Kellogg Institute and University Resources

Faculty resources

In its home at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Ford Program draws upon a strong foundation of comparative social science research on themes such as democratization, growth and development, social movements, and public policies for social justice. Kellogg’s more than 60 faculty fellows from 18 departments engage in scholarship on a wide variety of topics, offering extensive links to the study of human development.

Elsewhere on campus, Notre Dame faculty from the colleges of engineering, business, and science are conducting innovative research, the practical applications of which may provide solutions to some of the immediate challenges faced by our partners in Africa. Results may include improved healthcare, basic infrastructure development, and microenterprise creation. 

Drawing together faculty members and students from a variety of disciplines, the Africa Working Group has been supported by the Kellogg Institute since 1999. The group provides the central Notre Dame forum for scholarly discussion of issues related to development in Africa.

Resources for students

Developing students’ knowledge of and engagement in issues related to poverty is a key element of the Ford Program.  The new program will look to a number of proven Kellogg student programs as models for its work with students.

• The Kellogg-administered Latin American Studies Program will inform Ford’s new minor in human development studies. 

• Similarly, the Institute’s International Scholars Program, which matches exemplary undergraduates with faculty fellows for research opportunities, will be the model for the Ford research assistantships for undergraduate students.