Annual Report 2017–2018 Columbia University | School of International and Public Affairs Annual Report 2017–2018 Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs 420 West 118th Street, Mail Code 3328 New York, NY 10027 sipa.columbia.edu 35423 COVER SIPA_Annual18_FINAL CC19.indd 2-4 2/25/19 4:52 PM DEGREE PROGRAMS Master of International Affairs (MIA) Master of Public Administration (MPA) MPA in Development Practice (MPA-DP) MPA in Economic Policy Management (MPA-EPM) MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) PhD in Sustainable Development Executive MPA (EMPA) MIA AND MPA CONCENTRATIONS Economic and Political Development Energy and Environment Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy International Finance and Economic Policy International Security Policy Urban and Social Policy MIA AND MPA SPECIALIZATIONS Advanced Policy and Economic Analysis Gender and Public Policy International Conflict Resolution International Organization and UN Studies Management Technology, Media, and Communications Regional (Africa, East or South Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia and the Former Soviet States, among others) SIPA is proud to announce . What Can Be, a $150 million, multiyear campaign that What builds upon our 72-year history . to imagine a new era of impact Can in the world. Learn how you can support SIPA: Be sipa.columbia.edu/whatcanbe Cover Photo: Barbara Alper 35423 COVER SIPA_Annual18_FINAL CC19.indd 5-7 3/5/19 6:306:35 AM Contents 2 32 Letter from President Institutes and Centers Lee C. Bollinger 38 3 SIPA at a Glance Letter from Dean Merit E. Janow 40 4 Career Statistics Education 42 SIPA Advisory Board and Campaign Advisory 10 Research Council 24 43 Engagement Donor List 35423 TEXT SIPA_Annual18_FINAL CC19.indd 1 2/25/19 4:54 PM Letter from President Lee C. Bollinger Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs was founded in 1946 during a period of great change and uncertainty. Its mission was to promote understanding across political, cultural, and geographic divides and to train future generations of leaders to navigate an increasingly interdependent and volatile world. Across more than seven decades, the School has proven to be remarkably adept at grasping the needs of the historic moment and at fulfilling SIPA’s essential purpose. Today, society’s challenges include political unrest, economic insecurity, rising temperatures, and a variety of technological threats, and SIPA is playing an important role in addressing each of these problems. e source of the School’s expertise and passion for public service will always reside in an exceptional faculty and a gifted and diverse cohort of students and alumni. During the past year, SIPA has continued to host impressive gatherings and launch innovative scholarly initiatives. e School’s research is influencing the formation of public policy through projects on economic governance, sustainable energy, international conflict, food security, and other areas. Dean Merit E. Janow cochaired the New York Cyber Task Force during a time that saw the release of important cybersecurity recommendations. e School also welcomed World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to deliver the annual Gabriel Silver Memorial Lecture and former U.S. attorney general Eric H. Holder, whose keynote address at the David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum discussed this promising moment for reform of the criminal justice system. None of this would be possible without your support, and for that you have my profound appreciation. I would like to end by thanking Dean Merit E. Janow for her thoughtful leadership of SIPA for the past five and a half years. She and the School of International and Public Affairs deserve recognition for the indispensable work they have done and will continue to do for us all. Sincerely, Lee C. Bollinger President 2 35423 TEXT SIPA_Annual18_FINAL CC19.indd 2 2/25/19 4:54 PM Letter from Dean Merit E. Janow e 2017–18 academic year was one of great ambition and achievement for Columbia SIPA. Whether advancing important initiatives across our core fields or new areas, undertaking leading-edge research, engaging thought-leaders on our campus or around the world, or partnering with a broad array of institutions and organizations, SIPA stood at the forefront of addressing global policy challenges. is has been our mission for more than 70 years. We are pleased to share with you this brief glimpse into the remarkable range of our activities over the past year. While no annual report can fully capture the true breadth or character of a school as diverse and vibrant as SIPA, our hope is that the stories in the pages that follow provide a sense of the amazing vitality, impact, and reach of our students, faculty, and alumni. Among the highlights of our year, we added five new full-time faculty, undertook student Capstone workshops in 25 countries, published dozens of important new books and influential reports, hosted hundreds of conferences and high-profile events with leading figures, and launched several new initiatives. We have grouped the content of this annual report into three major categories: Education, Research, and Engagement. A SIPA education equips our students with the tools, skills, and global perspective to lead and serve in a complex and connected world. Research by our faculty and six research centers continues to shape public policy and expand understanding of critical challenges on a global scale. Our engagement with partners—be they governments, major firms, NGOs, or our fellow Columbia schools—generates new knowledge and advances ideas into the world. In 2017–18, SIPA also launched a new $150 million capital campaign—What Can Be— that seeks to provide the financial resources necessary to achieve a new era of impact. is campaign will further SIPA’s goals for student financial aid, faculty hiring, new programs, and capital improvements. At the same time, it will support the University’s broader Columbia Commitment campaign in key areas for the future. We hope you take time to learn more about this effort. ank you for being a part of our community as we celebrate another successful year at SIPA and look forward to the next. Merit E. Janow Dean, School of International and Public Affairs 3 35423 TEXT SIPA_Annual18_FINAL CC19.indd 3 2/25/19 4:54 PM Education SIPA is the hub of a global learning community, energized anew each fall by students from around the world. SIPA’s educational programs are built upon a multidisciplinary foundation of rigorous academic knowledge and policy frameworks, taught by leading scholars and practitioners from the U.S. and abroad. SIPA students find themselves immersed in team-based class projects, multiday simulations, high-impact internships, and the cumulative Capstone assignment with real-world clients that reach from New York City to nearly every country of the world. 4 35423 TEXT SIPA_Annual18_FINAL CC19.indd 4 2/25/19 4:54 PM Global Economy / Trade / Finance / Development SIPA is a global leader in graduate education and applied research in In addition to meeting with analysts and economic and political development, international finance and economic economists from the World Bank, policy, international security and foreign policy, energy and environment the International Finance Corporation, policy, urban and social policy, and human rights and humanitarian the Institute for International policy. Our students learn from faculty that include both internationally Finance, the Federal Reserve, and the recognized scholars and high-level practitioners, including finance International Monetary Fund, students ministers, central bankers, and economic experts at major international had the privilege of hearing from financial institutions. Below are a few examples of new educational Brookings Institution scholars Homi activities this year. Kharas and John McArthur, who devised the Sustainable Development IFEP Concentration Increases Former Treasury Secretary Lew Goals. Participating students had the Enrollment, Expands Curriculum Teaches Policymaking opportunity to seek career advice as well e International Finance and Economic Former Treasury secretary Jacob J. “Jack” as to interview with these organizations Policy (IFEP) concentration increased Lew, who joined SIPA as visiting for potential job openings. to 302 students, up from 200 just five professor in 2017, teaches a highly years ago, making it the largest such successful course, Leadership and EPD Workshops Celebrate concentration at any policy school. Policy Development: Domestic and 30th Anniversary International Economic Issues. e To meet the demands of this increased e Economic and Political Development innovative course provides a deep enrollment, the IFEP curriculum has (EPD) concentration celebrated the dive into crucial domestic and interna- been strengthened by two new quantita- 30th anniversary of the EPD workshop. tional economic policy issues, tive courses: Applied Time Series, Starting with two projects in Belize helping students understand how the taught by Flavio Bartmann, and Financial and Jamaica in 1987–88, the workshop interplay of domestic and international Risk Management and Public Policy, has grown to become an essential part political factors influences public- taught by Allan Malz. Christian Deseglise of the concentration and one of the sector decision-making. Lew prepares is teaching another new course, Green models for SIPA’s Capstone workshops. students to address issues at the Transition in Emerging Markets, which rough almost 400 projects in highest level by assigning them to explores the challenges faced by emerging 30 years, close to 2,400 second-year develop—and provide extensive markets, and particularly by China, in students have done cutting-edge feedback on—memoranda and moving toward more-sustainable growth. work with over 200 development clients presentations for senior policymakers. and partners in over 90 countries. “SIPA is incredibly fortunate to have In 2017–18, over 130 students worked Initiative on Central Banking Jack Lew on the faculty,” one student with 21 clients, involving fieldwork Expands Curriculum and wrote. “He is a wealth of information in 24 countries.
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