Get Involved Opportunities for students at LISD include:International Policy Associates ProgramFellowshipsResearch AssistantsStudent-Alumni Engagement To learn more about opportunities for students at LISD, please contact Executive Director, Nadia Crisan, at [email protected]. Subscribe to Our Newsletter Email Address CAPTCHA Leave this field blank International Policy Associates Initiative LISD Announces 2024-2025 International Policy Associates 2024-2025 International Policy Associates Applications Newly Elected LISD IPAs Ambassadors LISD Supports Undergraduate IPA’s Research on Historical U.S.-Azerbaijan Relations LISD IPA Sam Harshbarger ’24 named Rhodes Scholar Photos by: Sophie Tichonenko / Grégoire Léon-Dufour 1 / 5 Start animation ▶ ︎ ︎ Fellowships Africa Program The new Africa Program is a student-driven initiative. A competitively selected group of 12 students headed by Tevin Singei ’25 constitutes our very first Africa Program Fellows cohort.Building on LISD's portfolio of research, outreach, and education, this initiative focuses on democracy, security, and migration within the African context, exploring challenges and opportunities for nation-states and societies, as well as for the world as a whole. Ethics of Policy Fellows Program The new Ethics of Policy Fellows Program gives students the opportunity to ethically assess policies and provide guidance to practitioners for ethical policy making. Working in small groups, fellows will prepare policy briefs that cover relevant ethical considerations related to policy aims and implementation. The focus next year will be on (1) migration (e.g. DACA, deportation,...) and (2) the environment (e.g. sea-level rise, geoengineering,...), with the specific themes and policies to be chosen jointly by the Fellows in consultation with Barbara Buckinx, the faculty director. The program will conclude in the Spring semester with a workshop. Themes will change every year. The Ethics of Policy Fellows will meet every other week at lunchtime throughout the academic year. Fellows must join at least 75% of the meetings. The time commitment outside of meetings is 1-2 hours per week. Global Diplomatic and Security Challenges (GDSC) The Seminar on Global Diplomatic and Security Challenges (GDSC) is a Friday forum throughout the academic year, where students discuss select critical issues on contemporary diplomacy, security and geopolitics with eminent international experts and representatives in an interdisciplinary and interactive hybrid venue. The seminar analyzes issues in current events, including conflict and strategic competition, inequality, global health and environmental threats, energy, infrastructure, the role of media and new technologies, and the global actors’ system. Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations (PORDIR) The Program on Religion, Diplomacy, and International Relations (PORDIR) explores the influence of religion, religious beliefs and spirituality on the theory and practice of diplomacy and relations within the global actors’ system. Initiated in 2006 by Wolfgang Danspeckgruber and the Rev. Paul Brandeis Rauschenbush, the year-long seminar invites and encourages the research and understanding of issues –– also building on personal experiences –– as it concerns foreign relations, crises, socioeconomic and political dimensions in view of values and perspectives based on religious, spiritual or philosophical ideas and ideals. Participating fellows typically hear eminent speakers and experts from many distinct religious traditions, career paths and (national, ideological or philosophical) perspectives.PORDIR Application Gender in the Global Community (GGC) The project on Gender in the Global Community examines the functioning of gendered structures and norms in the international system, focusing especially on security, human rights, economic activity, and institution building. The project's fellowship works to bring a gendered lens of analysis to key issues and challenges in the international system, with a particular focus on women’s empowerment as leaders, as economic actors, and as equal citizens in the global community. The project is currently engaged with four key sub-projects: Conflict Related Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence, Global Women’s Work, Women, Peace and Security, and Children and Armed Conflict. Share on X Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Email this page Print this page Research Assistants James Bement Research Assistant Jimmy Bement is a sophomore from Cleveland, Ohio, who plans on majoring in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He also intends to pursue a minor in History and the Practice of Diplomacy. Jimmy is a member of the Campus and Community Affairs Committee within the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government. He is additionally… Seyoung Choung Research Assistant Seyoung Choung is a junior from Tamuning, Guam, who is majoring in History. He has previously done work with Princeton’s PACE Center, both as a direct volunteer and an education intern for a partner organization, Princeton Student Agencies, and the Office of Annual Giving. This year, Seyoung plans to continue research on late-19th and early… Austin Colorite Research Assistant Austin Colorite completed the undergraduate program at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs in 2021. His research interests include irregular migration, unaccompanied foreign minors, migration crises, and immigrant rights. His undergraduate thesis, Faith, Foreigners and Fundamentalism, sought to understand the… TJ Eyerman ’26 Research Assistant TJ Eyerman is a sophomore from the Jersey Shore looking to study at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Outside of the classroom, TJ has worked as a campaign, legislative, and policy intern, is a member of the Princeton Civic Leadership Council, and is an officer for Tiger Sustainable Investment Group. Interested in Nordic… Karen Gallagher-Teske Research Assistant Karen Gallagher-Teske is a graduate of the European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus Master’s Program in quantitative economics at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and the Université Pantheon-Sorbonne in France. Previously, she worked as part of the Financial Stability Board’s Secretariat in Switzerland on coordination of global… Max Horder Research Assistant, PORDIR Max Horder is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at Princeton University. His overall research interests focus on Brexit, populism, polarisation, and the broader disintegration of trust in liberal-democratic institutions across Europe. He is also interested in both the legacy of the British Empire and how Brexit is reshaping… Rikio Inouye Research Assistant Rikio Inouye is a Ph.D. student in the international relations subfield with a particular interest in security tensions and management in the Asia-Pacific regions. His current research includes great power rivalry and vaccine diplomacy, as well as the impact of institutional legitimacy in the global order and hegemonic contestation.… Gil Joseph Research Assistant Gil Sander Joseph is a senior in the Sociology Department hailing from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His current research interests lie at the intersection of socio-economic development and migration governance. Gil has researched the social impacts of exposure to gang violence in Haiti. His senior thesis focuses on the experience of Haitians living… Mikaylah Ladue Research Assistant Mikaylah Ladue holds a bachelor's degree in legal and political anthropology and a master's in public affairs from Princeton University. She was previously a Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative fellow, where she held positions with the U.S. Institute of Peace, Department of State, and Department of Justice, focusing on atrocity… Uma Menon Research Assistant Uma Menon is a senior from Winter Park, Florida, who is majoring in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and The Progressive, among other publications. On campus, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Nassau Literary… Tiana Ruden Research Assistant Tiana Ruden is a recent graduate of Princeton University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in 2024. She graduated summa cum laude from the School of Public and International Affairs with certificates in American Studies and History and the Practice of Diplomacy. On campus, Tiana served as a Peer Academic Advisor for Butler College and a… Arturo Cruz Urrutia Arturo M. Cruz Urrutia is a freshman from San Juan, Puerto Rico, who plans to major in Public Policy at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He also intends to pursue a minor in Vocal Performance. Born and raised in a US territory, Arturo has been interested in self-determination from an early age. Through his work at LISD,… Student-Alumni Engagement Through most LISD projects, alumni often remain involved in the multitude of events and international conferences hosted by the institute's staff and researchers. Through this, graduate and undergraduate students are able to engage directly with Princeton alumni in a uniquely engaging and dynamic spirit and through the existing fabric of LISD alumni. View Our Alumni Photo: Serena Vittorini Letter from the Director LISD supports events, classes, research, and publications about matters relating to self-determination in a globalizing world. We define self-determination broadly to include topics pertaining to the role of self-governance, sovereignty, security, diversity and diplomacy involving national, international and nonstate actors.Read the full letter
