Analyzing development strategies towards a more sustainable, equitable world
Mid-career professionals, scholars and aspiring development professionals from across 8 countries unite as the Global Development MPS class of 2025. Each bringing unique specialities — from food security and inclusive economic growth to renewable energy and environmental sustainability, and more — the class will take a transdisciplinary approach to enhance their technical and practical skills in development in order to tackle the world's greatest challenges around the globe.
Global Development MPS Class of 2025
Grand challenge: Monitoring and evaluation in international agricultural development
Grand challenge: Improving food security and financial independence for subsistence farmers
Grand challenge: Conflict sensitivity in addressing food security challenges
Grand challenge: Agricultural and food policy; land justice; resilient communities and agroecosystems
Grand challenge: Advancing sustainable food systems and entrepreneurship in developing countries
Grand challenge: Circular economy of fertilizers, feeds, and water, with foci in Central America and East Africa
Grand challenge: Contribution of social enterprises in achieving the economic development of low income countries with a focus on Burundi
Grand challenge: Conflict resolution and climate adaptation; Education, gender equity and poverty reduction in Africa
Grand challenge: Life and vocational skills learning programs for societally disadvantaged populations
Grand challenge: Sustainable development and equitable access to essential services in urban and rural communities across Latin America
Grand challenge: Girls' education and youth empowerment, particularly in crisis regions
Grand challenge: Agriculture and rural development in low-income and post-conflict contexts in the MENA region
Grand challenge: Disaster and conflict relief; post-crisis reconstruction
Grand challenge: Far future societal planning informed by the limits of systems and knowledge of operational realities