News and Information
Varieties of Democracy Project Wins European Commission Funding The European Commission has awarded €475,000 (about $616,500) to an international research collaboration led by Faculty Fellow Michael Coppedge and based in the US at the Kellogg Institute.
Bolten Book Examines Wartime Survival Strategies in Sierra Leone
Faculty Fellow Cat Bolten's new book, I Did It to Save My Life: Love and Survival in Sierra Leone, shows the power of love, compassion, material exchange, and nurturing to confront the horrors of war.
Oka Investigates Informal Trading in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp
Faculty Fellow Rahul Oka is studying the vital role of the informal economy in a 90,000-person camp for refugees from conflicts in East Africa and Congo.
Development Agency Leaders Discuss University Role in Promoting Integral Human Development
Former president of Catholic Relief Services Ken Hackett and Kellogg Advisory Board member Ray Offenheiser of Oxfam America spoke on integral human development.
Bleck Wins African Politics Best Dissertation Award
Faculty Fellow Jaimie Bleck has won the 2011 Lynne Rienner Award for Best Dissertation in African Politics from the APSA’s Africa Politics Conference Group.
Cassel Elected to Inter-American Justice Body
Faculty Fellow Douglass Cassel has been elected by the OAS to serve on the Board of Directors of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA).
Nalepa Wins Second Book Award
Faculty Fellow Monika Nalepa has won the APSA’s 2012 Leon D. Epstein prize for Skeletons in the Closet, which was honored by the APSA’s Comparative Democratization section in 2011.
New O’Connell Book: What Is War?
Faculty Fellow Mary Ellen O’Connell gathers a stellar, interdisciplinary array of experts to define war in her new edited volume.
New Books and Award in Kellogg Book Series
A study of “violent democratization” in Colombia wins LASA award. Recent Kellogg books focus on themes ranging from the quality of democracy to the role of religion in politics and society.
Kaboski Wins Frisch Medal
Faculty Fellow Joseph Kaboski has won one of the most prestigious awards in the field of economics for a paper evaluating the impact of microfinance in the developing world.
Pensado Considers Future of “Yo Soy 132” Movement
Does the “Mexican Spring” student movement have staying power? Faculty Fellow Jaime Pensado reports—with photos—from Mexico.
Paolo Carozza Appointed Director of Kellogg Institute
Area Educators Exchange Ideas for “Creating a World~Class~Room”
A Kellogg summer workshop gives local teachers strategies for building international learning and cultural awareness in their K-12 classrooms.
Fr. Pelton’s Romero Film Honored by LASA
Faculty Fellow Rev. Robert Pelton, CSC’s film Monseñor, the Last Journey of Óscar Romero has received the 2012 Award of Merit in Film from the Latin American Studies Association.
Cardoso Honored with $1 Million Prize
Former president of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a distinguished sociologist and public figure with longtime ties to the Kellogg Institute, is the 2012 recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize.
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, who served as president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, and who was instrumental in establishing the Kellogg Institute, turned 95 May 25.
Students Fight Xenophobia in South Africa
With a Kellogg International Educational Opportunity Grant, Notre Dame design professor Robert Sedlack and his students traveled to South Africa to design an innovative campaign to unite a South African community divided by xenophobia. Read more and view powerful video here.
Kaboski: Microfinance Yields Mixed Results in Thai Study
A study coauthored by Faculty Fellow Joseph Kaboski suggests that microfinance programs may not always be the most cost-effective tool to fight poverty.
Richman Wins Award for Creole Course
The online Creole course that Faculty Fellow Karen Richman created to build connections to Haitian culture has won the 2012 Award for OpenCourseWare Excellence.
Amartya Sen Honored for Human Development Work by the Kellogg Institute’s Ford Program
The Nobel Prize–winning economist and philosopher Amartya Sen received the 2012 Notre Dame Award for International Human Development and Solidarity at a campus ceremony on April 17.
Kollman to Direct Center for Social Concerns
Faculty Fellow Rev. Paul Kollman, CSC, has been appointed executive director of the University’s Center for Social Concerns, effective July 1.
Smith-Oka Wins Global Citizenship Award
Faculty Fellow Vania Smith-Oka has been awarded the Center for Public Anthropology’s Ruth Benedict Global Citizenship Award in recognition of her involvement with the center’s Community Action Project.
South African Bishop to Deliver Romero Lecture
Romero Days featured Bishop Kevin Dowling, CSsR, who drew inspiration from Archbishop Romero for the struggle against apartheid.
Research on Religion and Public Health Wins Templeton Grant
Faculty Fellows Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC, and Molly Lipscomb have been awarded a $279,000 Templeton Foundation grant to support their research on the role of religious organizations in promoting public health initiatives in Africa.
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas to Speak at Kellogg
Mexican statesman Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas will speak on the contemporary political process in Mexico in a Kellogg Institute lecture on February 22.
WNIT Features Kellogg Fellows
Faculty Fellows Jaimie Bleck and Erin Metz McDonnell joined Assistant Director Holly Rivers to discuss working abroad on WNIT's "Economic Outlook."
Pinderhughes Chairs Research Institute on Democratic Governance
Faculty Fellow Dianne Pinderhughes has been named cochair of the new Civic Engagement and Governance Institute launched by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, DC.
Varieties of Democracy Project Releases Pilot Study Data
Data and interactive visualizations are now available from the Kellogg-supported Varieties of Democracy project, which has just completed a pilot study that generated indicators of nearly 200 aspects of democracy for 12 countries from 1900 to 2011.
Student-Led Conference to Explore Human Development
Sponsored by the Ford Program, the upcoming Human Development Conference promises to gather student researchers from across the US and beyond.
Javeline Draws Lessons from Aftermath of Beslan Violence
Anger and political alienation may be motivating forces for peaceful activism, says Faculty Fellow Debra Javeline, who is studying why victims of horrific violence in Beslan have not retaliated in kind.
Kellogg Hosts IFE-Sponsored Forum for Mexican Political Party Leaders
In the first-ever event of its kind, the presidents of Mexico’s seven major political parties are coming together in Chicago on January 12 to share their visions for Mexico’s future in dialogue with leading Mexico experts. (View live stream here. 1/12/12 - 10:00 am EDT)
Carozza Named Director of CCHR
Faculty Fellow Paolo Carozza has been appointed the new director of the Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR).
Remembering Álvaro Camacho Guizado
The Kellogg Institute has lost a good friend and colleague in Colombia, former Visiting Fellow Álvaro Camacho.
Research to Improve Sanitation in Africa Gets $1 Million Boost
A research project designed by Faculty Fellow Molly Lipscomb and two collaborators has received Gates Foundation funding.
Can Crowdsourcing Help Bring Housing to the World’s Poor?
A “Shelters for All” competition is part of an NSF-funded project led by Faculty Fellow Tracy Kijewski-Correa that aims to bring safe, affordable housing to developing communities.
