Dispatches

Photo by Joanne Weston   By: Christy Lorenz, Jessica Stewart and Jessica Uitvlugt, MIPP students Last month’s “Technology Governance Policy Challenge,” hosted by the Balsillie School of International Affairs in collaboration with the School of International Service at American University, provided a unique and intense learning experience for students from both Balsillie and across the

Photo by Ana Visan By: Ana Visan, PhD in Global Governance My ISA experience was focused on panels and conversations taking place at the intersection of international politics, critical border studies, and science and technology studies. This post highlights three such discussions which are not meant to be representative of my peers’ entire presentations or

Photo credit: Ben Lalancette By Justin Myers, MAGG Carleton’s Model NATO consisted of four action-packed days of discussion, collaboration, and eye-opening learning, all in the heart of Canada’s capital region. Alongside nearly one hundred other delegates from fifteen universities across the country, I spent the weekend getting an inside look into how diplomacy and military

Photo credit: Olubunmi Onilude By Olubunmi Onilude, MIPP I had the privilege of participating in the Model NATO 2024 conference hosted by Carleton University, which took place from the 22nd to 25th of February 2024. The experience was nothing short of transformative. As I reflect on the journey from Toronto to Ottawa and the whirlwind

Photo credit: Marcelo Jaramillo Cárdenas By: Jessica Stewart, MIPP The months of preparation played a pivotal role in the challenging yet rewarding weekend of the Carleton Model NATO. From marking position papers to slamming the gavel, Model NATO taught me the importance of collaboration, the difficulty of reaching consensus, and the value of Canadian alliances.

Photo credit: Burgess Langshaw Power By Burgess Langshaw Power, PhD in Global Governance We have now crossed the threshold of 1.5 degrees centigrade warming, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. This is catastrophic news for the world, as we seek to reduce emissions and manage an economic, social, and environmentally secure future.

Photo by Tamara Lorincz By Tamara Lorincz, PhD candidate February 8, 2024 I attended the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which took place from November 30 to December 12, 2023 and was held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, a petrostate, during the

Photo credit: Ethan Ellsmere By Ethan Ellsmere, MIPP Moving across the world can be a challenging process. For me, it began with a 34-hour journey across 12,000km to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania through Dubai and Addis Ababa. I landed in Julius Nyerere International Airport during the peak of El Niño’s storms; the flooding across the

Photo credit: Ethan Ellsmere By Ethan Ellsmere, MIPP I’ve always been interested in the data side of policy studies. Bringing to life data in meaningful ways can be impactful in countless ways – bringing insights to new developments, honing responses, belying inequalities. My work as a data & insights fellow at UNDP Tanzania has been