Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs At the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, we convene the brightest minds for the greatest good.

Together, we lay the foundation for the future of public policy and work to build a more inclusive and equitable world. In Service to the Nation and Humanity


Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs dedicates itself to integrating world-class scholarship and a commitment to service in order to make a positive difference in the world. Our faculty, staff, and students dev

elop and lead creative approaches to the challenges of public and international affairs, with particular emphasis on diverse scholarly perspectives and evidence-based analysis. We welcome a robust exchange of ideas and strive to foster a close-knit community that values and supports every member. We believe that public policy in the 21st century demands a passion for service, a respect for evidence of unsurpassed quality, a global perspective, and a multiplicity of voices.

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From pivoting after major changes reduced the federal workforce to celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Master in Pub...
12/18/2025

From pivoting after major changes reduced the federal workforce to celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Master in Public Affairs program, 2025 required meeting an extraordinary moment.

For the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, these are some of the storylines we followed this year.

For the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, 2025 was a year that required meeting an extraordinary moment.

Congratulations to the Princeton SPIA faculty who were honored with various awards and offered keynote addresses on glob...
12/12/2025

Congratulations to the Princeton SPIA faculty who were honored with various awards and offered keynote addresses on global issues. https://spia.princeton.edu/news/spiaccolades-december-2025

‣ Elke Weber was the recipient of the 2025 I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Award from HEC Lausanne.

‣ Pascaline Dupas was named to Vox’s 2025 Future Perfect 25 list.

‣ Ryan Manzuk and Igor Moric have been selected for the Museum of Science’s inaugural Science Communication Fellowship.

‣ Wolfgang Danspuckgruber’s Global Food and Water Security Project was featured in a documentary as part of the Thought Leadership Film Series, a component of CGIAR’s “With Science We Can” campaign.

‣ Harold James delivered a keynote address during an economic policy symposium, which was organized by the German Economics Ministry.

Elke Weber, a professor of psychology and public affairs and the Gerhard R.

The Criminal Justice Initiative at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs convened an open data summit...
12/11/2025

The Criminal Justice Initiative at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs convened an open data summit in August for national criminal justice leaders to come together and discuss ways to increase transparency and usability of criminal justice data.

The growing amount of data available on the United States criminal justice system has made it much easier for researchers to gain deep insights into it. But the diverse community of practitioners advancing that work — including academics, public agencies, journalists, lawyers, and computer scienti...

For nearly three decades, the policy workshop has been a cornerstone of the graduate program in public affairs at Prince...
12/04/2025

For nearly three decades, the policy workshop has been a cornerstone of the graduate program in public affairs at Princeton University. Building on the analytical skills acquired in the first year, the workshops are designed to help students strengthen skills like collaboration and consensus building that are not typically taught in academic settings.

For nearly three decades, the policy workshop has been a cornerstone of the graduate program in public affairs at Princeton University. Building on the analytical skills acquired in the first year, the workshops are designed to help students strengthen skills like collaboration and consensus buildin...

In a new book, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs faculty member Atul Kohli and the University of Toro...
12/03/2025

In a new book, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs faculty member Atul Kohli and the University of Toronto’s Kanta Murali, a 2012 Ph.D. graduate of Princeton, point to a root cause of India’s democratic backsliding: increasing wealth disparity.

Home to nearly 1.5 billion people, India is the world’s largest democracy – for now. According to the Journal of Democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “government has engaged in what is, by some accounts, a wholesale dismantling of democratic institutions, norms, and practices.”“At a...

In her role as the NHL’s senior manager for player programs and culture initiatives, Melissa Parnagian ’17 helps players...
11/25/2025

In her role as the NHL’s senior manager for player programs and culture initiatives, Melissa Parnagian ’17 helps players elevate the causes they care about off the ice.

Michael Eyssimont tried hard to ignore the symptoms.As a college student, the future forward in the National Hockey League couldn’t maintain his weight or energy levels. Despite being a young and active hockey player, he needed to catch his breath after walking up a set of stairs. After months of ...

“Rethinking the 1990s: Liberal World Order-Building in the Aftermath of the Cold War” (Oxford Academic (Oxford Universit...
11/20/2025

“Rethinking the 1990s: Liberal World Order-Building in the Aftermath of the Cold War” (Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)), co-edited by G. John Ikenberry, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, brings together leading political scientists and historians to explore the decisions and trends that have led to the world to its current fraught moment – and what could have been done differently.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the reunification of Germany a year later, and the collapse of the Soviet Union a year after that, the 1990s were shaping up as a hopeful time for the West. Liberal democracy appeared to be ascendent, free trade was championed, and the catastrophic....

Three Princeton SPIA philanthropy alumni — Kathy Roth-Douquet MPA ’91, CEO, Blue Star Families; Michelle Feist MPA ’97, ...
11/13/2025

Three Princeton SPIA philanthropy alumni — Kathy Roth-Douquet MPA ’91, CEO, Blue Star Families; Michelle Feist MPA ’97, senior program officer, Gates Foundation; and Seyron Foo MPA ’14, chief engagement and intergovernmental relations officer, Los Angeles Affordable Housing Solutions Agency — offer career advice to future graduates looking to join a foundation.

For more than 90 years, alumni from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs have had meaningful careers in a multitude of industries, perhaps none more so than the federal government. But as government cuts reduce opportunities for a new group of civil servants, Princeton SPIA alumn...

In an era marked by rapid technological innovation and intensifying competition over global dominance, the Program on Sc...
11/12/2025

In an era marked by rapid technological innovation and intensifying competition over global dominance, the Program on Science and Global Security at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has received a $500,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to investigate how the pursuit and deployment of emerging technologies for military advantage may reshape nuclear war risks and how global diplomacy could address the related security challenges.

In an era marked by rapid technological innovation and intensifying competition over global dominance, the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has received a $500,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to investigate h...

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