BU Today Features GDP Center Summer in the Field Fellows

BU Today recently highlighted the experiences of our 2018 Summer in the Field Fellows, who spent the summer conducting field research related to our mission to advance policy-oriented research for financial stability, human well-being, and environmental sustainability across the globe. 

This is the inaugural year of our Summer in the Field Program. As a core part of our mission, we strive to provide both research and experiential opportunities for Boston University students throughout the year. Applications for next years fellowship will become available early in the spring semester. 

The 2018 fellows included Federico Pisani (Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, MA candidate), Rebecca Olson (BU School of Public Health, MPH candidate) and Gedeon Lim (BU Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, PhD candidate in Economics).

BU Today published an August 30, 2018 article entitled “Global Development Policy Fellows Pursue Hands-on Research,” highlighting the experiences of the three fellows.

From the text of the article:

One student spent the summer researching family planning in rural India, another studied job wages on an Indonesian island, and a third designed an app to aid midwives in Myanmar. Meet the inaugural class of the BU Global Development Policy (GDP) Center Summer in the Field Fellows.

The trio of grad students—Federico Pisani (GRS’20), Gedeon Lim (GRS’21), and Rebecca Olson (SPH’19)—each received a $4,000 stipend to travel to Asia to conduct research. They were among 13 candidates who applied for the fellowship, and they were chosen, says Center Outreach and Communication Specialist Sarah Lattrell, because their interests aligned closely with the center’s goals—to research financial stability, human well-being, and environmental sustainability across the globe. The Center, which operates in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research, was formed last year.