Khrystyna Kozak, a human rights lawyer specializing in displacement, was working for a nongovernmental humanitarian organization in Kyiv, Ukraine, on the morning of Feb. 24, 2022, when Russian forces invaded the country from multiple directions, sparking a brutal war that has claimed hundreds of thousands…
Sarah Nanjala, a 2022 graduate of the Keough School’s Master of Global Affairs program, works for gender equality in her role with U.N. Women in Geneva. In this conversation, Nanjala shares how her education prepared her to leverage her passion for human rights and advocate for equality on the global stage.
Anna Romandash is an award-winning journalist from Lviv, Ukraine and a 2022 graduate of the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Master of Global Affairs program. Romandash, who works as a research associate at the school’s Pulte Institute for Global Development, continues to report on Russia’s war in Ukraine and how...
Thanh Nguyen won kudos this fall, being recognized as an emerging leader in peacebuilding and one to watch. In September 2024, during the annual Alliance for Peacebuilding conference in Washington, D.C., Nguyen was honored with the prestigious Rick…
In October 2024, I had the privilege of participating in the Catholic Korea Peace Forum. The opportunity brought together youth from South Korea, Japan and the United States, ranging in age from teenaged university students…
The intersection where scholarly theory meets the art of practice. Research and reflection in the ‘real world.’ Six months on site with an organization, applying classroom learning to a work environment. All are hallmarks of the international peace studies…
Since she first began working for the Rome-based Community of Sant’Egidio as an intern in 2021, Elizabeth Boyle MGA ’23 has boarded more flights to Juba, South Sudan than she has to her Long Island hometown in the United States. As an international relations officer for …
Each day, millions of people leave their birth countries forever. Sometimes those who emigrate are forced to leave behind important identification and medical records. As a result, they face barriers to receiving care for chronic illnesses or mental health conditions. …
Having recently completed her professional field experience as a second-year master of global affairs, peace studies concentration student, Noha Elsebaie shares how her…
Kate Shaw, a global affairs major and peace studies minor, is one of two undergraduate peace studies student ambassadors this academic year. In this student profile, she shares how she got connected to Notre Dame, what she loves about peace studies, and how her role as a student ambassador…
What led you to study at Notre Dame? I knew I wanted to attend a university with a strong sense of community and the opportunity to live out the principles of social justice, both in and out of the classroom. Once I learned about Notre Dame and its incredible community...
Growing up in a multicultural family, Faiza Filali has always been drawn to the study of peace. In this student profile, Filali describes what drew her to Notre Dame, expounds on the experiences she’s had so far and hopes to have in the future, and explains the importance of cultural...
From planning the 2022 student peace conference to attending international conferences, Francesca Mascopinto has taken full advantage of the opportunities afforded to her as a peace studies student. In this student profile, she talks about what brought her to Notre Dame and how the interdisciplinary…
When his family moved from the United States back to Bogotá, Colombia, Matthew Bocanumenth suddenly gained a front-row seat to a historic peacebuilding project. The administration…
Five new students representing four disciplines have arrived to the Kroc Institute as part of its interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Peace Studies in fall 2023. Incoming students were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants from around the world. These students join the Institute’s…
Conal Fagan ’21, the first Irish native to serve as the official Notre Dame leprechaun, returned home to Ireland to continue his mission of using sports as a means for social change.
Angela Chesler is a Ph.D. candidate in Peace Studies & Political Science. She’s also a Research Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. In her research, Angela is looking at post-conflict violence in self-governing…
Researcher. Scholar. Author. Peacebuilder. Melvin Sharty, a second-year MGA student from Sierra Leone,…
Isabel Güiza-Gómez, a Ph.D. candidate in Peace Studies and Political Science, was recently awarded an Alejandro Angel Escobar Prize in Human and Social Science. The award recognizes her research and a recently published book on rural mobilization in her native…
