Monday, May 12, 2025
3:30–5:00 PM ET
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Afra Fairooz
IMF Loans: How rising cost and conditionality are stifling investments in Pakistan’s energy sector
Thesis Advisors: Sunder Ramaswamy & Kemi Fuentes-George
Rosella Graham
Geoengineering: Planet Politics and the Price We Pay
Thesis Advisors: Obie Porteous & Gary Winslett
Remzije Kupe
Geoengineering: Planet Politics and the Price We Pay
Thesis Advisors: Kristina Sargent & Gary Winslett
Tessa Marker
Is there a Green Side to Privatization? A case study Analysis of Privatization in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico’s Energy Sectors
Thesis Advisors: John Maluccio & Nadia Horning
Gustavo Romero
Thesis Advisors: John Maluccio & Sarah Stroup
Ishanni Sharma
The Economic and Political Viability of Solar-Powered Desalination in Jordan
Thesis Advisors: Kristina Sargent & Gary Winslett
Oliver Song
Unpacking Sinophobia in Kazakhstan: What Explains Shifting Public Opinion Towards China
Thesis Advisors: Will Pyle & Jessica Teets
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “War and Forced Displacement: A Global Reckoning” with David Vine.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Open to the Public
Elena Kostiuchenko will talk on the state of journalism in Russia today, her work at Novaia Gazeta, and her book, “I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country.” (2023)
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Want to know more about political ecology and environmental politics? Come visit our poster session! Two classes will be presenting their term paper projects on topics from every corner of the planet!
Profs. Michael Sheridan (ANTH) and Kemi Fuentes-George (PSCI)
McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall
Open to the Public
For more information about this event, please click here.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Open to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Remarks and awards for Political Science department seniors and their families.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Are you passionate about international development, and poverty alleviation? Interested in connecting the dots between economics and policy and are passionate about working with organizations to form partnerships for evidence-informed development policy.
Register on Handshake for the virtual link to attend.
October 7, 2024 • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) attending
Also, J-PAL has an entry-level job opportunity you might be perfect for:
Policy Associate
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) • Cambridge, MA
Full-Time Job • Apply by Mar 19th, 2025
Thursday, October 10, 2024
12:30–1:30 PM ET
Twilight 204
50 Franklin Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
Join us for an informal event to meet and learn from Pui Shen Yoong, a Senior Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC. Shen has spent a decade at the World Bank, covering various countries across Asia (Maldives, Indonesia and her native Malaysia) and Latin America (Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay).
She holds a Bachelor’s in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College (‘12) and a Master’s in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (‘17). This will be a good opportunity to explore what careers in multilateral organizations such as the World Bank could look like and to ask questions. This is not a formal recruiting event.
Students can register on Handshake HERE.
CHINA Town Hall (CTH), a program that provides a snapshot of the current U.S.-China relationship and examines how that relationship reverberates at the local level – in our towns, states, and nation – connects people around the country with U.S. policymakers and thought leaders on China.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
How are governmental negotiations at UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (COPs) shaped by generational gaps and questions about intersectionality? Former climate negotiator for the government of Mexico, Ivonne Maricarmen Serna ‘23, will speak about her experiences at UNFCCC COP-29 to the Middlebury community and broader public.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents “Dynasty Divided: A Family History of Russian and Ukrainian Nationalism” with Dr. Fabian Baumann.
Virtual Middlebury
Open to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics presents “Digital Innovations in Education: Scaling Adaptive Learning and I-Powered Teaching” with Carolina Lopez.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics presents Galina Hale and “Climate Change and Global Financial System.”
Virtual Middlebury
Open to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Why is our food system broken? Austin Frerick describes the rise to power of 7 “food titans”, whose exploitation of consumers, farmers and workers has contributed to high prices and poor conditions for farmers and workers. Frerick is a Yale University agricultural policy fellow and the author of Barons: Money, Power and the Corruption of Food Industry, chosen as a Kirkus Review Best Indie Book of 2024.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on International and Global Security presents the film screening of “Io Capitano.”
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Open to the Public
Journalists and politicians are increasingly describing contemporary American politics as in “constitutional crisis” or as “not normal times.” To better understand what is happening, a panel of political science experts on American and comparative politics will discuss whether the United States can still be categorized as a democracy. They will point to the developments they view as most threatening and discuss what elements they are focused on to judge the future of the United States.
Panelists: Matt Dickinson, Bert Johnson, Jessica Teets, Erik Bleich (moderator)
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
