Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Global Politics & International Relations Childcare: An overlooked response to emergencies 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. Read More Global Politics & International Relations, Research and Commentary, International Development, Global Policy Center Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala David Leblang, Director of the Batten School’s Global Policy Center, along with co-authors, assesses the root causes of migration from Guatemala. Read More Global Politics & International Relations, Research and Commentary, International Development, Global Policy Center, International and Global Affairs A Conversation with Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos of Australia Please join the Australian Ambassador to the United States, H.E. the Honorable Arthur Sinodinos AO, as he reflects on his decades-long career in public service and the private sector. Read More Global Politics & International Relations, International and Global Affairs 21st Century Civil Protest: A Case Study of the Nigeria #EndSars Protest Six 2021 Mandela Washington Fellows will present on and facilitate a virtual discussion around the focus, structure and impact of Nigeria’s grassroots #EndSARS campaign, which targets a special police unit implicated in widespread human rights violations but has catalyzed a broader call for social justice among African youth across the continent. Read More Global Politics & International Relations, Humanitarian Policy The Lessons of War: The United States, Afghanistan & Iraq since 9/11 UVA’s Governing America in a Global Era and the Jefferson Scholars Foundation host a dinner and panel discussion featuring experts including Batten Professor Kirsten Gelsdorf. Read More Global Politics & International Relations, Global Policy Center, International and Global Affairs The Crisis in Afghanistan: Historical, Political and Personal Reflections Batten School Professor of Public Policy and Politics Allan Stam leads a discussion on the crisis in Afghanistan with Batten alum Saha Khaterzai (MPP '14) and Anne Richard, Distinguished Fellow and Afghanistan Coordination Lead at Freedom House. Read More Global Politics & International Relations Harry Harding Harry Harding is a University Professor and professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, a senior fellow in the Miller Center of Public Affairs at UVA, and Adjunct Chair Professor in the College of Social Science at National Chengchi University in Taipei, where he holds a Yushan Scholarship. Harding is a specialist on Asia and U.S. - Asian relations. Read More Batten Publication, Faculty, Global Politics & International Relations, Event, News, Research, Research Speaker, International Development, Workshop, Department of Politics, Political Science Peter Johannessen Peter Johannessen is an assistant professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Johannessen’s research explores how popular participation shapes the local policy-making process, including projects that focus on local electoral responsiveness and the design of participatory governance institutions in Brazil. Read More Batten Publication, Faculty, Global Politics & International Relations, Event, News, Research, Research Speaker, International Development, Workshop, Political Science David Leblang David Leblang is a professor of public policy at the Batten School, the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and the Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor of Public Affairs at UVA's Miller Center. His research focuses on global migration including refugee and migrant choice as well as the link between migration and observed international investment, remittance flows, and the spread of democracy. Read More Batten Publication, Faculty, Global Politics & International Relations, Event, News, Research, Research Speaker, International Development, Workshop, Global Policy Center, Global Policy Center, Department of Politics, Political Science Pagination Subscribe to Global Politics & International Relations Categories Curriculum(19) Minor(24) Alumni (1)BA(38) Events(8) Career Outcomes(5) Student Life(21) Accelerated MPP(40) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)New Student(2) Batten Ambassadors(18) Recommendations(6) Admissions(28) Personal Statement(2) Essays(4) Application(22) MPP(27)