About the author: Bruna Pecin is an MA student in the Department of Education at Stanford University and a recipient of an FSI Conference Grant. Last week I had the opportunity of experiencing an American academic conference, joining an incredible group of researchers, teachers, educators, and others at the 2022…

About the author: Lara Viela is an MA student in the Department of Education at Stanford University and a recipient of an FSI Conference Grant. I arrived in Minneapolis on a Wednesday night without knowing what was awaiting me. I was so excited to be among such inspiring minds at…

About the author: Katy Robinson is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University and a recipient of an FSI Conference Grant. Earlier this month, I traveled to Nashville to attend the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention. The conference was based in the Gaylord Opryland…

About the author: Sara Vitral Rezende an M.A. student in International Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University and a recipient of an FSI Conference Grant. This year’s (2022) Comparative International Education Society Conference was in Minneapolis, with the theme “Illuminating the power of idea/lism”. As a Masters’ student, my research…

About the author: Stefano Hollis an M.A. student in International & Comparative Education at Stanford University and a recipient of an FSI Conference Grant. This year marks the first annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) to be held in person in three years. Although it was…

About the author: Catherine Baron’21 is an FSI Global Policy Intern with European Council on Foreign Relations. She is currently a Political Science major Stanford University. Here is the hard truth about research they don’t tell you in college: just because you worked hard to write a paper, does not…

About the author: Lauren Schlick ’22 is an FSI The Europe Center Global Policy Intern with the Lisbon Council. Lauren is currently an Economics major at Stanford University. Now that my internship has come to an end and I’ve started to turn my focus to the upcoming school year, I…

About the author: Mac Simpson ’23 is an FSI Global Policy Intern with World Justice Project. He is currently a rising junior studying Political Science at Stanford University. As my time at the World Justice Project has come to a close, I have been reflecting on my experience and how…

About the author: Me Me Khant ’22 is an FSI Global Policy Intern with the The Asia Foundation. She is currently a Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy student at Stanford University. People or places? My storytelling instructor asked us in our very first class. What do you remember most…