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UNESCO Chair at AU Celebrates 15 Years and New AI Governance Focus

On November 4, SIS hosted the 15th anniversary celebration of AU’s UNESCO Chair and launched the next phase of the Chair focused on inclusive AI governance with incoming Chairholder, Professor Derrick Cogburn.
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Nina Yamanis Receives NIH Award to Pilot a Social Norms HIV Intervention in Tanzania

Nina Yamanis has received an National Institute of Health award for a social norms HIV intervention for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania.
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Making Sense of Brazil’s Presidential Election

SIS professor Matthew Taylor on Brazil’s political landscape and the upcoming runoff election between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro
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ARC Celebrates 10 Years of Partnership-Based Action Research

For ten years, ARC has been co-creating action research on many aspects of accountability with partners across the globe. On October 22, ARC will celebrate its 10-year anniversary at SIS.
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Sara Nawaz, Rethinking Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement

The Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal's Director of Research Sara Nawaz has a new article out examining ocean alkalinity enhancement.
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Matthew Taylor, Evaluating Political Risk

Matthew Taylor's new textbook Evaluating Political Risk: Modes of Thinking and Models of Analysis systematizes political risk analysis with rigorous analytical tools.
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Guy Ziv named Helen and Daniel Sonenshine Professor of Israel Studies

On September 30th, the Center for Israel Studies at AU launched Professor Guy Ziv’s new endowed professorship, The Helen and Daniel Sonenshine Professor of Israel Studies
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Trey Herr and Ido Levy, Explaining Cybercrime as a Rebel Financing Strategy in Myanmar

SIS Professor Trey Herr and PhD candidate Ido Levy's new article in the Civil Wars journal examines how cybercrime is a rebel financing strategy in Myanmar.
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Akbar Ahmed Receives National Pluralism Award

The Center for Pluralism honored Professor Akbar Ahmed with a National Pluralism Award in recognition of his bridge building leadership.
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William Akoto, Samantha Bradshaw, Trey Herr: Do data localization policies really improve cybersecurity outcomes?

CSINT Co-Directors William Akoto, Samantha Bradshaw, and Trey Herr's new article examines whether data localization policies actually improve cybersecurity outcomes.
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