The mission of the New England Journal of Public Policy goes hand-in-hand with the mission of UMass Boston: To serve the people, and address the issues of a great urban society through outstanding tea...

Michael J. Ahn examines how AI is eroding the university's monopoly on knowledge, pushing higher education toward human formation.

The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies is launching a monthly essay competition. The competition is open to graduate students from the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), including thos...

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Afsana AlamSeptember 11, 2026 In the span of a year, I had the opportunity to experi...

Working Across Disciplinary and Societal Boundaries

Building Human Security

This phenomenological study examines the lived experiences of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers navigating health and social support in Türkiye. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured ...

In Uganda’s Busoga kingdom, seven sugar mills process the sugarcane grown on roughly 110,000 hectares in the region. The growth in this activity has been significant; the territory now comprises [...]

Climate change poses uneven health risks across racially and ethnically diverse communities. This qualitative study examined how Asian American, Black…

Once completed, the 2,177-kilometer GCC Railway will connect six Gulf kingdoms and provide alternative routes to Europe and Asia.

Once completed, the 2,177-kilometer GCC Railway will connect six Gulf kingdoms and provide alternative routes to Europe and Asia.

In Ghana, illegal mining is commonly known as “galamsey,” derived from the phrase “gather them and sell.” It is an informal and unregulated small-scale mining activity that provides alternative [...]

On 12 May 2026, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a working paper presented as a synthesis of the current state of scientific knowledge on solar radiation modification (SRM). It...

Nigeria’s terrorism crisis has deeper roots than Tinubu admitted in London On March 19th, the president undertook a historic two-day trip to London, the first by a Nigerian leader in nearly 40 years. ...

Efforts to protect land and environmental resources, including fighting climate change, often end up displacing people who have lived in those places for generations.