What is the Best Way to Encourage Innovation? Competitive Pay May be the Answer
Field work from UC San Diego and Thermo Fisher finds providing a sizable award to top performers is most effective in producing creative scientific and technological solutions...
Van Wie and Walden awarded the 2020 Eckstein prize for interdisciplinary research
The students saw a disconnect between academic theories on civil conflict warning against employing mechanized units and narrative accounts citing their effectiveness in Operation Iraqi Freedom....
Parthasarathy’s NSF grant will investigate how politics and public trust drive coronavirus response
Professor Parthasarathy: diagnostic testing is key for the U.S. to stop the spread of COVID-19, re-open the economy, and manage the next epidemic; things to learn from other countries’ responses....
Alan V. Deardorff analyzes rules of origin impact on the efficacy of free trade agreements
Alan V. Deardorff's latest research on international trade evaluates the timely topic of rules of origins (ROOs) impact on free trade agreements (FTAs)....
InternGram: Kyle Jarrett MPP ‘21
This summer students scattered across the globe for first-hand professional experience in their internships. Students are recapping their experiences to recap the what, where, and wow!...
Deploying mangroves to fight climate change
An estimated one third of the world’s mangrove forests have been destroyed. Two UCSD GPS alumni are taking on the challenge with the Global Mangrove Trust. ...
Alumni-nominated spotlight: Alisha Tomita-Yu ’16 of Oracle
As part of an ongoing Pass the Pen series, we feature Alisha Tomita-Yu ’16, who has kept busy since graduation looking at the future of technology at Oracle, championing diversity and inclusion...
Decoding the Hong Kong protests – and more
Political economist Ruixue Jia sheds light on economic development in China and the potential impacts of current protests in Hong Kong...
A Nation Dangerously Divided: Race Shapes Who Wins and Who Loses in U.S. Democracy
A new book by UC San Diego School of Global Policy faculty member Zoltan Hajnal reveals how preferences of African-American voters are ignored by federal government—and how to fix it....
Against all Odds: Jackson Alum Aims to Reform Politics in Brazil
Daniel José Oliveira MA ’15 came to Yale with the lofty aspiration to reform Brazilian politics. Four years later, Daniel is making his dream a reality....
Promoting Green Growth in Asia
Jin Young is in charge of a growing portfolio of programs and in -country operations in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan for the Global Green Growth Institute....
Advancing Peace and Economic Development in Northeast Asia
Jongbeom Choi is program officer for The Asia Foundation’s Korea office, where he is mainly responsible for North Korea and Northeast Asia regional programs. ...