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Apply now: Global Youth Summit for Change 2026

Applications are now open for the Global Youth Summit for Change (GYSC), a 4-day leadership and dialogue programme co-hosted in partnership with the Youth Center for Dialogue and Peace (YCDP). The Summit will take place in person in Geneva, Switzerland, home to one of the world’s leading hubs for international diplomacy. Apply now This annual summit brings together over 100 young leaders from around the world to engage in high-level discussions on climate action, peacebuilding, human rights, digital innovation, and …

Apply now: Master of Science in Engineering, Sustainability and Health

The Master of Science in Engineering, Sustainability and Health degree provides graduates with the foundational skills needed to excel in transforming corporate, non-profit (NPO) and non-governmental organizations (NGO) committed to a balance between technology and the built environment, sustainability and health. The program provides mid-career professionals with the capabilities to move within their own organization or to facilitate career changes into areas concerning energy, water, humanitarian aid, corporate social responsibility, and international/global development. This program is also ideal for parents …

Top Paying Jobs You Can Get With a Development Studies Degree

According to the UN, we have ten years to address the world’s biggest problems. We’re in a decade of action. Development is all about helping the world’s developing nations. It’s an interdisciplinary field of study that combines politics, economics, anthropology, and sociology. Development studies is a degree that covers all of that and more. And if you keep reading, you might find it’s the right choice for you. What is Development Studies? Development is a fairly new discipline when contrasted with other sociological …

10 Reasons Why Disaster Management Is Important

Millions of people are affected by disasters each year. Effective disaster management is essential to reduce suffering and support those affected. Here are 10 reasons why disaster management is important. 1. Saves Lives During disasters, a crisis is an acute event that is fast moving and changing. Therefore, effective emergency planning and response is vital. A lack of coordination and response to disasters can have serious and long-lasting impacts on a community and can also lead to more deaths. Disaster …

What Is International Development?

Although there are many popular examples of international development organizations such as the American Refugee Committee, the United States Agency for International Development, World Bank, Oxfam or CARE, it is common that many people do not know precisely what it is that these organizations work to accomplish. Though the work that international development organizations do is vast and broad in spectrum, it can be described in a simple way that encompasses the driving forces of this type of work; international …

Applications are open for the MSc in Humanitarian Studies

Offered by the Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Science and housed within The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University offers a 30-credit Master of Science in Humanitarian Studies (MSHS) to educate the next generation of humanitarian professionals. The MSHS is an innovative graduate program dedicated exclusively to international humanitarian response. Students can choose a concentration in one of three areas: Human Rights, Communities and Capacity Building, or Livelihoods and Institutions. The program combines theoretical analysis with …

What do International Development Organizations do?

7 Top Movies Focusing on International Development Issues

Poverty, Inc. Poverty, Inc. is a documentary focusing on the hidden side of aid and development. Featuring over 150 interviews with well-known aid organizations and both global and local leaders in development, this project spans 4 years and 20 countries looking at the potential harmful and disastrous impact of Western aid and development. In particular, it explores and exposes the multi-billion-dollar market of NGOs, for-profit contractors, and multilateral agencies involved in development. In times when foreign aid has actually increased …