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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Feb 21

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

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 6h

🌎 Northwestern faculty, apply for a Buffett Global Collaboration Grant and/or support to host a Buffett Visiting Scholar by Wednesday, Oct. 15: buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/fac...
📝 Read a recap of the JR3 workshop: knightlab.northwestern.edu/2025/07/21/j...

Whiteboard that says "The Purpose of Journalism Is..."

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 6h

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.”

Mattia Peretti and Jeremy Gilbert at the opening of the JR3 workshop.

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 1d

“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.

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 2d

With the support of a Global Collaboration Grant from the
Roberta Buffett Institute, Northwestern Prof. Daisy Hernandez is convening a symposium with authors from the Colombia & US to discuss the social forces shaping their creative impulses & impact. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/colombian-...

Colombian Writers Symposium

Eventbrite - Colombian Writers Symposium - Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at University Hall, Evanston, IL. Find event and ticket information.

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 28d

Over the past 10 years, Juliet Lumati, MD, MPH, has studied how health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are designed—or often not designed—to protect patients from the financial risks of surgical and cancer care. #globalhealth

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Lumati Leads Research on the Impact of Financial Catastrophe and Cancer Care

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 12d

Read more about Michelle's experiences at this annual UN climate conference that convenes world leaders, policymakers, and researchers from across the globe in our Q&A with members of Northwestern's COP29 delegation supported by the Roberta Buffett Institute: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/bu...

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 12d

Michelle Lee, who studies climate displacement, was part of Northwestern's delegation to COP29, supported by @buffett.northwestern.edu. She was inspired by youth delegates from displaced backgrounds advocating for greater refugee involvement in climate negotiations & governance.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 13d

Hear from John Blaxland—a historian and former Australian military intelligence officer—on why gaining an Australian perspective on global issues can benefit American students, scholars, and policymakers.

📅 Oct. 1 at 12:30 PM
📍 720 University Pl.
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/buffett-le...

Buffett Lecture

Global Security Challenges: A View From Down Under

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Northwestern Medill School @medillschool.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats to @brenthuffman.bsky.social who was awarded with a @buffett.northwestern.edu Faculty Fellowship to pursue his research. His documentary, “Yemen Mosaic,” is about Yemeni women working to save the cultural heritage of Yemen as they face threats including war and climate change.

Brent Huffman standing with people in Yemen.

Brent Huffman holding video camera in front of a man in Yemen.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 26d

Group members include V.S. Subrahmanian, @danlinna.bsky.social, @jeremygilbert.bsky.social, Valerio La Gatta, Marco Postiglione, and more. Learn more about SMART: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/em...

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 26d

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.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 27d

Meet our 2025–26 Buffett Faculty Fellows as they embark on international research, filmmaking, & more: buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/fac...

Lina Britto
@brenthuffman.bsky.social
@deankarlan.bsky.social
katrina quisumbing king
KB Dennis Meade
Sally Nuamah
Kennetta Hammond Perry
Sulafa Zidani

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Sep 5

Buffett Faculty Fellow @deankarlan.bsky.social, USAID's former Chief Economist, is among the experts arguing that supporting national governments to leverage domestic financing to improve foundational learning should be a priority for assistance funds that remain. See why: voxdev.org/topic/educat...

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 28

The event was co-hosted by The University of Tokyo and Ochanomizu University.

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 28

A panelist shared: "I wasn’t sure if I could contribute well as a panelist in the discussion on women and leadership. But through the event's conversations, I thought more deeply about leadership and also about myself." Learn more about the group's work: buffett.northwestern.edu/research/glo...

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 28

@buffett.northwestern.edu's Empowering the Next Gen of Women Leaders Global Working Group, led by @jnfrltackett.bsky.social & Haoqi Zhang, convened women across Tokyo's universities to discuss experiences with leadership and reexamine leadership possibilities through diverse values and dialogue.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 21

Karlan also recently shared in-depth advice on how to fix foreign aid with Statecraft. Listen or read: www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix...

How to Fix Foreign Aid

USAID's former Chief Economist reflects on DOGE

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 21

Last month, the Trump administration named Jeremy Lewin as the new Deputy Director of USAID. Buffett Faculty Fellow Dean Karlan, former Chief Economist of USAID, shares advice for its new leadership with @cgdev.org: www.cgdev.org/blog/great-p...

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Advice for the New US Aid Team

Former USAID Chief Economist offers advice for new foreign assistance officials, as they express the aspiration to spend “more efficiently, more tailored, more targeted, in a way that is not creating ...

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 18

Explore more insights from speakers: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/ne... | Speakers included Barney Afako, @ravireports.bsky.social, Betty Bigombe, Kate Fearon, Claire Hajaj, Christopher R. Hill, Sergio Jaramillo, Pavlo Klimkin, Carlos Prieto, Shoaib Rahim, William Taylor, and Tor Wennesland.

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 18

Our spring Buffett Symposium on peacemaking convened diplomats, negotiators, and academics to discuss the high-profile peace processes of recent decades and draw lessons for today's negotiations. Watch our short recap of the event.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 13

A study led by @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social's Egon Ozer identified a new fungal infection in Pakistan. The international collaboration was launched by a Buffett Global Working Group grant led by co-authors Profs. Mehreen Arshad & Erica Hartmann: spr.ly/63326fqGp2

At the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution in the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, scientists are working to explore the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and fungi in a Pakistan health care system.

“Surveillance of antimicrobial-resistant Gram negative bacteria and fungi in a Pakistan health care system” is one project working to address this public health issue. The project is led by Egon Ozer, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution and assistant professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 7

Additional event collaborators include the City of Chicago, ‪Chicago Department of the Environment (DOE), @cdph.bsky.social, and the Chicago Park District.

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 7

“This project is a model of how community, academia, & city government can work together,” said @mayorofchicago.bsky.social at a @buffett.northwestern.edu Defusing Disasters Global Working Group event on extreme heat. Read more in The Chicago Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/c...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaking at the 1995 Heat Wave Commemoration and Defusing Disasters Project Showcase

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 5

Speakers included Barney Afako, @ravireports.bsky.social, Betty Bigombe, Kate Fearon, Claire Hajaj, Christopher R. Hill, Sergio Jaramillo, Pavlo Klimkin, Carlos Prieto, Shoaib Rahim, William Taylor, and Tor Wennesland.