The Tunis Center serves as a regional hub for research and collaboration as part of the University’s mission to expand its international network. The Center provides students and scholars a base from which to conduct research in Tunisia and for the regions of Western and Northern Africa.
Leveraging the experience and expertise of Columbia University faculty, the Tunis Center promotes reflection and action on Tunisia’s most pressing issues. We seek out and support important research conducted locally to deepen collaborations between Columbia, our Center, and critical research institutes across Tunisia.
Past projects
President’s Global Innovation Fund
To encourage and support research at the Global Centers, the former president of Columbia University, Lee C. Bollinger, established the President’s Global Innovation Fund, a program providing grants to Columbia Faculty who utilize the 11 Global Centers as a resource for teaching and research activities. The program is designed as a venture fund to enable the development of projects and research collaborations within and across these sites, in order to increase global opportunities for research, teaching, and service.
The President’s Global Innovation Fund awards grants for faculty members to collaborate with Columbia’s network of global centers. The program aims to enable the development of new projects and scholarly collaborations across global centers, in order to increase global opportunities for research, teaching, and service.
A Youth-led Advocacy Initiative for Global Citizenship
Yanis Ben Amor: Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD)
Ozge Karadag: Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Sustainable Development of the Earth Institute
Daniel Naujoks: Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs and Lecturer in Law at the Columbia Law School
Solar Energy Desalination Analysis Tool (SEDAT)
Vasilis M. Fthenakis: Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering; Adjunct Professor; Founding Director of The Center For Life Cycle Analysis
Research Ethics in the MENA Region (REMENA)
Lisa Anderson: James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations; special lecturer; Dean Emerita of the School of International and Public Affairs
Evaluating an Export Promotion Scheme in Tunisia
Eric Verhoogen: Professor of International and Public Affairs and of Economics; Co-Director, Center for Development Economics and Policy
Measuring Human Rights Violations and Mortality Amongst Migrants and Refugees in the Sahel Region
Monette Zard: Director of the Forced Migration and Health Program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health