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Faculty
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The future of development work: One transition, many perspectives
Migara Jayawardena lays out the need for development professionals to understand many perspectives in the move to renewable energy sources in developing countries.
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SFS faculty publish six new books in 2025
SFS faculty published a variety of books in 2025 that spanned academic disciplines and unique global issues from global power dynamics to public health.
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Five questions about Syria one year after Assad’s ouster
On December 8, 2024, the dictator who had led Syria for more than two decades was ousted from power in a rebel offensive. In the year since Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, Syrians have attempted to recover in the aftermath of both his removal and a civil war that had raged since 2011. This December…
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Tips and advice for applying to Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service
What’s the best approach to applying to SFS graduate programs? Current graduate students, professors, and admissions officers weigh in.
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Top 3 things to know before COP 30 with SFS Professor Joanna Lewis
SFS Professor Joanna Lewis highlights what to look out for during COP 30: the Paris Agreement’s 10-year mark, forests and the U.S. absence from the talks.
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The service and leadership of SFS faculty veterans
Honoring Veterans Day 2025, SFS celebrates faculty veterans Patterson, Urben, Vittori & Stanley for shaping future leaders through service and scholarship.
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Maps with Mark | Ep. 3 The State Department
SFS Professor and Maps of the Modern World instructor Mark Giordano explains the evolution of U.S. State Department maps, which show us how the U.S. government divides the world up for administrative purposes.
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Seven questions about political violence for the authors of “God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America”
Authors Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware answered seven questions to help explain the longer, larger context surrounding the Charlie Kirk assassination and the environment of political violence present in U.S. culture and life.
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SFS welcomes new faculty in 2025-2026
This year, SFS welcomes six new faculty to the community: Eddie Deschapelles, Yifan (Flora) He, Bulelani Jili, Sheila Smith, Andrew Steer and Michael Sulmeyer.
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SFS Professor Joanna Lewis selected as a lead author for the UN’s climate science body
SFS Professor Joanna Lewis has been selected as a lead author for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as it approaches the creation of its Seventh Assessment Report.