Analyzing development strategies towards a more sustainable, equitable world
Mid-career professionals, scholars and aspiring development professionals from across multiple different countries unite as the Global Development MPS class of 2026. Each bringing unique specialties — 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 2026
Grand challenge: Ensuring trade-offs environmental governance and socio-economic justice in Southeast Asia and India. As a young leader and scholar, I'm looking forward to promoting transparency and accountability.
Grand challenge: I want to make every farm a living laboratory and help transform global food systems to be more equitable, resilient, and climate smart
Grand challenge: To enjoy life, nature, and cultural diversity
Grand challenge: Sustainable and healthy cities in the U.S. and Latin America; driving impact through strong program management
Grand challenge: Designing communication strategies for conservation and community impact
Grand challenge: International Agriculture and Rural Development; Indigenous crop improvement, Food security, improved nutrition and enhanced rural livelihoods; Sustainable food Systems
Grand challenge: Expanding participatory approaches that channel cultural knowledge and creativity into shared, equitable futures.
Grand challenge: Racial Justice and Social Change; Community Building and Destruction; Social Policy, Democracy, Education, and Human Rights; as well as the Inclusion of voices previously excluded, ignored, or removed from history in America.
Grand challenge: Resilience through a gender lens: Inclusive innovation for sustainable food and seed systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Grand challenge: To create a replicable model of rural transformation that begins in Chad and expands across Central Africa, where farmers and youth are equipped to overcome food insecurity, build resilient food systems, and lead their communities toward sustainable futures.
Grand challenge: Low tech engineering solutions to combat waste generation, fight climate change, and boost agricultural productivity
Grand challenge: Improving the implementation of sustainable practices in urban and regional food systems.
Grand challenge: Improving food and nutrition security for the most vulnerable people in the developing world