SFS Stories
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Using Social Media Data to Predict Migration | Massive Data and Displacement
What if social media could predict a migration crisis before it happens? The Massive Data and Displacement (MaDD) project is a collaborative initiative between SFS’s Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) and the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute (MDI), led by Professors Katharine Donato, Lisa Singh and Ali Arab. In partnership with the United Nations…
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Georgetown University mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Theodore (Ted) Moran (1943-2025)
Dear SFS community, I write with the sad news that Theodore (Ted) H. Moran, emeritus professor at SFS and a leading scholar in international business and foreign direct investment, died on Sunday, April 27, 2025. He was 81. Ted held the Marcus Wallenberg Chair in International Business. At SFS, he taught for decades and directed…
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SFS and The Earth Commons welcome Andrew Steer to Faculty
Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service (SFS) and The Earth Commons, Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability, welcome Sir Andrew Steer to the school’s faculty as a Distinguished Research Professor of the Practice in Environment and Economics on May 1. Steer most recently served as the president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund. He will…
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Alumna Kavya Shah on Publishing with a Professor
For Kavya Shah (SFS’24), publishing alongside a faculty mentor became a reality when a piece authored by her and SFS Professor Rebecca Katz was published last fall.
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SFS welcomes Michael Sulmeyer to Faculty
SFS welcomes Michael Sulmeyer to the school’s faculty as a Professor of the Practice and director of cyber programs within the Security Studies Program.
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Maps with Mark | Ep. 2 Maryland in Africa
SFS Professor Mark Giordano explores a map of Maryland in Africa—a short-lived country on the West African coast that became part of Liberia.
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Concentration Chair Interview Series: Jodi Vittori and Paul D. Miller
In our final concentration chair interviews, we sat down with the two co-chairs of the GPS concentration. Professor Paul Miller and Professor Jodi Vittori are Concentration Co-Chairs and Professor of the Practice of International Affairs. Professor Jodi Vittori is a GPS Concentration Co-Chair and Professor of the Practice of International Affairs. As a practitioner, she…
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Examining Ukraine’s path forward three years post-invasion
Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the future of the war is murkier than ever.
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The New Administration and Asia
From shifting alliance structures and trade tensions to diplomatic maneuvering with North Korea, SFS Professor Victor Cha explores how President Trump’s foreign policy in Asia may evolve.
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Concentration Chair Interview Series: Theresa Sabonis-Helf
This week, we sat down with our distinguished Chair of the Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) Concentration. The STIA Concentration equips students with quantitative skills and theoretical knowledge to prepare STIA-minded students for the rapidly evolving global challenges and opportunities we face. Professor Sabonis-Helf spoke with us about connecting the science and policy worlds,…