Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs 2025-2026

  • Recent Patterns of Intergenerational Social Mobility in Latin America

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents “Recent Patterns of Intergenerational Social Mobility in Latin America” by Joaquín Serrano, Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Organized by Germán Reyes.

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    Virtual Middlebury

    Open to the Public

  • Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola

    In this talk, Greenhalgh (Professor of Chinese Society Emerita at Harvard University) tells the story of how, during 1995-2015, industry leader Coca-Cola mobilized allies in academia to create a soda-defense science that would protect profits by advocating exercise, not dietary restraint, as the priority solution to obesity, a view few experts accept.

    Munroe 311

    Open to the Public

  • Protest and Policy

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents David Cortright and “Protest and Policy.”

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Open to the Public

  • Restorative Justice and Lived Religion: Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago

    This lecture by Jason Springs (Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame) introduces a novel understanding of what restorative justice is and how it should be implemented. It explores the ways in which restorative justice ethics and practices exhibit moral and spiritual dynamics, and what difference such “lived religious” dynamics can make in transforming structural violence.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

  • Market Competition and Economic Development in Latin America

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents “Market Competition and Economic Development in Latin America with Matias Busson.

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Open to the Public

  • Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress - And How to Bring it Back

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents Marc Dunkelman and “Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress - And How to Bring it Back.”

    America was once a country that did big things—we built the world’s greatest rail network, a vast electrical grid, interstates, abundant housing, Social Security, and more. But today, even we feel stuck. Why?

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Open to the Public

  • Past, Present and Future of Democracy in America

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Autocracy and Democracy (supported by the Cangiano Family Fund) presents “Past, Present and Future of Democracy in America” with Robert Mickey. 

    Organized by Prof. Sebnem Gumuscu.

    Axinn Center 229

    Closed to the Public