Strategic Plan

The Kellogg Institute's Strategic Plan

Engaging key stakeholders and thinking ambitiously about the impact that we might have at Notre Dame and in the world over the next decade and beyond, the Institute developed a new five-year strategic plan in 2023 that aims to redefine where the Institute might make significant contributions, without diluting its core strengths and identity.

In the 2023-28 strategic plan, Kellogg maintains the themes of democracy and human development at the center of its work. While building on geographic strengths in Latin America and increasingly in Africa, our primary ambition is to promote research, education, and partnerships related to democracy and human development more than to specialize in specific parts of the world.

Notre Dame aspires to be among the world’s preeminent research universities, with ever-increasing international reach, while remaining true to its Catholic character. The Kellogg Institute's aspirations are linked to the University’s strategic priorities on poverty, democracy, ethics, health and well-being, climate and sustainability, data and computational science, global Catholicism, and the arts.

The plan is structured around three paramount goals for the next five years:

I. Strengthen the University of Notre Dame's reputation for excellence in interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research in the fields of global democracy and human development.

II. Provide transformative educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students that build on research, policy, and practice, and encourage their connections with the Global South.

III. Establish strategic partnerships that advance the University of Notre Dame's intellectual distinctiveness, community outreach, and policy impact.

Click below to see the pdf version of the current Strategic Plan.

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