July 2023 News

Researchers surveyed women from low-income households in Amman, Jordan — both Syrian refugees and Jordanians — to assess the makeup of their social networks and better understand how those networks affect their senses of empowerment and well-being. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Panter-Brick)

Volunteering Empowers Refugee and Jordanian Women in Poor Urban Communities

A first-of-its-kind study examines the social networks of women from low-income households, including Syrian refugees, in Amman, Jordan.

Sterling Professor Emeritus James C. Scott

Professor James C. Scott Receives RAI President’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The Council on Southeast Asian Studies at Yale’s MacMillan Center is delighted to announce that James C. Scott, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Anthropology and longtime...