UPCOMING EPD & OTHER EVENTS
Latin America’s Recovery after the COVID Crisis: Economic, Social and Political Dimensions
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | 6-7 PM
Click HERE to register and receive Zoom link
Join José Antonio Ocampo, Co-Director of the EPD Concentration at SIPA; Member of the Committee on Global Thought; Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University; and the Chair of the Committee for Development Policy; Vicky Murillo, Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; and Miguel Urquiola, Chair and Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in a discussion on way lies ahead for the LATAM continent, amidst the pandemic-induced crisis, particularly in the political, economic, and social context.
Tourism after COVID 19 - A Conversation with the UNWTO Secretary-General
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 | 1-2:15PM EDT
Register: http://cglink.me/r890557
Join us for a conversation with the Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Organization, Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili to discuss challenges and opportunities within the tourism industry after COVID 19 and what tourism will look like moving forward. The World Tourism Organization has the mandate to promote responsible, sustainable, and universally accessible tourism with its many implications for reaching the SDGs. Join to get answers to questions such as what can be done in the break in travel to ensure labor protections are ensured for youth and minorities? What can be done to advance digitalization in rural communities that lack visitors and do not have the requisite infrastructure, internet access, or technical knowledge to attract tourist? What can we do at the multilateral level? A Q&A session will be held at the end for student who want to ask questions to the SG directly.
Economic and Political Development Career Panel Series | Nov. 19, Thursday 1-2PM
For more info and to sign up, click HERE
Meet and connect with SIPA EPD concentration Alumni in fields including development consulting, impact investing, political risk, and multilateral organizations. Organisations represented include Tideline, Humanity United (The Omidyar Group),ThreeArrows Impact Partner, Chemonics, Dalberg, Abt Associates, Control Risks, UNDP, IFC, World Bank Group, and World Food Programme.
COVID-19: Policymaking in the Throes of a Global Crisis | Every Wednesday, 1-2 PM EDT
An online seminar co-sponsored by the School of International and Public Affairs, the Earth Institute, and the Mailman School of Public Health. For more information on this online seminar series CLICK HERE. September 23rd seminar: “COVID-19 Vaccines in a Time of Anti-Science featuring Peter Hotez, University Professor, Baylor University. To join CLICK HERE to register.
Sustaining Peace in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities | Wednesday, Nov. 18 | 1-2 PM | Zoom
Registration link: http://cglink.me/r880036
Zoom link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/97561216381?pwd=RUtxb3ZZb2FaRlJNTlBwUk9yeFp2dz09
SIPA Pan-African Network (SPAN) will be hosting Youssef Mahmoud, former UN Under-Secretary- General and Senior Advisor at the International Peace Institute. He will discuss ways to sustain peace across different countries in Africa, while touching on both the challenges and the opportunities. Youssef Mahmoud has spent decades working with the UN as a former UN Secretary General, heading peace operations in Burundi, the Central African Republic and Chad. In addition, he led the independent strategic review of the UN peace operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and simultaneously served as a member of the UNSG High Level Panel on Peace Operations and the Global Study on Women, Peace and Security. Dr. Mahmoud will be joining us to discuss the future of peacekeeping in Africa and what will need to be done to ensure stability moving forward.
Global Climate Change Governance: The Role of International Organizations
Wednesday December 2, 2020 | 10am-12pm EDT
RSVP: http://cglink.me/r888316
Climate action is one of the foremost challenges of our times. This panel discusses the distinct role of international organizations in climate governance. This includes not only the role of the Paris Agreement but the broad work of international organizations with governments and non-governmental actors at the global, regional, national and sub-national levels to promote environmental and climate change related action. The discussion will foster a better understanding of the multiple and complex ways, UN agencies and programmes are promoting change and the political and practical obstacles and strategies. Panelists include: Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN Environment Program, Ovais Sarmad, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Secretary,UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Scott Barrett, Vice Dean and Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, SIPA. Moderator: Daniel Naujoks, Director a.i., International Organization and UN Studies, SIPA.
If you missed last week's event, Measuring the Success of Impact Bonds: 5 questions for the first 10 years, with Dr. Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, you can watch the recording HERE
OCS EMPLOYER SESSIONS
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Monday, November 16, 2020
Time:11:30 AM- 12:30 PM
YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT UNTIL YOU HAVE FILLED THIS FORM *Please register at
http://goo.gl/forms/rXmSPoljJi .
Morgan Stanley Global Sustainable Finance Summer Associate Presentation
When:Monday, November 16, 2020
Time:12:30 PM- 1:45 PM
YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT UNTIL YOU HAVE FILLED OUT THIS FORM *Please register at
https://morganstanley.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/candidate/postings/7093
Effective Networking For International Students
When:Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Time:1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme
When:Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Time:1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
Official website:
https://www.unv.org/
To read more on elegibility criteria:
https://oneunv.force.com/s/article/Become-a-UN-Volunteer?language=en_US
If you want to get a sense of what the UN Volunteer specialist opportunities are:
https://www.unv.org/special-calls
How to register in the UNV Talent Pool?:
https://oneunv.force.com/s/article/How-to-register-in-the-UNV-Talent-Pool?language=en_US
Salary Negotiation for Women (Part 2)
When:Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Time:6:00 PM- 8:00 PM
COMPLETION OF GOOGLE FORM BELOW IS REQUIRED to PARTICIPATE
https://forms.gle/2owBkENw3HY9bGm38
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
When:Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Time:1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
Work Authorization Requirement: US Citizens
Connecting Meaningfully in a Virtual World: A Discussion with Josefine Roos MIA ‘11 and Daniel Perdomo-Rodriguez MPA ‘11
When:Thursday, November 19, 2020
Time:11:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Participants must register for the event through Zoom:
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEofuiqqzkuEtP5yyBLR4yPSNJMq3bEo2jq
Career Panel: What I Wish I Knew as a First Year
When:Friday, November 20, 2020
Time:12:00 PM- 1:00 PM
Pursuing A PhD Program
When:Friday, November 20, 2020
Time:1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Check out this week's OCS New Job and Internship Opportunities CLICK HERE and Upcoming Deadlines for Jobs and Internship Application CLICK HERE
CAREER RESOURCES
SIPA Career Website & Resources
Check out great career development resources for students that can be found on SIPA Career Resources Website.
Factsheets on Career Development - Tips for international students and on connecting with alumni, interviewing, networking, PMF information, writing resumes and cover letters and other career development topics.
Career Overview Factsheet - Information, sample employers, and online resources for a variety of fields and industries
Sector-Specific Fact Sheets - Lists of employers by industry or field, organizational charts, and information on IFC and World Bank internship programs and YPPs.
Check out other resources in the website.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS
Sophia Lei Zhu is a second-year MIA student concentrating in EPD and double specializing in
DAQA and TMaC. Originally from China, she has worked as an international news editor in
Egypt and the United States. After witnessing and reporting many historic events on the ground,
including the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, she chose to pursue graduate studies at SIPA to
equip herself for a career in international development. At SIPA, Sophia is a teaching assistant
for the Microeconomics course and a fellow of the International Fellows Program.
Over the summer, she interned at the UNESCO Liaison Office in New York. Although she was
sad to see the multilateral system in the United Nations was facing challenges, she still firmly
believes that multilateralism is the only way to address the world’s pressing issues, such as the
pandemic and climate change. She hopes in her future career she will be able to tap her international affairs and journalism background and her interest in gender equality to work for international organizations. Outside of school and work, Sophia loves fiction, the impressionist arts, and yoga. She is a proud mom with a nine-year-old son. She is happy to listen to and talk about how challenging online learning and/or parenting is in the year of a pandemic.
Nate Edwards is a first-year MIA/EPD student. Nate is from Portland, Oregon originally, but has slowly made his way east. He studied anthropology and sociology at Carleton College in Minnesota. This is where his interest in international affairs, and specifically international development, began. While there, Nate spent considerable time learning about social entrepreneurship while interning at Ashoka’s Brazilian national office. Additionally, he conducted a few seasons of ethnographic research in Brazil to study the processes by which international NGOs localize global missions. After college, Nate spent two years working with a non-profit research and management consulting firm based out of Boston where he supported organizations in the arts and culture, health, education, religion, and human services sectors. During this time, he decided his passion was still in development which led him to SIPA. Nate is specifically interested in development processes. He hopes to learn more about how contextual determinants inform decision-making of individual and institutional stakeholders and how this knowledge can act as a basis for strategic and contextualized programming. His regional interest is in Latin America. Nate enjoys hiking, camping, kayaking and just about anything else outdoors. When COVID ends, he looks forward to exploring the local music scene in New York. Feel free to reach out via email, WhatsApp, or social media!
(Reach out to us if you'd like to be featured in the next newsletter!)
PICK OF THE WEEK
This week's featured film: Les Misérables (2019)
Assigned to work alongside unethical police veterans in Paris' Anti-Crime Brigade, Brigadier Stéphane Ruiz a recent transplant to the working-class suburb of Montfermeil, where Victor Hugo wrote his famous novel Les Misérables - struggles to establish a working relationship with influential community leaders while attempting to maintain some semblance of peace between his disreputable team and the citizens of the local housing projects. When what should be a simple arrest goes tragically awry, the three officers must individually reconcile with the aftermath of their actions while angling to keep the neighborhood from retaliating with mob violence. Beginning as a Cesar-winning short film, the film was inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris.
Watch the trailer
here, Watch it on Amazon Prime.
This week's featured book: The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming (Eric Holthaus)
The first hopeful book about climate change, The Future Earth shows readers how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades. The basics of climate science are easy. We know it is entirely human-caused. Which means its solutions will be similarly human-led. In The Future Earth, leading climate change advocate and weather-related journalist Eric Holthaus (“the Rebel Nerd of Meteorology”—Rolling Stone) offers a radical vision of our future, specifically how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades. Anchored by world-class reporting, interviews with futurists, climatologists, biologists, economists, and climate change activists, it shows what the world could look like if we implemented radical solutions on the scale of the crises we face.
Available on Amazon
(We would love to hear your recommendations! Let us know what you have watched/read/listened to recently so we can feature them in the next newsletter!)
EPD OFFICE HOURS
José Antonio Ocampo, EPD Co-Director
Sign up online: https://tinyurl.com/officehours-ocampo
Jenny McGill, EPD Co-Director and Workshop Director
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Ilona Vinklerova, EPD Manager
Sign up online: https://sipa.campusgroups.com/meetings/1060915/IlonaOfficeHours
Wednesday OH are held at SIPA.
Séléna Batchily, EPD Program Assistant
By appointment at ssb2200@columbia.edu
Saiful Salihudin, EPD Program Assistant
By appointment at sas2409@columbia.edu
