Summer Institutes

2015 PIER Institutes
July 6-10

Early admission: March 9th, 2015. Tuition of $160 must be received by April 15th, 2015

Final Admission: April 24th, 2015. Tuition of $160 must be received by May 29th, 2015.

Global Challenges: Climate Change and Food Security

Two of the most urgent issues facing the 21st century are the environmental effects of climate change and food security for a global population expected to exceed nine billion by 2050. The 2015 Summer Institute, Global Challenges: Climate Change and Food Security, will examine the complex, interrelated dynamics of this dual challenge, which will play out on a global scale while manifesting differently in locality-specific conditions. In this intensive, five-day seminar, participants will engage with leading experts – including those of the Yale community – who will provide the latest scholarship, as well as the most interesting climate change adaptation practices addressing food security. The seminar will also include visits with local grass-roots leaders who will provide examples of climate change adaptation measures implemented at a more practical, community-based level.

A Teacher Advisor will form an integral part of the program to assist participants in authoring their own curricular units, which can potentially be published on PIER’s website as resources for outside educators.

Optional Field Trip to Morocco: A highlight to this institute includes an optional field trip to Morocco, where participants will be accompanied by Debbie Humphries, Clinical Instructor of Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health. Together, they will witness first-hand the impacts of climate change, discuss food security in the region, and explore agricultural production across its widely diverse landscapes. Space is limited. Applications must be received by the early admission deadline to guarantee participation.Participation in this field trip is not a requirement of the institute.

For more information on the trip and how to register, contact the tour organizer, GEEO, at:
www.geeo.org/tours/Morocco.

Early admission: March 9th, 2015. Tuition of $160 must be received by April 15th, 2015

Final Admission: April 24th, 2015. Tuition of $160 must be received by May 29th, 2015.

For more information, please contact us at tarana.jafarova@yale.edu.

Complete On-Line Application

Sponsored by PIER and the Councils on African Studies and Middle East Studies at Yale University with generous support from the Title VI National Resource Center Grants from the United States Department of Education. Additional funding also provided by the Councils on East Asian Studies, European Studies and Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University.