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Vote for the Strauss Center’s SXSW Interactive Panel
Is privacy dead? Is Big Brother always watching? Or are enhanced surveillance programs necessary in a world where terrorism is an ever-present threat? The Strauss Center has proposed to host a workshop at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive to get to the heart of these issues by engaging in conversation with experts in…
Vote for the Strauss Center’s SXSW Interactive Panel on Privacy, Surveillance, and the NSA
Is privacy dead? Is Big Brother always watching? Or are enhanced surveillance programs necessary in a world where terrorism is an ever-present threat? The Strauss Center has proposed to host a workshop at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive to get to the heart of these issues by engaging in conversation with experts…
Voting Violence
The Economist’s Daily Chart uses data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Database (ACLED) to illustrate political violence in Zimbabwe.
Strauss Center’s Security Research Wins Special Achievement Award for Exceptional Application of Geospatial Technology
Known for its innovative research bridging policy and academic spheres, the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law this month received the esteemed Special Achievements in GIS (SAG) Award for its work mapping security risks related to climate change.
Crook Fellows’ Summer Blogs
The Strauss Center’s Crook Fellows are hard at work in the field this summer! To follow along with their experiences, both in working for an international nonprofit organization as well as their travels, visit the LBJ School’s ‘Thinkers and Doers’ summer blog series.
Strauss Center Announces Recipient of Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
The Strauss Center is pleased to announce that Adriana Lins de Albuquerque, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, is the recipient of a Strauss Center Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Security Studies. The Strauss Center Pre-Doctoral Fellowship aims to stimulate the development of the next generation of researchers and thought leaders…
CCAPS Publishes New Dataset, Research Briefs
The Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program at the Strauss Center has had a busy and productive summer. See below for a short synopsis of all recent publications, findings, and awards.
Joshua Busby Discusses New Subnational Data on Duck of Minerva
CCAPS researcher Joshua Busby describes a new resource of subnational education and infrastructure access indicators for Africa, compiled by the CCAPS program, in his Duck of Minerva blog. The dataset provides data on literacy rates, primary and secondary school attendance rates, access to improved water and sanitation, household access to electricity, and household ownership of…
New Subnational Data on African Education and Infrastructure Access
The Climate Change and African Political Stability program (CCAPS) at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is pleased to announce the release of a new dataset of sub-national African education and infrastructure access data. This dataset provides data on literacy rates, primary and secondary school attendance rates, access to improved water…