The Pardee School is a substantial and diverse center of global and international education within a liberal arts and sciences framework offering one of the largest graduate international affairs programs in the United States.
We combine a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to take on global challenges to human progress and well-being.
The Pardee School and Boston University have resources and a global alumni network to help set you on a path that is meaningful and serves a purpose for the larger world.
Study Abroad provides an opportunity to expand upon your classroom learning, improve your language skills and in many cases participate in an internship.
In a newly article published by The World Bank Research Observer, “Taking Stock of Africa’s Economic Transformation: Rethinking Sources of Productivity Growth,” Solomon Owusu, Assistant Professor of Global Economic Policy at the Pardee School, and his collaborators, Douglas Gollin, Margaret McMillan, Emmanuel Mensah, and Gideon Ndubuisi, reexamine one of development economics’ most enduring questions: how...
In his article published in January 2026 for Journal of Global History, “Escaping Washington’s Tutelage: Latin America, the League of Nations, and International Law,” Andrei Mamolea, Assistant Professor of International Relations, reconsiders Latin America’s role in the interwar international order, arguing that the region was far more coordinated and influential in Geneva than existing scholarship...
Benjamin Goossen, Assistant Professor of International History at the Pardee School, joined students Rebecca Eigner (BAIR '29) and Patrick Slover (BAIR '28) on The Politica, a Boston University undergraduate-run podcast focused on political science and international relations, where he discussed the history and research behind his forthcoming book, Project Planet: A History of the 1957-1958 International...
At Pardee's first-ever Defense Forum, undergraduate and graduate student present their research in a conference-style setup.
CURA Director Jeremy Menchik has been named the Jewish Heritage Center’s 2026 Genevieve Geller Wyner Research Fellow, an honor that supports original scholarship rooted in the Center’s rich archival collections. The Fellowship provides an opportunity for Menchik to do research in the Jewish Heritage Center’s archives, which contain Greater Boston/New England-based records of Jewish institutions....
Urban Refuge recently demonstrated its commitment to community engagement by organizing a volunteer neighborhood cleanup in Maverick Square and surrounding streets in East Boston. Held on April 11 in partnership with the City of Boston and several BU student groups, the entirely student‑organized effort brought together 42 volunteers, including students and recent alumni, who collected...
In her newest publication, The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective, Professor Vivien Ann Schmidt brings decades of influential scholarship on ideas and discourse into a single, ambitious volume that reframes how political scientists and social scientists understand power, legitimacy, and change. Drawing on work begun in the late...
During Spring Break 2026, Madison (Maddie) Keefer (BAIR ’25, MAIA ’26) traveled to Tromsø, Norway with support from the Gilman Grant to conduct qualitative field research for her master’s thesis. Established through the generous support of Lynda Gilman, the grant empowers graduate students to pursue self-directed research for their MA Papers and Capstone projects. While...