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Vote for the Strauss Center’s SXSW Interactive Panel

August 19, 2013 |

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

August 19, 2013 |

  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…

Complex Emergencies, Food Security, and New Subnational Data

The CCAPS program released a collection of new research on tracking aid for food security, complex emergencies, climate projections, and African education and infrastructure access data.

Voting Violence

July 30, 2013 |

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

July 25, 2013 |

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

July 25, 2013 |

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

July 25, 2013 |

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

July 25, 2013 |

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

July 24, 2013 |

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

July 23, 2013 |

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…

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