ABOUT PERRY WORLD HOUSE
Perry World House is a center for scholarly inquiry, teaching, research, international exchange, policy engagement, and public outreach on pressing global issues.
Perry World House’s mission is to bring the academic knowledge of the University of Pennsylvania to bear on the world’s biggest global policy challenges and to foster international policy engagement within and beyond the Penn community.
Located in the heart of campus at 38th Street and Locust Walk, Perry World House draws on the expertise of Penn’s 12 schools and numerous globally oriented research centers to educate the Penn community and prepare students to be well-informed, contributing global citizens. At the same time, Perry World House connects Penn with leading policy experts from around the world to develop and advance innovative policy proposals.
Through its rich programming, Perry World House facilitates critical conversations about global policy challenges and fosters interdisciplinary research on these topics.
It presents workshops and colloquia, welcomes distinguished visitors, and produces content for global audiences and decision makers, so that the knowledge developed at Penn can make an immediate impact around the world.
The 2023 Global Shifts Colloquium was made possible in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors.
