Project is a collaborative project of researchers in India and Brown University. The project aims to systematically collect data on urban India, focusing in particular on assessing the quality of ...

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Recalling memories of a friend who committed suicide, three lovers slowly slide into an anguished labyrinth of desire, loss and longing. They entangle in a colliding maze of forsaken loves, failed ...

Across the world, local governments have expanded opportunities for women’s political inclusion, allowing them to shape governance in their communities. But does women’s inclusion drive systemic ...

Join us in conversation with Catarina Lorenzo, Director of the RI-based organization Alliance to Mobilize our Resistance (AMOR); Liz Sweet, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and ...

The state and governance in China have commonly been seen as non-religious. However, this does not imply they are devoid of ritualistic elements. As both the current CCP leadership and ordinary people ...

Are you a Brown University Ph.D. student working in Latin America or the Caribbean? If so, you may be interested in applying for the 2025 Field Research Pre-Dissertation Grants.

Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern. They project that the consequences of global warming – rising seas, ...

Some experts have argued that China’s military expenditures are far higher than official reporting would suggest, with one Senator claiming that China’s spending is roughly on par with U.S. spending.

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University facilitates the study of this dynamic region from a multidisciplinary perspective. CLACS organizes academic conferences, ...

The Stone Initiative syllabus bank fosters and improves university-level courses on inequalities, especially those that incorporate attention to great wealth. We are collecting syllabi that delve into ...

Military spending makes up a dominant share of discretionary spending in the United States; military personnel make up the majority of U.S. government manpower; and military industry is a leading ...