law and Society Research Unit (LSRU) partnered with the SCC to collect 50 landmark decisions of the

Shaping the Future: The Role of Statistics in Politics: Good Governance or Good Image?

On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, GAPP held the first event on the series Shaping the Future on The Role of Statistics in Politics: Good Governance or Good Image?, the speaker was Magued Osman, CEO and Director of the Egyptian Center for Public Opin

Euro-Med Conference 2019: “The EU, Middle East and Africa in the 21st Century”

MESC hosted a joint workshop with the European University Institute on "Order and Disorder in the Middle East and North Africa: New Perspectives on Regional Security and Political Economy"

Euro-Med Studies at MESC includes a number of aspects, from EU supported activities such as a public lecture series, workshops and student conferences to associated publications, events and courses.

Should cultural artifacts be returned to their country of origin?

The Center of American Studies and Research (CASAR) Student Discussion Series for the fall 2023 semester event is a student-led debate on whether cultural artifacts should be returned to their country of origin or not.

DiaMiGo Project- Joint Exchange Program between CMRS and the University of Cologne

Ten AUC students and six AUC faculty and staff participated in the Dialogue on Migration Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean (DiaMiGo) Fall Academy held at the University of Cologne, Germany.