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Ohio State joins the Diplomacy Lab

The Mershon Center has just signed an MOU with the US Department of State to make Ohio State a partner in the Diplomacy Lab, a program engaging students and faculty with current foreign policy…

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2024-25 Funding Cycle Opens

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies announces the opening of its funding cycle for 2024-2025! The competitions, closing on February 1st, are for our Catalyst Grant, Faculty…

Photo of Natalie and Mohamed in dress clothes with text Mershon Student scholars awarded Fulbright-Hays grants

Mershon student scholars awarded Fulbright-Hays Grants

Mershon-funded doctoral students Natalie Wright Romeri-Grass and Mohammed Shedeed were awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants. Natalie will spend nine…

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Transitioning From Violence: Mershon Partners With USIP

This summer Mershon’s Transitioning from Violence Consortium partnered with the US Institute of Peace on a two part theory-to-practice workshop among global experts. This followed on TFV’s year-…

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Spotlight: Burundi - Mershon collaboration shapes United Nations Peacebuilding Fund initiative  

For the past three years, Kara Hooser (PhD student, Department of Political Science) and Teri Murphy (Mershon Associate Director) have worked alongside Burundian researchers to analyze the root…

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Serious Games and World Politics Summer Seminar Kicks Off

This summer’s Serious Games and World Politics Summer Seminar in Mokra Gora, Serbia has begun.

Seven PhD students from Ohio State’s English and Political Science Departments have joined…

Chadwick F. Alger Peace and Conflict Resolution Endowed Student Support Fund Awardees Announced

Alger Undergraduate Student Scholarship Awardees Announced

The Mershon Center is delighted to announce that Julia Davies and Ruth Elendu have been awarded grants from Chadwick F. Alger Peace and Conflict Resolution Endowed Student Support Fund for their…

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Mershon's Laura Dugan reflects on The Far-Right: Examining its Roots and Challenging its Reach Symposium

YouTube Videos of Mershon/College of Public Health Symposium on Far-Right Extremism are Available. The Symposium was a Success, AND it is Just the Beginning

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