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The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs advances research and teaching about the world beyond the borders of the United States.

We are a beacon for cutting-edge international scholarship and global engagement across Northwestern’s twelve undergraduate, graduate and professional schools.

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Buffett Q&A: Hamza Haq on Municipal Policy in the Holy Cities of Iraq (International Senior Thesis Research Grantee, 2025)

For our third student profile of the Buffett Q&A series, we spoke with Hamza Haq, a recipient of the Roberta Buffett Institute’s International Senior Thesis Research Award. He graduated from Northw...
Undergraduates stand on stage giving a speech during the peace simulation.

Recap Video | Negotiating Peace: Student Diplomacy Simulation

The final installment of the Roberta Buffett Institute's yearlong international diplomacy series was an interactive peace conference simulation that charged Northwestern undergraduates with taking ...
Although peace negotiations are often greeted with relief, they also represent a fork in the road. A badly-crafted agreement may be worse than no agreement at all. Rushed peace deals store up trouble for the future, fueling more intense and widening conflicts.

Recap Video | Buffett Symposium on Negotiating Peace in a Multipolar World

Watch the short video recap of our Buffett Symposium on Negotiating Peace in a Multipolar World organized with Fundación Acordemos. We convened diplomats, negotiators, and academics to examine the ...

Upcoming Events

CSB Seminar: Author Michael Grunwald, "We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate"

October 29, 2025, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

The Center for Synthetic Biology, in partnership with the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, Paula M. Trie...

Şarık Tara Memorial Lecture Series: "Between States and Borders: Rebuilding Family Life in the post-1918 Balkans"

November 5, 2025, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive

Featuring Professor Theodora Dragostinova, Ohio State University. This talk follows the trajectories of one Greek fam...

Buffett Graduate Student Colloquium with Micol Bez

November 5, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
720 University Place

The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts running colloquia for graduate students to present their resea...

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