Columbia World Projects and Race
Our Director, Nicholas Lemann, writes about the persistent color line in American life and why we cannot just condemn racism, but rather must design and implement interventions that would change institutional systems to help make things better.
Columbia World Projects Partners With State Health Departments to Survey Thousands of Women on Health Issues After Birth
Columbia World Projects will conduct a first-of-its-kind, multi-state survey of women who gave birth in 2020. The survey will assess women’s health outcomes, overall well-being and experience of care, as well as health care access, barriers, quality and costs in the year after birth.
Projects
Learn About Our Projects
Columbia World Projects are underway around the world. Find out more.
Leadership Development
Obama Foundation Scholars Program
The Obama Foundation Scholars Program at Columbia University brings together rising leaders from around the world who have demonstrated a commitment to finding solutions to challenges in their communities, countries and regions.
Research & Engagement
Our research and engagement team brings scholars and practitioners together in working groups – meetings where participants grapple with our most pressing social issues and identify pathways to better futures.
Columbia World Projects Collaborates With UN Peacebuilding Support Office on New Report
Columbia World Projects has published a report on a recent meeting – held in collaboration with the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office – that explored ways in which the international community, and in particular the UN, might better enable an environment in which peaceful protest movements can pursue positive change, while also mitigating against the instability and violence that protests can trigger.