Each year indoor air pollution, caused in part by cookstoves, is a key factor in the deaths of two million children from acute respiratory infections in developing countries. Since 2006, Stanford researchers have been working in Bangladesh to find practical, low-cost incentives that would encourage people to use cleaner, safer cookstoves.

Tagged: Environmental Research, pollution, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Engineering, Medicine

Isaac Mutabazi was born and raised in a refugee camp in Uganda and did not see his native country of Rwanda until he was 16 years old, returning for the first time with millions of his countrymen following the 1994 genocide. Now, he is working in Rwanda to help rebuild the country’s health-care system.

Tagged: Human Health, International Issues, Medicine

A decade ago, John A. Hall, Stanford Law ’00, was a history professor on the academic fast track when a lifechanging vacation made him reexamine his role in the world. Today, Hall is a human rights legal scholar whose research has improved transparency in the tribunals of the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge.

Tagged: Cambodia, human rights, International Issues, Public Service, Law

The Stanford Global Gateway is a one-stop shop for discovering the university's overseas interests.

Tagged: international, International Issues

After a career that included service to three universities, two presidential Cabinets and one of the largest companies in the country, it seems natural that George Shultz would take the time to reflect on the influences and decisions that guided him during his 88 years.

Tagged: International Issues, On Campus

1.6 billion people worldwide still use kerosene as their exclusive source of light. Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni are working to replace these lanterns with high-quality and affordable light and power solutions.

Tagged: International Initiative, International Issues, Public Service, Business

Stanford's Presidential Fund for Innovation in International Studies has made grants to five new interdisciplinary faculty projects.  The projects will examine China's environmental protection efforts, investigate ties between climate change and civil conflict in poor countries, fight the effects of anemia on the academic performance of Chinese children, develop curriculum units on infectious pandemic diseases, and study the effects of international migration on human well-being.

Tagged: International Initiative, International Issues, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences, Law, Medicine

With fresh presidential administrations in the United States and South Korea, both countries are poised to deepen their military and economic ties. But the allies are still dealing with an old problem—North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

Tagged: Korea, International Issues

Stanford's newest history professor explores "the use and abuse of history," and how historical awareness, when flawed or incomplete, can lead to malicious interpretations of the present.

Tagged: history, International Issues, On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

Stanford political science Professor Michael McFaul has been tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as special assistant to the president for National Security Affairs and senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council.

Tagged: International Initiative, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences