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It’s time to make it a reality for more families. Learn more Apr 05, 2022 Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala International and Global Affairs Global Politics & International Relations International Development David Leblang, Director of the Batten School’s Global Policy Center, along with co-authors, assesses the root causes of migration from Guatemala. Learn more Oct 26, 2020 Fountain and Gelsdorf: COVID, hunger are intertwined Research and Commentary Earlier this month, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nation’s World Food Programme. Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and Galen Fountain discuss what that means in the era of COVID-19. READ IN THE DAILY PROGRESS Feb 21, 2020 Q&A: Bruce Springsteen Spotlights Batten Professor’s Work at the Border International and Global Affairs International Development Batten's Lucy Bassett and the Charlottesville-based nonprofit Project Adelante are conducting research at the Matamoros refugee camp near the Texas border – a spot that is featured in one of Springsteen’s songs. READ IN UVA TODAY JAN 21, 2020 Alum in Action: Mimi Wu Environmental Policy International Development As the co-founder of Myanmar Recycles, a plastic recycling company cleaning up the dirtiest post-consumer plastic film in Myanmar, Mimi Wu (MPP ‘09) remains committed to inciting positive change in communities around the world. Learn more Sep 12, 2019 Congress is back in town. Here’s why lawmakers will struggle to get much done. Leadership Research and Commentary Congress is back from its August recess, and lawmakers face public demands for action on issues as varied as health care, infrastructure, gun safety and trade. Legislators face at least one set of “must pass” agenda items: 12 spending bills that need to be enacted into law by Oct. 1 or the federal government will shut down. Read in The Washington Post Jun 17, 2019 Batten Professor Harry Harding Sheds Light on Protests in Hong Kong Research and Commentary UVA Today spoke with Batten professor Harry Harding on Friday to learn more about what is happening in Hong Kong and what it means for China and the U.S. Q&A: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE STREETS OF HONG KONG? May 09, 2019 Simulation Helps Batten Students Understand Complexities of Migration International Development International and Global Affairs Two years ago, the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy’s Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming put students through the paces of a global food security simulation. Last year, the center created a global pandemic simulation. SIMULATION HELPS BATTEN STUDENTS UNDERSTAND COMPLEXITIES OF MIGRATION Oct 25, 2018 What do you get when you cross a doctor and an impact investor? A reviewer’s perspective on the Humanitarian Grand Challenge International Development Professor Gelsdorf was selected to support the United States Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and Grand Challenges Canada in advising them on projects to be a part of their multi-million Fund for Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge. This Fund seeks to accelerate solutions that enable life-saving or life-improving assistance to reach the most vulnerable in conflict. Learn more Jul 21, 2015 Slovak Ambassador Discusses Entrepreneurship Policy in Central Europe International Development Democracy The Ambassador’s presentation, “The Slovak Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the Visegrád Group of Four States,” covered recent efforts by the Slovak Embassy in Washington, DC, as well as the country’s government in Slovakia. Learn more Jun 10, 2015 Updating the Outdated: Craig Volden Seeks to Fix Research Model Errors Research and Commentary Research into public policy diffusion has exploded in the last 20 years. Scholars and thinkers have published hundreds of studies tracking the spread of policies from government to government. With countless dollars and thousands of hours invested, could it be that their studies are wrong? That’s what Batten School Professor Craig Volden seeks to find out. Learn more Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
May 17, 2022 Childcare: An overlooked response to emergencies Global Politics & International Relations International Development Providing childcare in humanitarian emergencies is a win-win strategy for women and children. It’s time to make it a reality for more families. Learn more
Apr 05, 2022 Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala International and Global Affairs Global Politics & International Relations International Development David Leblang, Director of the Batten School’s Global Policy Center, along with co-authors, assesses the root causes of migration from Guatemala. Learn more
Oct 26, 2020 Fountain and Gelsdorf: COVID, hunger are intertwined Research and Commentary Earlier this month, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nation’s World Food Programme. Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and Galen Fountain discuss what that means in the era of COVID-19. READ IN THE DAILY PROGRESS
Feb 21, 2020 Q&A: Bruce Springsteen Spotlights Batten Professor’s Work at the Border International and Global Affairs International Development Batten's Lucy Bassett and the Charlottesville-based nonprofit Project Adelante are conducting research at the Matamoros refugee camp near the Texas border – a spot that is featured in one of Springsteen’s songs. READ IN UVA TODAY
JAN 21, 2020 Alum in Action: Mimi Wu Environmental Policy International Development As the co-founder of Myanmar Recycles, a plastic recycling company cleaning up the dirtiest post-consumer plastic film in Myanmar, Mimi Wu (MPP ‘09) remains committed to inciting positive change in communities around the world. Learn more
Sep 12, 2019 Congress is back in town. Here’s why lawmakers will struggle to get much done. Leadership Research and Commentary Congress is back from its August recess, and lawmakers face public demands for action on issues as varied as health care, infrastructure, gun safety and trade. Legislators face at least one set of “must pass” agenda items: 12 spending bills that need to be enacted into law by Oct. 1 or the federal government will shut down. Read in The Washington Post
Jun 17, 2019 Batten Professor Harry Harding Sheds Light on Protests in Hong Kong Research and Commentary UVA Today spoke with Batten professor Harry Harding on Friday to learn more about what is happening in Hong Kong and what it means for China and the U.S. Q&A: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE STREETS OF HONG KONG?
May 09, 2019 Simulation Helps Batten Students Understand Complexities of Migration International Development International and Global Affairs Two years ago, the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy’s Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming put students through the paces of a global food security simulation. Last year, the center created a global pandemic simulation. SIMULATION HELPS BATTEN STUDENTS UNDERSTAND COMPLEXITIES OF MIGRATION
Oct 25, 2018 What do you get when you cross a doctor and an impact investor? A reviewer’s perspective on the Humanitarian Grand Challenge International Development Professor Gelsdorf was selected to support the United States Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and Grand Challenges Canada in advising them on projects to be a part of their multi-million Fund for Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge. This Fund seeks to accelerate solutions that enable life-saving or life-improving assistance to reach the most vulnerable in conflict. Learn more
Jul 21, 2015 Slovak Ambassador Discusses Entrepreneurship Policy in Central Europe International Development Democracy The Ambassador’s presentation, “The Slovak Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the Visegrád Group of Four States,” covered recent efforts by the Slovak Embassy in Washington, DC, as well as the country’s government in Slovakia. Learn more
Jun 10, 2015 Updating the Outdated: Craig Volden Seeks to Fix Research Model Errors Research and Commentary Research into public policy diffusion has exploded in the last 20 years. Scholars and thinkers have published hundreds of studies tracking the spread of policies from government to government. With countless dollars and thousands of hours invested, could it be that their studies are wrong? That’s what Batten School Professor Craig Volden seeks to find out. Learn more