Climate change is among the most complex and pressing challenges facing the international community today, and yet the responses and impacts vary largely from one context to another. What technologies exist, or might be developed, to efficiently curb carbon emissions, and what international policy solutions might be necessary or preferred? 

Fiker Institute’s Climate Change Program aims to study in more depth sustainable adaptation and resilience models drawn from different regions, while focusing on better understanding the multi-sectoral impact of climate change.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Once a traditional instrument of statecraft and bilateral cooperation, diplomacy has expanded to include non-state actors like think tanks, NGOs, and even Silicon Valley. What is the future of diplomacy, and is the post-war international order still fit for purpose?

Will multilateral institutions rise up to the challenges of the digital century, or will they plunge further into a sea of idealistic constructs? Fiker Institute’s Diplomacy and Global Governance Program aims to study the disruption of diplomacy in light of the changing nature of global affairs, as the international community finds itself connected more intimately, yet more remotely, than ever before.

DIPLOMACY AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

What are the key patterns of gender equality across countries and groups today, and how can we better understand women’s labor force participation, inclusion, and empowerment in both regional and global settings?

Fiker Institute’s Gender Equality Program seeks to explore the nuances behind the challenges that women still face around the world today, and to contextualize their political, economic, and social participation, in addition to decolonizing narratives surrounding women in non-Western contexts.

GENDER EQUALITY

Fiker Institute’s Thematic Programs explore borderless issues of concern to the international community. We analyze both the transnational and the domestic dynamics that influence policymaking, fronts and propose a way forward for more effective and productive multilateral frameworks and engagements. 