In India, the caste system dominates marital choice. Couples who marry outside of their caste, therefore, buck a powerful cultural taboo. This thesis investigates the effect of agency of women in spouse selection for ...

What knowledge do undergraduates have of diverse religious traditions? How open are they to engaging with the religious traditions of others? And how does the undergraduate experience—inside and outside the classroom—shape ...

This report focuses on the diverse array of development activities involving faith-inspired organizations. Its primary focus is by country, for South and Central Asia respectively; the two regions are very distinct but ...

In development circles, Bangladesh is renowned for its robust civil society including some of the world’s largest and best known NGOs. The considerable development work of religious actors, however, is much less well known, ...

The number of refugees globally has reached its highest level in 60 years. Finding ways to resolve protracted displacement is an urgent priority even as global humanitarian institutions struggle to cope with present ...

The Education and Social Justice Project provides a select group of students with summer research fellowships to travel abroad for in-depth examinations of innovative initiatives in Jesuit secondary and post-secondary ...

The Berkley Center Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects Georgetown students studying abroad at universities around the world. Students share reflections on religion, culture, politics, and society in their host ...

The product of a partnership between Georgetown University and the World Economic Forum, this report is a first-ever global reference that seeks to advance Muslim-West communication and promote collaboration around global ...

Largely a "desk study," this report is an effort to take stock and delineate policy issues and agendas, focusing on how emerging institutions in the Muslim world, especially those with explicit faith links, are approaching ...

Fifty-nine Georgetown students studying in 26 countries on six continents participated in the Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) in 2009-10, sharing reflections on their time spent living and studying around the globe. ...