Innovations for Peace and Development (IPD) is a student-led think tank that provides a space for interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on global conflict, foreign aid, and poverty alleviation. IPD students immerse themselves in important research and manage their own projects. Teams gain valuable skills in geocoding, data visualizations, GIS mapping software, data cleaning, statistical analysis, and research methods.  In the past, our student researchers have participated in internships with prominent agencies such as USAID and AidData in Washington, DC, Williamsburg, VA, Ethiopia, Uganda, Senegal, Haiti, Mexico, Tanzania, Nepal, and Timor-Leste. Our work has also been featured by many noteworthy institutions including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations. 

Interested students should fill out an application here and visit our website at www.ipdutexas.org. Our first meeting is Sep 6th from 1:00 to 2:00 in UTC 1.104