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It’s the policy-brief-poster-presentation-time-of-the-year again! IEDP students get to present their researches on various policy issues in education around the world to faculty, peers, and other guests at GSE.

Dr. Jennifer Riggan joined us this week for the semester’s last IEDP Faculty Coffee Connections - yes we moved to the outside because the weather was so nice!

Dr. Riggan shared her experiences in Eritrea and East Africa as a former Peace Corps volunteer and later as a researcher. It was an informative and interesting conversation that covered topics in civic education, nationalism, academia, etc.

The month of April started with IEDP graduates coming back home - Welcome back IEDP Alumni!

Current IEDPers learned about post-IEDP lives of the alumni at the Alumni Panel. While they have different paths, all have lived out the IEDP spirit no matter where they are!

After the panel, conversations continued at “Meet & Greet” at Doc’s. Looks like people had a lot of fun (and free food)!

The night of fun concluded with IEDP Trivia (s/o to Dave) and Josh’s “Development Song”... Come back again, alumni!

This week, we welcomed the last (but not least) guest speaker of this semester’s #IEDPLectures series: Dr. Julian Cristia. He is the Lead Economist in the Research Department at the Inter-American Development Bank.

Dr. Cristia talked about a recent study he had conducted - a meta-analysis on cost-effectiveness of technology interventions in developing countries.

ICT4D is an area with so many unanswered questions. That is why: “more research is needed.”

The #IEDPLecture by Dr. Pia Britto, Senior Advisor on ECD at UNICEF, was the highlight of the week for many of us. She talked about Early Childhood Development and the role of scientific evidence in advocacy and policy-making.

The presentation sparked many interesting questions from the audience. Dr. Britto was truly an encouragement for all of us to work to bridge academia and practice.

At this week’s #IEDPLecture, we were thrilled to be joined by Ms Saniye Gülser Corat, Director of the Division for Gender Equality, Office of the Director-General, UNESCO.

Ms Corat talked about UNESCO’s vision for promoting gender equality in light of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as her own journey speaking up for the rights of women, girls and gender minorities.