The theme of Rooted Futurities: Collective Visions of Peace and Justice will be explored via research presentations, workshops, art exhibits, and various plenaries. The IPRA Conference will take place in Trinidad and Tobago in May 2023, with AC4 as a co-sponsor.
AC4 is a partner for the 2023 Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) conference, which is taking place in Thailand between February 28 and March 3, 2023.
In partnership with NECR, AC4 cosponsored our Executive Director, Dr. Beth Fisher Yoshida’s, book launch on February 16, 2023
AC4 co-sponsored Women, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Feminist Uprising in Context alongside the Athena Center for Leadership at Barnard College on October 17, 2022.
*This is a virtual event. You will receive a link to join the webinar via email in advance of the event.*
Join Barnard faculty member Manijeh Moradian and attorney and advocate Azadeh Shahshahani for a conversation about the women-led protests in Iran that have captured the attention of women around the world. What are Iranian women and men fighting for, and why? How can we understand this uprising in the historical context of Iranian society and also in relation to movements against patriarchal authoritarianism globally?
This virtual conversation will be moderated by Umbreen Bhatti '00, Constance Hess Williams '66 Director of the Athena Center for Leadership at Barnard, as part of SPARK, Athena's 2022-2023 series on protest, and is co-sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and AC4, the Program for Partnerships at Earth Institute, Columbia Climate School.
Manijeh Moradian is Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College and former co-director of the Association of Iranian American Writers. Her forthcoming book, This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States (Duke University Press, October 2022), discusses the women's uprising in Tehran in 1979 and recounts the experiences of Iranian foreign students who joined a global movement against US imperialism during the 1960s and 1970s.
Azadeh Shahshahani is a human rights attorney and Legal & Advocacy Director at Project South. She has worked for more than 15 years in the U.S. South to protect and defend immigrant and Muslim communities. She previously served as president of the National Lawyers Guild. Azadeh is the author of human rights reports, law review articles, and book chapters focused on movement lawyering, immigrants’ rights, surveillance of Muslim-Americans, and people's liberation movements.
SPARK is a series of provocations and conversations designed to ignite your thinking about change and how it happens. Through interviews, book talks, field trips, film screenings, and more, you'll get to know the women and nonbinary people leading change in a wide range of areas, and learn more about the hard, but important, work of building a better future. SPARK is open to all members of the Barnard community, including faculty, staff, alumnae, and friends of the college.
The AC4 Graduate Student Fellowship is now open for 2022 with research funds of up to $1000 for qualified interdisciplinary research that is able to be conducted remotely and without travel. Projects should be focused on peace, conflict, sustainability, and/or social justice and can include projects in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the arts.
Applications due by March 24, 2022.
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences REU Sites Program (NSF Award ID 2051024)
COVID-19 Update: For summer 2022, we are planning for an in-person program for only those in the tri-state area. Given uncertainties about the ability to house students in Columbia University’s dorms for summer 2022, we will be offering a program only to participants who can commute to Columbia University. We apologize for this inconvenience. If things change in the spring and we are able to house students, we will inform everyone with an announcement on this page.
Important Dates
- Friday, January 13, 2022 - Applications open
- Friday, February 25, 2022 - Applications due by 5:00pm EDT; we will allow up to one additional week for letter writers to submit their letters online (your application must be complete at this time), letters are due by 5:00pm EDT on Friday, March 4, 2022).
- March 28 – April 1, 2022 - Applicants will be notified about decisions
2022 program dates: June 6 to August 12, 2022
This REU site at Columbia University's Columbia Climate School is an internship program opportunity for both undergraduate students and K-12 educators. These research experiences will introduce participants to transdisciplinary science being done at the Columbia Climate School. Participants will work through the scientific process to better understand the latest climate change research and how it is gathered, analyzed, and communicated for relevant stakeholders and policymakers.
The summer intern program will support participants to engage in team learning around a meaningful project, participate in professional development activities beyond direct research, and build learning and professional relationships through layered mentoring in a world-renowned research environment. Ultimately, the experience will encourage participants to better understand the context, connections, and perspectives of climate change in a way that directly connects the science and the field to people and communities.
The program features:
- Research project under the supervision of a Columbia Climate School expert;
- Opportunities to work on impactful interdisciplinary projects with both Columbia staff and external stakeholders that bring climate science research to direct community users
- Training in data analysis and techniques, lab safety, professional ethics, and career and networking opportunities
- Special lectures and workshops
- Housing (not available for summer 2022)
- Stipend of $6000
Summer 2022 Opportunities
To learn about the opportunities that are available for summer 2022, please review our complete list of 2022 project descriptions. BEFORE you start an application, we strongly recommend that you read through the answers to the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the program. We provide many useful tips and best practices for how to put together a strong application.
In order to be able to complete the online application properly, you will need to have the following items ready, in either a Word of PDF format:
- Your resume
- Transcript (unofficial is acceptable)
- Statement of interest (maximum 1,500 words)
- Names and emails of two individuals who will be able to provide letters
- Your top 3 choices of research projects
Program Eligibility
The program is open to US citizens or permanent residents who have will have completed at least their sophomore year in college or community college. Preference will be given to rising sophomores who are thinking about majoring in STEM or related interdisciplinary fields, as well as juniors majoring in environmentally related STEM disciplines. Neither graduating seniors nor international students are eligible for these opportunities.
Applicants should have an interest in conducting research in STEM fields and have a particular interest in leveraging science to co-create and translate climate research into accessible knowledge and solutions for stakeholders through a community-based approach. At a minimum, applicants should have completed courses in college level math (i.e. statistics, calculus, OR algebra), research methods, and an introduction to earth and environmental sciences and/or climate science. However, exceptions may be made in cases where the applicant’s college does not offer equivalent courses. While GPA is not the sole criterion for acceptance, students that demonstrate academic excellence are strongly preferred.
If you’re interested in applying, please read more about the application requirements and access the application itself. When you’re ready to submit your application, please click on the APPLY NOW button below.
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Program Contact
The Columbia Climate School contacts for the program are Cassie Xu and Dr. Josh Fisher. The NSF contact for the REU Site program Dr. Josie S. Welkom. Please note that NSF does not handle REU applications; please contact each REU site directly for application information.
Click here to watch a recording from an info session to learn more about summer 2022 projects and the application process.
Meet the Inaugural Cohort of the Earth Institute Summer Intern Program
AC4 is excited to welcome the first cohort of interns for the Beyond Basic Science – Connecting Climate to Communities program hosted by the Earth Institute and led by Cassie Xu and Joshua Fisher. Melissa Olivar will be joining the YPS program and Oneil Mahoney will be joining the EPS program. Click here for more information about Melissa and Oneil, as well as the other interns joining other Earth Institute centers.
The Women, Peace, and Security Program has published a new peer-reviewed article in Agenda, entitled "Shaping policy, sustaining peace: Intergenerational activism in the policy ecosystem."
The Women, Peace, and Security Program published a report on transnational solidarity across five African women’s organizations, highlighting the deep commitments in grassroots women’s peace work across a range of countries and contexts.
Jenik Radon is an Adjunct Professor at SIPA at Columbia University and has worked or lectured in over 70 countries and has advised public authorities and civil society. In this interview, he offers perspectives on how the US and Biden Administration can restore its standing and leadership in the world.