School of Global Affairs and Public Policy News

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.

Current Gender Scholars, Future Change Agents

The Tomorrow’s Leaders Gender Scholars (TLS) program welcomed its third cohort of students from various academic backgrounds.

Gaza Crisis: What’s Next?

A week into the most recent conflict in Gaza, News@AUC spoke with Bahgat Korany, political science professor, and Ibrahim Awad, professor of practice in global affairs and director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, to gain insight into what the future may hold.&nbsp

Does Social Media do More Harm Than Good?

Launching the Center of American Studies and Research (CASAR) Student Discussion Series for the Fall 2023 semester, a student-led debate event took place on "Whether social media does more harm than good?"

Yousef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership Program Welcomes A New Cohort

The Yousef Jameel Public Leadership Program welcomed its 12th cohort of scholars from across Egypt who will pursue a master's degree at AUC, in addition to studying abroad for a semester and working at public, private and nonprofit organizations.

AUC witnesses the graduation of two cohorts of the Digital Media Diploma

AUC witnesses the graduation of two cohorts of the Digital Media Diploma (DMD).

Meet Our New Faculty

A warm welcome to all our new faculty! With research interests from international policy to visual storytelling, we are thrilled to have incoming faculty this fall who are experts in a range of disciplines.

Shahjahan Bhuiyan has been appointed as a Commissioner of NASPAA

Shahjahan Bhuiyan, professor at the Department of Public Policy and Administration and GAPP's associate dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration, has been appointed as a Commissioner of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration's (NASPAA)

A Country of Defiance; Mapping the Casamance in Senegal. New Book by Mark W. Deets

A historiographical analysis of human geography and a social history of nationalist separatism and cultural identity in southern Senegal.