{"669908":{"#nid":"669908","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Public Policy\u0027s International Footprint Expands With Two New Partnerships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech recently established two new international relationships, one with the Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, and a second with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe relationships expand the School\u2019s strong global footprint into the southern hemisphere, creating possibilities for faculty and student exchange, joint programs, research collaborations, and more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn addition to the two new partnerships, the School signed a third agreement to continue its existing work with the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy in Japan.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cPartnerships with institutions around the world enable our faculty and students to take part in a global exchange of ideas,\u201d said Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Tom and Marie Patton Chair of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. \u201cThey help us learn how we can innovate efficiently and equitably in our national science and technology policy systems \u2014 both in the U.S. and around the world.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESugimoto added that expanding and nurturing such partnerships gives the School opportunities to share and translate its expertise globally and provides public policy students with unique opportunities to experience and understand different national contexts.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Global Kaleidoscope of Policy Innovation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhile the School of Public Policy is widely recognized for its deep expertise in U.S. science and technology policy, Sugimoto said that its international presence and global connections are key to its success in policy education and research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cFocusing on U.S. policy alone ignores the whole global array of innovations,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are lessons we can learn from other countries\u2019 policy systems that we can pull into our own domestic space, and vice versa. That\u2019s why we are deeply embedded in a global network of institutions who care about science and technology policy systems all over the world.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAssociate Professor Richard Barke, director of Undergraduate Studies, is one of several public policy faculty who have taught courses in Georgia Tech\u2019s study abroad programs. He agrees with Sugimoto that combining international experience with policy study gives students and faculty a perspective that simply can\u2019t be gained any other way. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWhen I teach policy courses overseas, students are exposed to subjects I wouldn\u2019t normally teach about in Atlanta,\u201d said Barke. \u201cWhen I taught a policy course in Oxford, there was a comparative focus between U.S. and U.K. politics. When I taught that course in New Zealand, we focused on policy issues associated with the rights of the indigenous Maori. In Australia students learned about environmental policies affecting the Great Barrier Reef.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversidad Externado: The School of Finance, Government, and International Relations \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe School of Public Policy has strong existing relationships in Colombia, including collaborations with the Colombian government, the World Bank, and other national and international agencies to promote competitiveness, productivity, and innovation through science and technology.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe new agreement with the Universidad Externado began with a Georgia Tech alumni connection. Gonzalo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, dean of the School of Finance, Government, and International Relations (FIGRI) at Externado, received his Ph.D. in public policy from Georgia Tech. When he became dean at FIGRI, Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez reached out to his alma mater to help build the program\u2019s international presence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe agreement lays the groundwork for new collaborative research and joint academic programs, including a possible joint capstone program, as well as faculty and student exchanges between the two institutions. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversity of Stellenbosch: The Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science, and Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESimilarly, the agreement with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa paves the way for collaborations between the School of Public Policy and The Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science, and Technology (CREST), which is housed at the university. CREST is the major research evaluation unit within the country and the aggregator of all data produced by the country\u2019s institutions of higher education, working with the National Research Foundation in South Africa and the National Science Foundation in the U.S.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe partnership with the University of Stellenbosch is exciting, in part because CREST curates and houses incredible amounts of data,\u201d said Sugimoto. \u201cWe look forward to working with our colleagues at Stellenbosch to gain insights into changing mechanisms in South Africa\u2019s policy ecosystem \u2014 and to learning how those insights might be applied in other national science and technology policy systems.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech recently established two new international relationships, one with the Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, and a second with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech recently established two new international relationships, one with the Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, and a second with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa."}],"uid":"35777","created_gmt":"2023-09-25 14:34:58","changed_gmt":"2023-09-25 14:40:18","author":"Stephanie Kadel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671809":{"id":"671809","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Cassidy Sugimoto and Bernard Kippelen joined Dean Gonzalo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez at the Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Cassidy Sugimoto and Bernard Kippelen joined Dean Gonzalo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez at the Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia to sign a memorandum of understanding that formalizes the relationship between the two institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1695652511","gmt_created":"2023-09-25 14:35:11","changed":"1695652511","gmt_changed":"2023-09-25 14:35:11","alt":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Cassidy Sugimoto and Bernard Kippelen with Dean Gonzalo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez at the Universidad Externado in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.","file":{"fid":"254941","name":"externado signing.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/25\/externado%20signing_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/25\/externado%20signing_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28615,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/25\/externado%20signing_2.jpg?itok=hxY0b3Wg"}}},"media_ids":["671809"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"181077","name":"Georgia Tech School of Public Policy"},{"id":"187845","name":"vice provost for international initiatives"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stephanie.kadel@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EStephanie N. 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