Why this, why now?
Regional approaches can succeed where global agreements falter. They are rooted in specific local contexts and circumstances; they can move more quickly; they are anchored in a deeper understanding of history and culture. They are more flexible in incorporating actors at multiple scales, including cities, sub-national states, civil society groups, and the private sector.
As a university-wide center under the office of the Provost, the MacMillan Center for International & Area Studies is a hub for researchers from all disciplines at Yale University. The Center is home to seven regional councils that bring together researchers with interests in Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America and Iberia, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Galvanizing the MacMillan Center’s expertise on the major world regions and its collaborative partnerships, the Regional Futures Lab documents, amplifies, visualizes, and publicizes impactful regional approaches to global threats – with particular emphasis on the Global South.
Through a series of public conversations, workshops, policy dialogues, and classroom collaborations designed to harness, compare, and scale regional collaboration, we intend to accelerate solutions and educate future leaders, while creating new pathways to build cross-regional coalitions based on shared challenges. Areas of particular focus will include:
- Climate
- Sustainable Development
- Health
- Migration
- Security
