International development

Riya Cherian (MPP ‘24), an international student from India with a sustainability focus, talks about why she wanted to attend the Ford School.

Learn about the 2023 all-school Integrated Policy Exercise, which examined the annual State of the Union address. January, 2023

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A panel of former ambassadors hosted by the Weiser Diplomacy Center and the American Academy of Diplomacy will focus on the implications of the war in Ukraine globally and for NATO, Europe, Russia and China. October, 2022.

Nobel Peace Prize lureate and former president of Poland visits the University of Michigan to speak on the global impact of Russia's war on Ukraine. September, 2022.

This event discusses and raises concerns about the U.S. dollar’s primacy at risk and the rise of central bank digital currencies, cryptocurrencies, and other innovations that could quicken the dollar’s decline. June, 2022.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) discuss foreign policy priorities and global challenges. April, 2022.

Please join Robert Fatton and Millery Polyneé for a conversation on how race and racism have affected international governance interventions, including international policing and development initiatives. March, 2022.

Kelebogile Zvobgo discusses how racial assumptions and biases have influenced the discourse around key concepts in International Relations, such as anarchy and development. February, 2022.

Raul Guillermo Benítez Manaut, Richard Fadden, and Thomas Warrick focus on the policy tools and frameworks available for countering nationalist extremism in Mexico, Canada and the United States. January, 2022.

Facilitated by faculty discussants, Ambassador Susan D. Page and Javed Ali, this session focuses on the need for diversity in one of the nation’s oldest government agencies. October, 2021.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, talks global public health and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic response. October, 2021.

Professor Dean Yang talks about the recent paper, "Aspirations and Financial Decisions: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines." April 2021.

When international migrant incomes improve, what are the consequences for global income (from international and domestic sources) in migrant-origin economies?

Eduardo Montero discusses cooperative property rights and development in El Salvador. November 2020. 

Join us for a discussion with David Miliband, President of the International Rescue Committee and former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Join P3E and the and the Weiser Diplomacy Center for a Getting Stuff Done workshop with Shellie Bressler, a long-time Capitol Hill foreign policy staff member.

The Weiser Diplomacy Center, housed in the Ford School, is U-M’s dynamic new hub for the study and practice of diplomacy. Learn more about this exciting opportunity for students interested in foreign affairs—ending with an interactive Q&A.

McDonough talks transforming labor markets and the new economy, as well as leading interagency coordination and crisis responses in the White House. February, 2020.

Bama Athreya and Sandy Levin talk free trade and human rights. February, 2020

The Weiser Diplomacy Center to bring a diverse cadre of seasoned diplomats & foreign policy experts to campus. Mo

Dr. T. Ramasami, former secretary of science and technology for India, as he discusses the role of science and technology policy in developing countries. November, 2017.

Former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin and Ford School professor John Ciorciari have an in-depth conversation on the future of Sino-U.S. economic relations. October, 2016.

Annie Maxwell gives the 2016 Josh Rosenthal Fund Lecture, talks about the role of creativity in solving global problems. September, 2016.

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker talks about "commercial diplomacy" and challenges faced joining the Commerce Department. Introductions by Susan Collins and J. Ira Harris. February, 2016.