Beyond The Classroom
Students Examine Women’s Political Participation and Gendered Political Violence in Study Trip to Mexico
As part of the SAIS Women Lead capstone program, a team of four SAIS students traveled to Mexico City in April 2025 to examine a growing but often overlooked threat to democracy: the social media-facilitated harassment of politically active women.
SAIS Students Conduct Insightful Research on Nigeria’s Care Economy
From September 2024 to April 2025, four Johns Hopkins SAIS students participated in a multi-phase research practicum as part of the SAIS Women Lead program.
Students Explore Issues of Human Rights and Water Scarcity in Jordan
In January 2025, 13 Johns Hopkins SAIS students and one faculty member travelled to Amman, Jordan for the International Human Rights Law Clinic. This course introduces students to the analysis of human rights-related issues, with new topics of study and a new travel location each year.
In Study Trip, an Up-Close View of Rwanda’s Digital Transformation Initiative
In January 2025, 16 Johns Hopkins SAIS students and a faculty member travelled to Kigali, Rwanda for the inaugural Responsible Digital Development: Africa Study Trip.
SAIS Students Win Big at Democracy Symposium
Three first-year students from the MA in International Relations program at Johns Hopkins SAIS won all three prizes at the annual Democracy and Governance Student Research Symposium held at Georgetown University on February 12, 2025.
From D.C. and Nanjing to Singapore: Students Explore Career Paths with Alumni Support
On Jan. 11, students from SAIS’ Washington, D.C. campus and the Hopkins-Nanjing Center converged in Singapore for a five-day excursion where they attended Foresight 2025 alongside global leaders and visited cutting-edge companies in the region, hosted by SAIS alumni, to explore potential career paths.
SAIS Students and Western Balkans Youth Leaders Brief NATO Officials and Delegations
On December 10, 2024, a day when decision-makers at NATO focused on continuing instability in the Balkans, two SAIS students—together with their youth leader counterparts from across the six key Western Balkans nations—presented their Recommendations Report in person to the Alliance’s highest-level officials, NATO staff and member state delegations.
Good Governance as Peacebuilding: Lessons from Kenya
In March 2024, 16 students from Johns Hopkins SAIS, led by Professor Siniša Vuković, embarked on the Conflict Management Field Trip to Nairobi, Kenya. The immersive experience, which took place from March 18 to 22, allowed students to explore the intersection of good governance and peacebuilding in one of East Africa’s key regional players.
Students Learn from Key Leaders in NATO Site Visit
On November 1, 2024, a group of 29 Johns Hopkins SAIS students and two faculty members traveled to Norfolk, Virginia for a site visit to the NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) headquarters.
Human Rights Issues Are Front and Center in Study Trip to Geneva
From March 17 to 24, 2024, 14 Johns Hopkins SAIS students, one teaching assistant, and one faculty member traveled to the United Nations’ offices in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the capstone course UN Human Rights System: Geneva Study Trip.