UN Photo/Douglas Coffman. From left, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Female
Police Officer of the Year Major Seynabou Diouf and MONUSCO Police Commission Awale Abdounasir at the award ceremony.
(5 November 2019)

Dear IO/UNS Specializers,

We hope that you enjoyed a short break! We have prepared many exciting events for you this month, some of which you can find in this newsletter, in addition to many internship opportunities and elections to the UN Studies Working Group board!

EVENTS AT SIPA AND BEYOND

TODAY: Nov 6, 12-1:30 PM
A Lunchtime Conversation with Daniel Naujoks
Center for Migration Studies, 307 East 60th St, 3rd floor

Join the Center for Migration Studies for its first quarterly brown bag series, featuring Dr. Daniel Naujoks, the Interim Director of the International Organization & UN Studies Specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. During the conversation, Dr. Naujoks will explain how migration, displacement, and sustainable development are linked and discuss key research, policy and development implications of these linkages. A light lunch of pizza will be provided.

RSVP: https://cmsny.org/event/lunch-with-daniel-naujoks/

TODAY: Nov 6, 1-2 PM
UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) Career
IAB 411

Join SIPA alum Saumya Mehrotra of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, as she discusses careers in sustainable finance. Saumya will provide an overview of UNPRI’s work, then lead a broader conversation about careers in the field, providing advice for interested SIPA students on the current landscape, and job search strategy.
About PRI: The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions. The PRI acts in the long-term interests of its signatories, of the financial markets and economies in which they operate and ultimately of the environment and society as a whole. The PRI is truly independent. It encourages investors to use responsible investment to enhance returns and better manage risks, but does not operate for its own profit; it engages with global policymakers but is not associated with any government; it is supported by, but not part of, the United Nations.

RSVP: https://candidate.gradleaders.com/CUSIPA/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=4170&companyEventID=73597 

TODAY: Nov 6, 6:15-8 PM
The Long Haul: Film Screening and Conversation about the Attack on Human Rights And Strategies for Our Future
Columbia Law School, JG 107

You are warmly invited to join a screening of the film The Long Haul, followed by a conversation about the attack on human rights and strategies for our future with Professor Sarah Cleveland, Columbia Law School; and Nadja Houben, Film Producer and Director, Human Rights in the Picture. The film is inspired by the late Sir Nigel Rodley, LL.M. 1965, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and one of the principal architects of the modern human rights system, and addresses the current backlash on human rights and how to respond. 

More information: https://www.law.columbia.edu/events/long-haul-film-sir-nigel-rodley-and-future-human-rights

Nov 8, 1-2 PM
Making a Pitch with PassBlue
IAB 501A

Do you want to learn how to make a pitch about the UN? Have you ever worked abroad and want to publish your reflection? Learn HOW at our event featuring the co-founder and editor of PassBlue, Dulcie Leimbach, and PassBlue reporters, Stephanie Fillion and Sonah Lee. 
PassBlue is an independent, women-led journalism site that is considered the most influential media source covering the US-UN relationship, women’s issues, human rights, peacekeeping and other urgent global matters playing out in the UN. 

RSVP: http://cglink.me/r619874 

Nov 11, 12:45-2 PM
Digital Data for Migration Research
IAB 1302

Dr. Ingmar Weber, Research Director for Social Computing at the Qatar Computing Research Institute, presents innovative digital data sources and 'big data' to monitor and model international migration, with real-time application to the Venezuelan exodus and the needs of UN agencies. 

Dr. Weber will discuss different data sets and their relative strengths and weaknesses, including: 
•    proprietary data on geo-located IP addresses of Yahoo users
•    “places lived” listed in public Google+ profiles
•    multi-year geo-tagged tweets, and 
•    anonymous advertising data for Facebook (“used to live in country X”) and LinkedIn (“studied in country X”). 
Speaker Biography:

Dr. Ingmar Weber is the Research Director for Social Computing at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI). His interdisciplinary research uses large amounts of online data from social media and other sources to study human behavior. Particular topics of interest include quantifying international migration using digital methods, tracking digital gender gaps, looking at political polarization and extremism, and precision public health. As an undergraduate, he studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge (1999-2003), before pursuing a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science (2003-2007). Dr. Weber currently serves as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. 

RSVP: http://cglink.me/r614382

Nov 13, 10 AM-1 PM
#PLURALplus19 Festival & Awards Ceremony

UN Headquarters, ECOSOC Chamber
Join the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to celebrate youth videos on migration, diversity, and social inclusion. 

RSVP: https://pluralplus.unaoc.org/rsvp/


Nov 15, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
United Nations Tour hosted by SIPA UN Studies Working Group
UN Headquarters (46th St and First Ave entrance)

Have you never been to the United Nations or had a chance to explore its history? Come join SIPA UN Studies Working Group (UNSWG) on Friday, November 15th for a private group tour. The event is open to all students of Columbia University and their families.

Buy tickets ($16) here: https://bit.ly/35S8zEi 

Nov 21, 12:30-2 PM
Book Talk: "Detain and Deport" by Nancy Hiemstra
Columbia Law School, JG 104

Join us for a fruitful discussion of a newly published book "Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime" by Nancy Hiemstra. 
Introduction by Daniel Naujoks, Director a.i. for International Organization and UN Studies, SIPA.
Professor Hiemstra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. She is a political and cultural geographer whose research focuses on immigration enforcement policies, homeland security and changing ideas of borders, and Latin America. Her new book, "Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime," critically examines the organization and operation of the massive U.S. detention and deportation system through transnational ethnographic research in Ecuador. It also explores reverberations of U.S. migrant detention and deportation practices in countries of migrant origin, and assesses security and deterrence logics behind punitive policies.

Pizza will be provided. RSVP required: http://cglink.me/r610018 
 

Nov 25, 6 PM
Asylum Seekers at the Gates of the U.S.
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor Barnard Hall, 3009 Broadway

Asylum seekers from countries such as Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba and from Africa and other regions of the world, recently began to cross Mexico’s southern border. Their intention is to try to reach border cities in order to apply for asylum at U.S. ports of entry or to cross the border illegally. In this presentation, Professor Rafael Alarcon (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico) examines the experience of these migrants in the city of Tijuana and the responses from the U.S. and Mexican governments.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Refugee Resettlement Intern, HIAS

HIAS seeks a Refugee Resettlement Intern to assist HIAS New York staff with outreach, case management, employment, and other resettlement services for refugees and other eligible migrants served through programs funded by the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM)), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and the State of New York’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA).
https://hias.hrmdirect.com/employment/job-opening.php?req=1125382&&#job
Deadline: Nov 7

Communications Intern (Spring), Center for Migration Studies (CMS)

The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) is a New York-based think-tank/educational institute devoted to the study of migration, to the promotion of understanding between immigrants and receiving communities, and to public policies that safeguard the dignity and rights of migrants and newcomers. Internship tasks include, but are not limited to: contributing to CMS’s online communications and social media marketing; co-organizing CMS events; assisting with the production and dissemination of press releases and other external relations materials; attending UN and other external events for CMS staff, and producing summaries; assisting in the production of podcasts and event videos.
https://cmsny.org/about/employment-internships/communications-intern/
Deadline: Nov 11
To apply, send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample (no more than 5 pages) by the deadline to Emma Winters, Communications Coordinator, at cms@cmsny.org. Please include “Communications Intern” in the subject line.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Intern
Washington DC
Under the direct responsibility of the Global Coordinator for OTI Programs, the intern will provide support to the Global Coordinator for OTI Programs to contribute to strong IOM DC Corner support; participate in briefings with USAID/OTI and participate in 2 Corner and 4 Corner calls for all programs, to develop a good understanding of field procedures and rules/regulations and current programming; track political and security developments in countries where IOM implements OTI-funded programs, as well as Watch-List countries and regions. 
Deadline: Nov 13
To apply, send your resume and cover letter to iomdcvn@iom.int
 

Cyber Security Operations Intern, UN Women, Information Systems and Telecommunications

The Information Systems and Telecommunications (IST) is responsible for managing and operating Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) activities within the Organization. The Information Security in the IST is primarily responsible for Information security programme design and management as well as Information security operation and monitoring. Under the supervision of the Information Security and Compliance Manager, the intern will be tasked to: support in revamping UN Women SOC (SIEM); assist in analyzing the current UN Women SOC (SIEM) and identify the associated issues and challenges with it; assist in analyzing the targeted/ideal SOC (SIEM) and compile the information/findings; support in performing the gap analysis for the two SOC (SIEM) and contribute in proposing solutions to address the gaps. ÔÇïÔÇïÔÇïÔÇï

https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=88475
Deadline: Nov 15
 

Data Automation and Visualization Intern, UN Women, Ending Violence against Women (EVAW) Section 

The Ending Violence against Women (EVAW) section is part of the Policy Division at UN Women Headquarters in New York.  The section is responsible for a number of functions including policy and technical advice to regional and country offices on EVAW, supporting the normative work on EVAW at the global level and developing and managing global level programmes. Reporting to the Policy Specialist the intern will support the automation of EVAW monitoring tools and improving the design and visualization of information. This will include the following key tasks: review existing EVAW monitoring tools, including the global and regional dashboards, and provide suggestions on how to improve these through data automation; support the development of new data automation systems; provide suggestion and ideas for any new tools which could be used for monitoring purposes and support the development of these; support the improvement of data visualization of the information extracted by new and existing monitoring tools.

https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=88409
Deadline: Nov 17

                                 UN Studies Working Group Board Elections!



SIPA UN Studies Working Group (UNSWG) is now accepting applications for the 2020 UNSWG Board! Applications will be accepted until Friday, November 15, at 5 PM. Each candidate application should consist of one candidate statement in the form of a cover letter detailing the following information:
-The candidate’s full name
-The position the candidate is running for
-The candidate’s reasons and qualifications for running.

Candidate statements (one page maximum) must be submitted to sag2250@columbia.edu and lag2201@columbia.edu by Friday, November 15th at 5:00 PM. Your statements and email addresses will be made public via the UNSWG CampusGroups website and Facebook page. 
On Wednesday, November 20th, UNSWG will host an elections debate. All candidates must attend. Voting will occur starting that evening and up until Friday, November 22, 11:59pm. 

Follow IO/UNS Specialization on CampusGroups, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp,
and feel free to reach out to us:
Daniel Naujoks, Interim Director, daniel.naujoks@columbia.edu

Nigina Khaitova, Program Assistant, nk2802@columbia.edu
Sasha M. Lagombra, Program Assistant, sl2922@columbia.edu