Month: January 2019

STGlobal is a vibrant science and technology studies/science, technology and policy conference produced by students and faculty from Virginia Tech, Arizona State, Drexel University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, and the University of Virginia. This year’s conference will take place on March 29 & 30, 2019 at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC.

Submissions require a 250 word abstract and will be accepted until January 15.

More information here!

The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration is one of the co-sponsors of the DC Consortium Student Conference on Evaluation and Policy (SCEP) and is host to the 3rd annual conference on April 12, 2019.

Graduate students are invited to submit proposals for inclusion in the conference at this time. Deadline for proposal submissions is March 1, 2019, by 11:59pm. See the Call for Proposals  for details on proposal guidelines.

This year’s conference theme is “Building Capacity to Address Social Justice: The Role of Evaluation and Policy” and consists of the following main components:

• Keynote Address by Dr. Jean King, Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota.
• Panel and Networking Speakers represented by professionals working in policy and evaluation.
• Presentations of Student Research (presentations and poster presentations).

Career coaching drop-in hours for Sharon McCoy are cancelled on January 14 due to leading the KAKEHASHI Project trip to Japan.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, sponsored by NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program.  This year all Washington, D.C. applicants are required to apply through Delaware Sea Grant.

The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. The program matches highly qualified graduate students with "hosts" in the legislative and executive branch of government located in the Washington, D.C. area, for a one year paid fellowship, which is anticipated to begin February 1, 2020.

ELIGIBILITY
An eligible applicant is any student, regardless of citizenship, who,

• on February 22, 2019, is enrolled towards a degree in a graduate program 
• has an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.  
• The graduate degree needs to be awarded through a United States accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories. 
• This is a onetime fellowship opportunity.  Applicants that have participated in the fellowship in past years will not be eligible to submit an application.  
• The one-year fellowship will take place in the National Capital region, so applicants must be able to reside in the Washington, D.C. area.  Non-U.S. citizens are responsible for obtaining the appropriate visa to allow them to work in the Washington, D.C. area during the fellowship period.

CONTACT INFO
All interested applicants are encouraged to contact Christian Hauser (hauser@udel.edu), Associate Director of the Delaware Sea Grant College Program, to indicate their interest and discuss the application process.  Additional application information can be found on: https://seagrant.noaa.gov/insideseagrant/Knauss-Fellowship/Prospective-Fellows.  Please note, students should submit applications to Christian Hauser (hauser@udel.edu), Associate Director of the Delaware Sea Grant College Program.

IAFF 6186-26: International Security
Wednesdays, 5:10-7:00pm
Elliott School Room 314

This course provides a big-picture survey of international security, focusing on current and emerging security issues in the 21st century. It examines a broad range of traditional and non-traditional security problems from an array of traditional and non-traditional perspectives.

The course begins with an overview of key concepts, theories, and approaches in the field of international security. It then examines inter-state, intra-state, and transnational security problems, with the understanding that many security problems cut across these categories. Analyses of important security topics (great-power relations, arms racing and arms control, crisis management, civil wars, terrorism and crime, among others) are combined with reviews of regional developments. The final section of the course examines non-military issues (population trends; development; climate change; cyber, IT, and AI) that have major security implications, as well as the role of international organizations in promoting international security. The important interconnections between gender and security are discussed at multiple junctures throughout the semester. The course concludes with a look to the future.

After completing this course, students will be able to: (1) analyze important approaches, concepts, and theories in the field of international security; (2) draw on these analytical frameworks to explain current and emerging international security issues; (3) assess the debates that scholars, policymakers, and citizens have in international security discussions; and (4) develop informed, cogent arguments and pragmatic policy recommendations with respect to current and emerging international security issues.

 

Career coaching drop-in hours for Sharon McCoy are cancelled on January 7 and January 14 due to leading the KAKEHASHI Project trip to Japan.