Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

📖 Learn more about the Making Water Insecurity Visible Global Working Group's work: buffett.northwestern.edu/research/globa…

@fox32news interviewed the co-leads of @BuffettInst's Making Water Insecurity Visible group Profs. Sera Young & Julius Lucks about their pilot of at-home water quality sensors as easy to use as at-home COVID tests to check for toxins in drinking water. 🎥: youtube.com/live/tc2J7cQuP…

"A university is more than a sanctuary for talent; it is an agent of societal change," writes @brik_t, @NorthwesternU's 2023 @BuffettInst Visiting Professor of International Studies. Read his reflections on the 4th anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine: aaup.org/academe/issues…

@thedailynu recently highlighted Buffett Visiting Scholar Georgia Rose, psychology professor at the University of the West Indies, for her powerful talk at the @BuffettInst on how Jamaicans coped with the traumatic aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Read: dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/07/cam…

Hey friends, I have a new book coming out this spring! A follow up to MOTHER COUNTRY RADICALS. I hope you'll check it out! Preorder now: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

@NorthwesternU students: another simulation is coming this spring, this time tasking undergraduates with envisioning brave new futures. Join our mailing list to get the invite: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/subscribe…

We capped our yearlong international diplomacy series with a 4-hour peace conference simulation designed by @PoliSciatNU's Prof. Danielle Gilbert, challenging undergrads to negotiate a fictional peace deal under real-world pressures. 🧵

Congrats to NU undergrads Shraeya Iyer, Jeffrey Tu, & Isabel Su—presenting at NetSciX (Feb 17–20) in New Zealand, supported by @BuffettInst scholarship! Talk: A Multiplex Lens on Influencer Performance, Group Synergy, and Network Centralization Co-Authors: Megan Chan & @noshir

“We normally perceive development as a technology-based route,” says Sarah Norman—but real development is rooted in context, culture & history. That’s the vision behind @BuffettInst’s Elliott Scholars Program, blending theory + global internships. More: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/refl…

Read about the first screening and discussion in our documentary series “Witness, Archive, Evidence: Documentary Cinema and the Politics of Memory in Turkey" in @thedailynu and... dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/30/cam…

What does the US military operation in Venezuela mean for the future of US–Latin American relations & international law? The @BuffettInst convened a faculty expert panel to share insights—read the short recap: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/the-…

How can lessons from past peace agreements shape our approach to today's? The last panel of our spring symposium on negotiating peace featured lawyer Barney Afako, @PavloKlimkin, @KateFearonOSCE, & @pohrstedt on the precarious work of successfully implementing peace agreements.

Last year, @BuffettInst launched the Elliott Scholars Program to help students to bridge theory & practice in international development. Meet Mira, an inaugural Elliott Scholar who spent summer in Thailand with an Indigenous-led nonprofit. Read her story: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2025/refl…

Some at our symposium on disinformation suggested the idea that fact-checking “doesn’t work” may be gaining traction. That alarmed @AngieHolan of @factchecknet. She argues for being more precise about what’s failing & explains who benefits when we’re not: poynter.org/fact-checking/…

This November, ten @NorthwesternU students attended COP30, the @UN's annual climate change conference, in Brazil via a research seminar opportunity offered through @BuffettInst. This week, they presented their research and reactions. Read in @thedailynu: dailynorthwestern.com/2026/02/04/cam…

Join @NU_GHS for a public lunch lecture to learn how the role of African intellectuals in early 20th century discussions among British colonialists and American progressives about Africans' health can offer lessons for global health today. Feb. 20 / RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/suffering-hu…

A new feature story details the latest documentary film project from Buffett Faculty Fellow @Brent_Huffman, which focuses on urgent work being led by Yemeni women to save their cultural heritage. Read ⬇️

🔗 Attend in person: eventbrite.com/e/what-comes-a…

Join us for a conversation with founder & CEO of the @karamfoundation Lina Sergie Attar (@AmalHanano) on her work to move humanitarian aid for post-war Syria beyond emergency relief toward long-term resilience 🗓️ Mon. Feb. 9 at 12:30 💻 Attend online: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

"There's no human being that really is in control of what a chatbot spits out. It's a model that operates with tremendous, and growing by the day, agency. And so how those systems will be manipulated, what foreign governments are doing to shape these vast and inscrutable data sets ... that is a whole other kind of iceberg deep beneath the surface." Last week, Council Senior Nonresident Fellow @SuzanneNossel examined the post-moderation world alongside Trust in Media Cooperative Founder and CEO Ellen McCarthy, NewsGuard Executive Editor @JimWarren55, and Council CEO and President @londonvinjamuri as part of the Buffett Symposium on Global Disinformation—organized by @NorthwesternU’s @BuffettInst and @nuccpp and co-sponsored by the Council and @KyivMohyla. Watch the full conversation here: bit.ly/3LPiRPp