A partnership between Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Peking University in Beijing, in conjunction with the Brown School, hosts an annual summer institute where students can learn about critical social policy issues.
In the past, select students and faculty traveled to Beijing to learn more about aging in China and its implications for policy and practice. Read more about last year's China Institute.
“The institute is more than just a partnership,” says Director of International Programs Gautam N. Yadama. “It is a way to build a learning community among the three schools where joint research and teaching opportunities can be identified.”
This summer students will travel to Hong Kong and Xian, China where they will study the trends, consequences, and interventions of mental health in China and the United States.
For more information on the China institute, please contact Gautam N. Yadama at gautamy@gwbmail.wustl.edu.
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS) will host the first annual Institute in India (i3). The Institute is concerned with several thematic areas including:
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Community Driven Development and Social Change
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Health, Mental Health, and Marginality
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Energy, Environment, and Social Development
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Disaster Management and Human Development
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Formal and Informal Innovations in Development
The Institute in India provides graduate students with grounding in a thematic area connecting human development, marginality, and social change in India. Attendees will gain meaningful field practice experience intent on highlighting the complexities of pursuing social change to realize human development in India. Students will also consider and develop innovative approaches to social development and social work informed comparative analysis.
For more information on the Institute in India, please contact Usha Nayar at unayar@gwbmail.wustl.edu