Education
Educational programs at Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought develop innovative frameworks for discussion and research through cross-disciplinary collaboration.
CGT has been pleased to welcome students of law, economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, history and other disciplines to its courses.
Courses
CGT's courses encourage new ways of looking at emerging and entrenched global issues.
Designed for undergraduate and graduate students by CGT's faculty and post-doctoral research scholars, CGT courses energize interdisciplinary thinking. Titles include Global Governance, Issues of Secularism and Diversity, Globalization, The Law of Violence, and Global Urbanism. New courses are rotated in each year as ideas evolve and canons grow.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
The post-doctoral research fellowship is an opportunity for recent PhDs to start their career working alongside our distinguished faculty. Fellows contribute to CGT's existing interdisciplinary research agenda and are encouraged to innovate. Post-doctoral research scholars also assist with the planning and teaching of research workshops, conferences and events designed to engage the greater Columbia community in an ongoing investigation of pressing.
IGERT
CGT also sponsors the Program on International Globalization and Development known as IGERT. PhD students in the IGERT program complete additional coursework to supplement their doctoral programs and have the opportunity to work closely with CGT faculty. CGT provides students with funding for summer field research.