Current Fellows

In Indonesia, one language for all?

  • December 12, 2017
  • Jonthon Coulson

Efforts to instill national unity are diminishing regional identities.

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Can secular classrooms heal France’s social divisions?

  • December 1, 2017
  • Karina Piser

The government wants to guarantee neutral spaces for learning, but some say they risk dividing students as much as unifying them.

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In Nigeria, hard toil in pursuit of education

  • November 8, 2017
  • Onyinye Edeh

Modern-day child labor is the only way some girls can get to school.

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Climate change report

  • November 7, 2017
  • ICWA

Join ICWA in December for an evening in Washington addressing developments and challenges ahead.

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Defining “Radical:” The problems and politics of deradicalizing Indonesia’s Muslim boarding schools

  • November 5, 2017
  • Jonthon Coulson

Solo, Indonesia — How many graduates must be arrested on terrorism charges for the Indonesian government to shut down a school? Whatever tipping point you may have in mind, Ngruki’s alumni list is probably multiples of that number. The school is among the most famous terrorist training sites in Indonesia. Since its founding in 1972,

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Highways and housewarmings: What the Party Congress means for rural China

  • November 1, 2017
  • Matthew Chitwood

Xi Jingping's ascension promises continued progress in poverty elimination and infrastructure development. Only time will tell if he can really deliver.

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A people without a voice in Nigeria’s oil-producing towns

  • November 1, 2017
  • Onyinye Edeh

Poor leadership, corruption and lack of accountability have helped make the Niger-Delta region one of the country’s most underdeveloped areas.

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Bureaucracy weighs down Indonesian education

  • October 31, 2017
  • Jonthon Coulson

Jakarta university educators must scan their fingerprints on one of 15 machines on campus every morning, afternoon and evening.

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Why has French secularism become so divisive?

  • October 30, 2017
  • Karina Piser

The country's recent attacks have given a new edge to an old debate.

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A safe space for Indonesia’s transgender Muslims

  • October 20, 2017
  • Jonthon Coulson

A Jakarta school enables students to rediscover their faith.

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