Global Engagement

For the third consecutive year, students in the Women as Change Makers at Georgetown University in Qatar course embarked on a trip to Washington, DC designed to empower women and foster camaraderie.

Lillian Alexander (G'20) draws on her international development policy degree and the lifelong community she gained at the McCourt School of Public Policy as director of impact at Mercy Corps Ventures.

Georgetown University has partnered with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to fund joint research projects between researchers at the two institutions and support collaborative educational programming.

In this Ask a Professor interview, Darragh Gannon, assistant teaching professor and associate director of Global Irish Studies, dives into the history of the Irish diaspora and explains why the Irish rule American pop culture.

Minahil Mahmud Khan (SFS'26) was awarded the 2025 Andretta Fellowship through the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service, and will spend her summer examining civic engagement in Pakistan.

Georgetown University’s Executive MBA in Dubai equips professionals in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia to meet challenges head-on, combining world-class education with a deep understanding of regional and global business dynamics.

On February 8, 2025, the Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues hosted the Youth, Peace, and Security Workshop: Catalyzing Youth Leadership in Uncertain Times to highlight the transformative role of youth in global peacebuilding efforts.

Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies invited Professor Emerita Angela Stent and Jill Dougherty,  former Moscow bureau chief at CNN, to discuss the current state of the war.

Georgetown University in Qatar marked its twentieth anniversary with its annual Model United Nations (GMUN) conference, welcoming over 1,300 participants from 25 countries to engage in rigorous debate and diplomacy.

Georgetown University in Qatar continues to strengthen ties with Georgetown University in DC through exchanges that foster intellectual collaboration, offering unique opportunities for students and faculty to engage with diverse perspectives.

Paige Maylath (SFS’25) has carved a path defined by curiosity, rigor, and a commitment to understanding the complexities of governance and human rights, leading her to research assignments in Eastern Europe.

The School of Foreign Service is extending its global reach through a new initiative – the Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific program, which opened in January 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia to deepen its world-class education and research in a dynamic region.

Shaun Ho (SFS’20) and Harry Yang (SFS’25) received the 2025 Schwarzman Scholarship, a one-year master’s degree program in China for promising leaders from around the world.

In November 2024, Walsh School of Foreign Service Dean Joel Hellman and Vice President for Global Engagement Thomas Banchoff traveled to Hong Kong and Shanghai to engage with alumni, parents, and friends of Georgetown University in the region.

The students collaborated with three major technology, electric power, and integrated energy companies in Greece as consultants delivering capstone projects focused on specific sustainability challenges within each organization.

Dorothée Myriam Kellou (G'12) was recently awarded the prestigious Recanati-Kaplan Prize for her investigation of the silenced histories of Algeria and France through a post-colonial lens.

Georgetown has partnered with an organization of bereaved Israelis and Palestinian families to produce a program that fosters meaningful dialogue about the human side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Saurabh Bhoyar (G’25) joined the Master of Science in Foreign Service program looking to leverage his technology and security background to advance community development, and discovered a passion for environmental justice and energy security.

In the course Uses of the Past in Modern China taught by Professor Denise Ho, undergraduate students visited Arlington National Cemetery to compare commemorative practices in the United States to those in China.

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), international sports scholars and experts shed light on the transformative journey of women’s basketball worldwide, focusing on the Middle East’s unique challenges and opportunities in the sport.