Initiative for Global Leadership
For more than three decades, the Initiative for Global Leadership’s offerings have connected theory to practice, engaged students in the complexity of global issues, and developed new generations of effective and ethical leaders. Aligned to the mission and vision of Tisch College, IGL has grown into a vibrant platform for local and global partnerships, student programs, courses and service opportunities, and groundbreaking research focused on robust, inclusive democracy.
Tisch College embraces student-led, transformational learning opportunities that build the skills of local, national and global civic leadership and welcomes the opportunity to build on IGL’s strong legacy of student leadership, global impact and a robust and engaged alumni network.
The work of Tisch College’s Initiative on Global Leadership (IGL) is generously supported by the Cummings Foundation.
Initiative for Global Leadership News
Alumni Profile: Alexandra Dingle
Alexandra Dingle’s passion for transnational approaches to education began in Tisch College’s 1+4 Bridge Year Program in Pune, India. She is now applying these experiences as a VIA Global Community Fellow and mentor to First Year Global Program students in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations
Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics, was a featured speaker in an International Leadership Association Perspectives webinar on his latest book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations
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Global Leadership in a Turbulent Time: A Conversation with Professor Abiodun Williams
Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics, draws upon his extensive experience to speak about the essential leadership traits and strategies needed to drive institutional change and benefit those they serve.
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Abiodun Williams on GCTV with Bill Miller
Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics, speaks with Bill Miller on his latest book is “Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations.”
Tisch College Announces 2024 Projects for Peace Grants
Tisch College announces that two Tufts’ projects have been awarded a 2024 Projects for Peace grant of $10,000 each to implement innovative, peacebuilding projects in Rwanda and Jordan.IGL Student Groups
Student groups affiliated with IGL host weekly meetings, events, speaker forums, and promote discourse on global issues and topics. These groups include, Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES), Amnesty International, Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Middle East Research Group (MERG), South Asian Regional Committee (SARC), Latin American Committee (LAC), and Women in International Relations (WIIR).
Student Group Spotlights
ALLIES Civil-Military Relations Conference
Over Veterans’ Day weekend, ALLIES hosted its tenth annual Civil-Military Relations Conference. This year’s topic focused on contested territories, and featured panels on Taiwan, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Nagorno Karabakh. Associate Dean McField delivered opening remarks ahead of the keynote address by Dr. Jaw-Ling Joanne Chang, the former Deputy Secretary General on Taiwan’s National Security Council. Over the course of two days, panelists offered analyses and insights into these the challenges faced in these regions and fielded questions from the audience. ALLIES students also welcomed delegations of students from the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Military Academy. Tufts Alumni Amb. John Hennessey-Niland, former ambassador to Palau and other Pacific Ocean sites, and Dr. Alexandra Vacroux, executive director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, returned to campus as panelists. Tufts Faculty members Oxana Shevel, Political Science, and Michael Glennon, The Fletcher School, also participated.
