{"id":63727,"date":"2026-05-21T10:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=63727"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:27:36","slug":"atlas-conference-2026-student-research-highlights-resilience-in-a-changing-global-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2026\/05\/21\/atlas-conference-2026-student-research-highlights-resilience-in-a-changing-global-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas Conference 2026: Student Research Highlights Resilience in a Changing Global Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Fabian Salvador (BA IR and Latin American Studies ’26)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On Friday, April 24, 2026 the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted its annual Atlas Conference where graduate students presented their research on a variety of issues. As a student-led initiative, this event celebrated the countless hours dedicated to writing, editing, and travel endured by the five amazing student participants. This year\u2019s theme honed in on resilience and the ability of today\u2019s global order to confront and overcome challenges of the past, present, and future.<\/p>\n

The conference highlighted a diverse range of student-led research from masters candidates in the School of Public Health to a PhD candidate in BU\u2019s Socio-Cultural Anthropology Department. Topics varied from addressing the dangers of antibiotic resistance in public health to the reintegration of women refugees into greater Syrian society.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Editor-In-Chief of the Atlas, Jack Whitten (MAIA ’26), in collaboration with Conference Co-Chair Tatiana Azouri, the event illustrated well the importance of combatting misconceptions and using one\u2019s technical or cultural knowledge to contribute to social progress in meaningful ways. These presentations inspired thoughtful discussion during Q&A sessions and encouraged everyone who was in attendance to reevaluate the ways in which they are resilient amidst today\u2019s many international troubles.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Given its interdisciplinary nature, a tapestry of global issues was woven together with every slide deck. Erin Gable (MAIA \u201826) delved into her research on the Syrian refugee displacement crisis, noting her discovery that \u201cthere is a demographic blind spot\u201d in how these matters tend to be studied. She stresses the vitality of \u201cintegrating women into Syria\u2019s government\u201d to limit the violence against them while expressing that if women are not integrated, the economy \u201cwill decline or be behind by twenty years.\u201d Right after, Kalasiddhi Thapa (MPH \u201826), touched on the development of MESY, an AI Chatbot that provides \u201cmental health information and resources” to struggling youth in New Delhi. Though not directly applicable, at least yet, Kalasiddhi\u2019s project which leverages AI to help destigmatize mental illness in social settings can support refugees as well during their reintegration.<\/p>\n

As its third iteration, the 2026 Atlas Conference culminated with a strong sense of direction and faith in the capacity of human society toward further advancement. It is thanks to the work of students like those who presented at the conference that global dialogue and intercultural discourse continues to be fostered today, and even more sore in academic spaces like those in the Greater Boston Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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