Innovations for Peace and Development is a student-driven research lab that provides mentored opportunities for interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on global conflict and peace-building, foreign assistance, poverty alleviation, good governance, economic development, human rights, and more. IPD’s goals are to provide on-campus experiential learning, applied training, and international professional opportunities to UT students to empower them to fulfill UT’s motto, “What Starts Here Changes the World.” Since 2013, we have supported 900+ student researchers. IPD students have won prestigious fellowships, and alumni have embarked on impressive careers in academia as well as at the World Bank, UN agencies, the US State Department, USAID, global non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and the private sector.
Our Directors
Michael Findley, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Government.
Daniel Nielson, Professor of Government.
Catherine Weaver, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Associate Dean for Academic Strategies.
Michael Findley, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Government.
Daniel Nielson, Professor of Government.
Catherine Weaver, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Associate Dean for Academic Strategies.
