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Our conference, "From Migrant to Mainstay: Safeguarding Human Rights after the Journey," brought together policy practitioners, academics, activists, and other experts to discuss the international landscape of migration. Read the report here: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/programs-and...
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Last Spring, we were delighted to host @iom.int Director General @iomchief.iom.int for a productive and insightful visit to campus. Our World House Student Fellows got to meet with Director General Pope and ask her how to address some of our world's biggest migration challenges.
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📝 NEW REPORT 📝 PWH & @UNUCPR convened a workshop titled "Climate Cooperation in Transition." The report distills insights from the discussion, highlighting ideas & pathways to help decision makers strengthen efforts to confront the climate crisis. Read: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/programs-and...
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today’s event in cyber threats, intelligence, and U.S. national security with General (ret.) Tim Haugh and PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz.bsky.social is now live! Watch here: upennmeeting-edu.zoom.us/j/94243050774
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Congratulations to Alicia Chen for being named the winner of the 2025 PWH-@foreignaffairs.com Emerging Scholars Policy Prize! Chen's article "How China Uses Aid to Shape the Global Order" will be published in Foreign Affairs in the coming months. Read more: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
October 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We were honored to host President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia at Perry World House yesterday 🇳🇦 Watch her insightful conversation with @afrobarometer CEO and PWH Non-Resident Senior Advisor Joe Asunka here: youtu.be/YH-lpv0GEnk
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The PWH Graduate Fellows had their first meeting last night! The group had a great time getting to know one another and learning more about how to communicate their research to a policy audience.
September 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today, PWH welcomed back former Visiting Fellow Evan Mawarire to discuss his new memoir, Crazy Epic Courage: How a 'Nobody' Challenged Brutal Dictators and Moved a Nation. Miss the event? Watch the event recording here: youtu.be/N76-a9VF3qU
September 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
PWH is thrilled to announce the newest additions to its Non-Resident Senior Advisors program! 👏 🌎 Advisors work with PWH leadership to build and engage a broader network of experts, support PWH’s policy engagement around the world, and more. Read more: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
September 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We are excited to announce our new cohort of visiting fellows for 2025-26! 🌎 👏 Throughout the year, @upenn.edu students and faculty will be able to engage with and learn from this outstanding group of experts from around the world. Read more:: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We are thrilled to announce the 2025-26 World House Student Fellows! 👏 👏 The group brings together a wide range of policy interests and perspectives from across Penn. Read more about this year's cohort here: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🚨New Project!🚨
PWH is pleased to announce its latest project: the Penn International Climate Observatory, and that Koko Warner, former Director of the Global Data Institute at the @iom.int, will serve as Project Director. Read more: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
July 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
As part of the World House Student Fellows program, students participate in a year-long policy project. Along with their team, they work to analyze a policy problem, and present possible solutions to their clients. Read their final papers here! perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/programs-and...
July 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
While speaking at a Perry World House event in January 2025 on foreign policy priorities for the Trump administration, PWH Visiting Fellow @hbanai.bsky.social was asked about the odds of an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities in the next two years. He responded "85%."
June 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📝 NEW REPORT 📝 Today, more people are on the move than ever before. PWH recently convened a conference to identify practical pathways forward to create migration systems that are not only efficient and secure, but also fair and humane.
Read the report:
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/programs-and...
June 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Alongside Resilience Frontiers, PWH is proud to present our first short film festival Global Lens: Visions of Resilience 🌎 🌱 📺 🎥 The winning entry will imagine an Earth-positive future and use RF's 8 transformative pathways. Learn more and submit here:
filmfreeway.com/GlobalLensVi...
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In March 2025, Perry World House convened the conference "Feeding a Climate-Changed World" to develop policy insights and research solutions to the multifaceted challenges at the nexus of climate change and food security. Read the conference report here: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/programs-and...
May 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Honorable Radha Iyengar Plumb has extensive leadership experience at the senior most levels of government, industry, and academia. In addition to being a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at PWH, she is a Senior Fellow at the Wharton Accountable Artificial Intelligence Lab.
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Aditi Kumar is the former principal deputy director of the Defense Innovation Unit within the U.S. Department of Defense, where she led initiatives focused on the accelerated acquisition and fielding of commercial technologies in response to urgent military needs.
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Sue Biniaz most recently served as the principal deputy special envoy for climate at the U.S. State Department, where she led the U.S. team on international climate negotiations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It's Day 1 at #ISA2025! If you're in Chicago, come see us at Booth 404 in the Exhibit Hall. You can sign up for our mailing list and enter for a chance to win a copy of books from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, @rhfontaine.bsky.social, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, and Scott Moore.
March 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It was an amazing first time out for #PWH at #MSC2025! Our event on the future of warfare, led by @mchorowitz.bsky.social, Mara Karlin, @foreignaffairs.com&'s Dan Kurtz-Phelan, garnered interest from top military brass from around the world as well as from @carnegieendowment.org and @brookings.edu.
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We’re thrilled to be hosting former First Lady of Ukraine Kateryna Yushchenko just ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “No one wants peace more than Ukraine. We want a just and lasting peace.”
February 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Congratulations to @upenn.edu's @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social on the publication of her book, Under the Nuclear Shadow!
January 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We are live with @tcwittes.bsky.social and @sarahbush.bsky.social to discuss the state of global #democracy. Watch at pwh-upenn-edu.zoom.us/j/9226680895...
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM