October 21, 2024George Mason University continues to lead in responsible artificial intelligence, recently hiring two faculty who will work in the university’s cluster on AI, Social Justice, and Public Policy.
December 11, 2023In a wide-ranging interview, Schar School Professor Jack Goldstone imagines some of the transformative changes that could result from current demographic shifts. He imagines how, in several decades, Africa could be the “new China,” leading the world in productivity growth, serving as the focal point of youth culture and consumption, and offering medical care and retirement communities to the aging populations of Europe and North America.
October 3, 2023Goldstone’s research has recently been honored with the Distinguished Career in Political Sociology Award, the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award, and the Myron Weiner Award for his contributions to the field of political demography from the International Studies Association.
May 31, 2023Meet the 2023 Schar School Outstanding Student Award winners. The future—theirs and ours—is bright.
February 2, 2023Schar School students visited Richmond to convince the General Assembly to make changes. As it happened, it was the students who changed. Here’s the story.
February 4, 2022Study abroad students traveled to Scotland to participate and observe the climate change conference COP26. Here’s why, and what they learned.
