refugee crisis

Cozart op-ed, "From Skaramagas Dock," shares lessons from IEDP Greece trip

Nov 9, 2017

“From Skaramagas Dock,” an op-ed by Anthony Cozart (MPP ’18), was published on October 30 by The Michigan Daily and will be published in the Daily's print edition, The Statement, on Tuesday, November 14. The piece recounts Cozart’s experience in Gree...

Ford School IEDP students travel to Greece to research economic, refugee policies

Apr 20, 2017

On Wednesday, April 12th, graduate students from U-M’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy presented their research on two timely and challenging global policy problems: how to restart an economy after a financial crisis, and how to integrate larg...

Bringing Early Education to Young Refugee Children in Countries Affected by Humanitarian Crisis

Sep 29, 2020, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Please join the Education Policy Initiative in welcoming Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director (with J. Lawrence Aber) of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU, for a virtual education policy talk.

PubPol 710.001

PubPol 710.001: Designing a New Global Refugee Protection System

Most states ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, yet refugees' rights are routinely ignored. Borders are often closed, and refugees allowed to enter live in camps or slums with few opportunities, waiting decades for a solution ...