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Over the last year, the Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs has engaged more than 120 researchers from 45 Northwestern University departments and 10 Northwestern schools in its Idea Incubation Process.   

The process offers Northwestern faculty unique opportunities to explore global problems and workshop solutions alongside practitioners, community partners and scholars from across disciplines. It encourages intellectual risk-taking, promotes dialogue around provocative new research questions, and catalyzes creative research projects with the potential for real-world impact.

On Friday, April 23, Northwestern Buffett will host a virtual showcase of the research projects stemming from its 2020-21 Idea Incubation Process. The showcase will feature faculty presentations on collaborative, transnational research projects Northwestern Buffett will support in the coming year, as well as commentary from the panel of experts who judged the merits of this year’s project proposals on the basis of their potential for societal impact.