http://milanoschool.org of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy Thu, 01 Oct 2015 06:39:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://milanoschool.org/gpia-professor-shares-opinions-on-fifas-corruption/ http://milanoschool.org/gpia-professor-shares-opinions-on-fifas-corruption/#comments Fri, 29 May 2015 14:22:08 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120553 GPIA Professor Sean Jacobs is the founder of Africa is a Country, a organization that deliberately challenge and destabilize received wisdom about the African continent and its people in Western media. His most recent opinion piece published in Al Jazeera America is about the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) the international governing body of soccer. FIFA officials were recently […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/gpia-professor-shares-opinions-on-fifas-corruption/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/faculty-spotlight-dr-mccandless-participates-in-global-peacebuilding-policy-processes/ http://milanoschool.org/faculty-spotlight-dr-mccandless-participates-in-global-peacebuilding-policy-processes/#comments Thu, 28 May 2015 15:14:58 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120531 Dr. McCandless has participated in and presented papers in numerous high-level policy forums and discussions in May, across areas of peacebuilding, statebuilding and security and development. These have included: –  The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding: Abidjan, Ivory Coast (May 21-25) –  OECD-DAC International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF), meeting on the achievements […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/faculty-spotlight-dr-mccandless-participates-in-global-peacebuilding-policy-processes/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/nyc-needs-to-scrap-how-it-thinks-about-garbage/ http://milanoschool.org/nyc-needs-to-scrap-how-it-thinks-about-garbage/#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 18:36:22 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120523 Professor Ana Baptista was quoted in an article on CityLimits.org discussing how New York City can achieve its “zero waste” goal. The closest incinerator that receives New York’s garbage is across the Hudson River in Newark, where local residents have been fighting it for years. They recently settled a lawsuit requiring Covanta to install a more advanced […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/nyc-needs-to-scrap-how-it-thinks-about-garbage/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/urban-policy-professors-publish-article-in-housing-policy-debate-journal/ http://milanoschool.org/urban-policy-professors-publish-article-in-housing-policy-debate-journal/#comments Tue, 12 May 2015 17:57:32 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120361 Professors of Urban Policy Rachel Meltzer and Alex Schwartz have published an article in Housing Policy Debate, a leading journal in the field, about the effect of housing affordability on health among renters in New York City. In their article, entitled “Housing Affordability and Health: Evidence From New York City,” Meltzer and Schwartz find that higher out-of-pocket rent burdens […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/urban-policy-professors-publish-article-in-housing-policy-debate-journal/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/professor-lisa-servon-named-russell-sage-foundation-visiting-scholar/ http://milanoschool.org/professor-lisa-servon-named-russell-sage-foundation-visiting-scholar/#comments Tue, 12 May 2015 14:41:23 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120341 The Russell Sage Foundation announced that Lisa Servon, Professor of Urban Policy, is one of sixteen leading social scientists appointed as Visiting Scholars for the 2015-2016 academic year. The Russell Sage Foundation is the principal American foundation devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. This prestigious Visiting Scholars program, now in its thirtieth year, […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/professor-lisa-servon-named-russell-sage-foundation-visiting-scholar/feed/ 0