Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
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Advancing research and teaching at Northwestern University to generate new knowledge about pressing global challenges and promising solutions for addressing them.
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Hello Bluesky! 👋 The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs is here to share our work in advancing research and teaching about the world beyond the borders of the U.S. through cutting-edge international scholarship and global engagement 🌎 Learn more about our work: buffett.northwestern.edu
Congrats to Matej Jungwirth, @polisciatnu.bsky.social PhD candidate & former Buffett Research Fellow, on his honorable mention for the Doris Graber Best Student Paper Competition at MAPOR. His paper shared insights from his survey experiment study of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic... 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Congrats to Matej Jungwirth, @polisciatnu.bsky.social PhD candidate & former Buffett Research Fellow, on his honorable mention for the Doris Graber Best Student Paper Competition at MAPOR. His paper shared insights from his survey experiment study of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic... 🧵
What does political resistance look like in real time? IL Governor JB Pritzker talks with Northwestern's Professor Peter Selvin (also a @buffett.northwestern.edu advisor) about the rise of “modern tyranny" & why he’s willing to say: “Come & get me.”
Read & listen: www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Read & listen: www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
J. B. Pritzker Sounds the Alarm
The governor of Illinois discusses what ICE is doing in Chicago, how the Trump Administration has created a “secret police,” and what to do when the federal government is breaking the law.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What does political resistance look like in real time? IL Governor JB Pritzker talks with Northwestern's Professor Peter Selvin (also a @buffett.northwestern.edu advisor) about the rise of “modern tyranny" & why he’s willing to say: “Come & get me.”
Read & listen: www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Read & listen: www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Northwestern alumna Roberta Buffett Elliott has made a new $11.8 million gift to support global undergraduate initiatives at the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the newly renamed Roberta Buffett International Studies Program. 🌏🎓✈️ Learn more: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
Alumna Roberta Buffett Elliott makes $11.8 million gift for undergraduate global education at Northwestern
Gift will expand learning experiences and career pathways through the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the International Studies Program
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November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Northwestern alumna Roberta Buffett Elliott has made a new $11.8 million gift to support global undergraduate initiatives at the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the newly renamed Roberta Buffett International Studies Program. 🌏🎓✈️ Learn more: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
November's Buffett First Friday Lunch featured Buffett Visiting Scholar Roberson Alphonse, head of national news at Le Nouvelliste, Haiti's oldest and largest daily newspaper, and Nathalie Cardichon, journalist/communication specialist and former leader at several nonprofit agencies in Haiti.
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
November's Buffett First Friday Lunch featured Buffett Visiting Scholar Roberson Alphonse, head of national news at Le Nouvelliste, Haiti's oldest and largest daily newspaper, and Nathalie Cardichon, journalist/communication specialist and former leader at several nonprofit agencies in Haiti.
🪖 How will AI-driven warfare shape global stability?
❓ What guardrails are essential for responsible AI governance?
📱 How can we counter AI-powered scams & malware?
⚖️ How can courts preserve trust in digital evidence as deepfakes enter the courtroom?
Join us on Thursday, December 11... 🧵
❓ What guardrails are essential for responsible AI governance?
📱 How can we counter AI-powered scams & malware?
⚖️ How can courts preserve trust in digital evidence as deepfakes enter the courtroom?
Join us on Thursday, December 11... 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🪖 How will AI-driven warfare shape global stability?
❓ What guardrails are essential for responsible AI governance?
📱 How can we counter AI-powered scams & malware?
⚖️ How can courts preserve trust in digital evidence as deepfakes enter the courtroom?
Join us on Thursday, December 11... 🧵
❓ What guardrails are essential for responsible AI governance?
📱 How can we counter AI-powered scams & malware?
⚖️ How can courts preserve trust in digital evidence as deepfakes enter the courtroom?
Join us on Thursday, December 11... 🧵
Jeffrey Winters, @polisciatnu.bsky.social Professor & Director of @buffett.northwestern.edu's Equality Development & Globalization Studies (EDGS) Program, spoke with @abc7.bsky.social about the risk of a mass exodus of the rich from NYC following Mamdani's election. abcnews.go.com/Business/ric...
Will the rich leave New York City after Mamdani takes office? Experts weigh in
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, wants to hike taxes on the rich.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Jeffrey Winters, @polisciatnu.bsky.social Professor & Director of @buffett.northwestern.edu's Equality Development & Globalization Studies (EDGS) Program, spoke with @abc7.bsky.social about the risk of a mass exodus of the rich from NYC following Mamdani's election. abcnews.go.com/Business/ric...
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Join us at Global Health Day!
📆 Wed, Nov 19
📍 Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E Superior St, Chicago
www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/globa...
#globalhealthday #globalhealthday2025
📆 Wed, Nov 19
📍 Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E Superior St, Chicago
www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/globa...
#globalhealthday #globalhealthday2025
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Join us at Global Health Day!
📆 Wed, Nov 19
📍 Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E Superior St, Chicago
www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/globa...
#globalhealthday #globalhealthday2025
📆 Wed, Nov 19
📍 Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E Superior St, Chicago
www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/globa...
#globalhealthday #globalhealthday2025
For a 5th year, a Northwestern delegation supported by @buffett.northwestern.edu is attending the world’s largest annual international treaty negotiations & climate summit, the 30th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held this year in Belém, Brazil.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
For a 5th year, a Northwestern delegation supported by @buffett.northwestern.edu is attending the world’s largest annual international treaty negotiations & climate summit, the 30th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held this year in Belém, Brazil.
A decade after Northwestern University alumna Roberta Buffett Elliott gifted $101 million to establish the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, her mission to transform global studies at Northwestern continues to thrive—empowering students & faculty to tackle challenging global problems.
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A decade after Northwestern University alumna Roberta Buffett Elliott gifted $101 million to establish the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, her mission to transform global studies at Northwestern continues to thrive—empowering students & faculty to tackle challenging global problems.
Danielle Ortiz, who studies environmental political theory, was part of Northwestern's delegation to COP29, supported by @buffett.northwestern.edu. While attending the conference, Danielle observed meetings between grassroots organizations and international policymakers.
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Danielle Ortiz, who studies environmental political theory, was part of Northwestern's delegation to COP29, supported by @buffett.northwestern.edu. While attending the conference, Danielle observed meetings between grassroots organizations and international policymakers.
Young people are leading global efforts to end conflict, defend human rights, & advocate for sustainable peace. Hosted by @buffett.northwestern.edu, this student-led symposium on Fri. Nov. 7 brings together activists, politicians, NGO leaders, & negotiators from across the world to... 🧵
October 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Young people are leading global efforts to end conflict, defend human rights, & advocate for sustainable peace. Hosted by @buffett.northwestern.edu, this student-led symposium on Fri. Nov. 7 brings together activists, politicians, NGO leaders, & negotiators from across the world to... 🧵
“Americans are paying farmers to grow soybeans, turn them into inefficient fuels—and then paying again when trade wars make them unsellable," writes @mikegrunwald.bsky.social in his new op-ed published by @nytimes.com today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
Opinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work
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October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Americans are paying farmers to grow soybeans, turn them into inefficient fuels—and then paying again when trade wars make them unsellable," writes @mikegrunwald.bsky.social in his new op-ed published by @nytimes.com today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
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This is so cool. I think I’ll only ever be comfortable w/ AI up to a point. But I feel like THIS👇is the sort of thing AI in journalism was intended to create.
How can journalists ethically track the fast-moving social movements shaping politics & culture? @buffett.northwestern.edu's AI & Social Movements Global Working Group is developing a Social Movement Analysis & Reasoning Tool (SMART), an AI system to help journalists track movements in real-time.
September 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is so cool. I think I’ll only ever be comfortable w/ AI up to a point. But I feel like THIS👇is the sort of thing AI in journalism was intended to create.
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Join Medill and @buffett.northwestern.edu for "Press Freedom Under Fire: Threats to Journalism and Democracy." The two-day session will feature discussions with newsroom leaders, experts and reporters about the challenges facing journalists. Register here: spr.ly/63324AgBow
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Join Medill and @buffett.northwestern.edu for "Press Freedom Under Fire: Threats to Journalism and Democracy." The two-day session will feature discussions with newsroom leaders, experts and reporters about the challenges facing journalists. Register here: spr.ly/63324AgBow
At our Buffett First Friday Lunch in October, Professor Bruce Carruthers shared his current research on long-term decision-making. Today, "there is abundant short-termism," he explained, "which is not only psychologically embedded for individuals but also institutionalized..." (🧵 1/3)
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
At our Buffett First Friday Lunch in October, Professor Bruce Carruthers shared his current research on long-term decision-making. Today, "there is abundant short-termism," he explained, "which is not only psychologically embedded for individuals but also institutionalized..." (🧵 1/3)
What happened to microfinance, the anti-poverty program that was supposed to change the world? Join Northwestern's Global Health Studies Program on Friday, Oct. 24 for a lunch lecture from journalist and author Mara Kardas-Nelson to learn about the promises and perils of global microfinance. 🧵
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What happened to microfinance, the anti-poverty program that was supposed to change the world? Join Northwestern's Global Health Studies Program on Friday, Oct. 24 for a lunch lecture from journalist and author Mara Kardas-Nelson to learn about the promises and perils of global microfinance. 🧵
Northwestern undergraduates! Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for an open house to learn more about the Institute's opportunities to contribute to international development, support international faculty research, conduct your own research abroad, and connect with faculty & fellow students.
October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Northwestern undergraduates! Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for an open house to learn more about the Institute's opportunities to contribute to international development, support international faculty research, conduct your own research abroad, and connect with faculty & fellow students.
With support from the Roberta Buffett Institute's Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group, @brenthuffman.bsky.social's students in his Documenting Incarceral Justice course collaborated with incarcerated students in the Northwestern Prison Education Program to create short docs on their lives.
Award-winning student-produced documentary “Hey Hugo” follows the story of an incarcerated man who wants to go home to his family. It will be shown at the Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 25.
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Medill students, incarcerated classmates collaborate on award-winning ‘Hey Hugo’ documentary Medill students, incarcerated peers work on ‘Hey Hugo’ documentary
In a Medill School of Journalism course that pairs journalism students with incarcerated peers, two seniors produced an award-winning documentary entitled “Hey Hugo.” The documentary was created in “D...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
With support from the Roberta Buffett Institute's Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group, @brenthuffman.bsky.social's students in his Documenting Incarceral Justice course collaborated with incarcerated students in the Northwestern Prison Education Program to create short docs on their lives.
As the Nobel Prize announcement week comes to a close, we are looking forward to welcoming 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad to the @BuffettInst on Fri. Nov. 7 for our student-led Buffett Symposium, The Peace We Make. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-peace-...
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As the Nobel Prize announcement week comes to a close, we are looking forward to welcoming 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad to the @BuffettInst on Fri. Nov. 7 for our student-led Buffett Symposium, The Peace We Make. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-peace-...
Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, on his Nobel Prize. The Roberta Buffett Institute is co-sponsoring a conference with the Department of Economics this spring on his work, which focuses on the economic history of Europe. Stay tuned for more details.
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ
3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, on his Nobel Prize. The Roberta Buffett Institute is co-sponsoring a conference with the Department of Economics this spring on his work, which focuses on the economic history of Europe. Stay tuned for more details.
Congratulations to Catalina Martínez Coral on this recognition. Last year, she joined us for our fall Buffett Symposium to share insights into her decades of work fighting for reproductive rights in Colombia and the strategies that brought her and fellow activists such notable success.
We are proud to share that Catalina Martínez Coral, the Center for Reproductive Rights's Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, has been named to the #TIME100Next 2025 list!
Catalina Martínez Coral Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next
Find out why Catalina Martínez Coral is on this year’s list
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October 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Congratulations to Catalina Martínez Coral on this recognition. Last year, she joined us for our fall Buffett Symposium to share insights into her decades of work fighting for reproductive rights in Colombia and the strategies that brought her and fellow activists such notable success.
Northwestern graduate students! Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for an open house to learn more about the Institute's opportunities: receive support for international research, meet colleagues & learn about cutting-edge scholarship at our events, and work & recharge in the Buffett Reading Room.
October 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Northwestern graduate students! Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for an open house to learn more about the Institute's opportunities: receive support for international research, meet colleagues & learn about cutting-edge scholarship at our events, and work & recharge in the Buffett Reading Room.
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Attention translators and friends and lovers of translators! The 2026 Humanities in Translation (Hit!) Prize Competition is now open. Deadline Jan. 16.
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The Humanities in Translation (HiT) Prize | Northwestern University Press
Funded by the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, and Northwestern University Press The
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October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Attention translators and friends and lovers of translators! The 2026 Humanities in Translation (Hit!) Prize Competition is now open. Deadline Jan. 16.
nupress.northwestern.edu/humanities-i...
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During his stay at Northwestern, Buffett Visiting Scholar Mattia Peretti and @medillschool.bsky.social's @jeremygilbert.bsky.social helped launch the JR3 Project. JR3 convened participants from across the journalism ecosystem to envision a renewal of the “public’s social contract with journalism.”
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
During his stay at Northwestern, Buffett Visiting Scholar Mattia Peretti and @medillschool.bsky.social's @jeremygilbert.bsky.social helped launch the JR3 Project. JR3 convened participants from across the journalism ecosystem to envision a renewal of the “public’s social contract with journalism.”
“Conflict is more than what we thought it was before. It’s not just sea, land, & air, not just space, not just cyber—it's cognitive as well," said Professor John Blaxland of Australian National University at last week during his Buffett Lecture on Global Security Challenges: A View From Down Under.
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“Conflict is more than what we thought it was before. It’s not just sea, land, & air, not just space, not just cyber—it's cognitive as well," said Professor John Blaxland of Australian National University at last week during his Buffett Lecture on Global Security Challenges: A View From Down Under.