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Six-week immersive, undergraduate courses offered in countries around the world.

PIIRSGlobal Seminars

International early-career scholars come to Princeton for a year to research, write and collaborate.

PIIRSFung Global Fellows Program

Advancing the study of contemporary China.

Paul and Marcia Wythes Center On Contemporary China

Multi-disciplinary research and teaching hub to explore history, politics or culture, along with regional significance and international connections

Research Labs

On-campus seminar courses that incorporate a faculty-led international travel component

Exploration Seminars

A leading journal for political science.

World Politics Quarterly Journal

What's New at PIIRS

Apr16

Annual Conference: Ordering Moments in World Politics

7:00am - 10:15am | ZOOM | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Apr16

South Asia Graduate Student Conference

9:30am - 1:30pm | ZOOM | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Apr16

Sustainable and Resilient Post-Covid Cities: Innovations and Lessons Learned

10:00am - 12:00pm | Zoom - registration required!

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In a new study published on April 13, 2021 in the journal Scientific Data, a team of researchers from Princeton University and the University of Minnesota developed an energy use database covering urban areas across 640 urban districts in India. Such baseline data are essential for Indian cities to develop and evaluate low-carbon policies that align from local to state and national scales.

Thursday April 15

A new energy-use database helps Indian cities meet their climate goals

World Politics (Volume 73, Issue 2) is available online.

Monday March 29

New issue of World Politics is available online

Anu Ramaswami Photo by David Kelly Crow

Monday March 22

Teaching a pandemic in real time

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