Research Initiatives
About Research at PIIRS
PIIRS provides support for innovative research aimed at improving our understanding of world cultures and promoting knowledge about issues of global concern.
PIIRS Research Clusters have provided multiyear support for large-scale faculty-led research projects in international studies. Beginning in academic year 2011-12, the Research Cluster program will be phased out and superseded by the PIIRS Research Communities initiative, consisting of interdisciplinary and cross-regional groups of faculty and graduate students pursuing research, teaching, and sustained dialogue on a common theme of interest within international studies.
The PIIRS Conference Fund (formerly known as PIIRS Exploratory and Advanced Seminars) provides funding and organizational support for faculty-led conferences and workshops in international studies. The Project on Democracy and Development, under the direction of Professors Atul Kohli and Deborah Yashar, has been a longstanding effort to promote research and teaching on development issues at Princeton. The Workshop on Arab Political Development, directed by Professor Amaney Jamal, fosters research and learning on the political obstacles and opportunities facing the contemporary Arab world.
