In the past weekend (April 28-30), leading scholars on water studies from all over the world gathered at the John Hope Franklin Center for a three-day, closed-door workshop, “Histories and Society in the Hydrosphere.”
Decades of evidence-based ocean diplomacy and multilateral science policy can offer useful lessons to the burgeoning field of Space Diplomacy, experts said at the latest Rethinking Diplomacy webinar.
At a recent DUCIGS/Rethinking Diplomacy event, Dr. Clare Fieseler * of the Smithsonian Institution and Dr. Alex Kahl of the National Marine Fisheries Service discussed about the many lessons Space Diplomacy can learn from the diplomacy of the Oceans. Read more about the webinar of Duke Research Blogs. (* Dr. Fieseler is a Duke alum and a former recipient of a DUCIGS grant.)
On September 10th, 2022 at 10AM , the Museum of Durham History will celebrate the installment of Dr. John Hope Franklin memorial plaque in Durham Central Park. The "History Grove" plaque accompanies a bench honoring Dr. Franklin's legacy and his Durham roots.
Venice International University (VIU) opens the first semester 2022-2023 with a lectio magistralis by former Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli.
Former Duke Sanford professor, Indermit Gill, was appointed World Bank's Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for International Development. Gill was an Associate Fellow of the Duke Center for International and Global Studies and the director of the Duke Center for International Development.
This year, 25 Duke graduate students received the Graduate Awards for Research and Training and four undergraduate students won the Undergraduate Summer Awards for Research and Academic Activities .
With our partners of the National Science Policy Network (NSPN), we recently co-hosted the first-of-its-kind Space Diplomacy hackathon, where three teams pitched their ideas on how to solve the most urgent space issues. Read a summary about the event.
