Internship Program
The Council offers undergraduate juniors and seniors and graduate students the opportunity to learn about our organization and participate in a variety of duties associated with ongoing projects through our internship program.
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Queering Farming: How LGBTQIA+ Farmers are Reimagining Agriculture | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Queer farmers are challenging discriminatory legacies in agriculture, and envisioning an agricultural system that uplifts and celebrates LBGTQIA+ people.
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Going Beyond Regenerative Agriculture on Tribal Lands | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Regenerative agriculture helps build just food economies, protecting Indigenous ways of knowing despite outside pressure to conform to globalized agricultural practices.
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Post-Pandemic Travel and Tourism: How Has Travel Shaped Your Worldview? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council staff share how travel has shaped their worldview.
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When digital nomads come to (Chi)town | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
From Medellín to Chicago, digital nomads are on the rise, contributing significantly to the global economy. But locals worry these visitors are pricing them out.
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New Chicago restaurant has a dual mission: a Michelin star and respect for Ukrainian cuisine | How a Ukrainian Chef fights Russia with food
Chef Johnny Clark calls his new Ukrainian restaurant Anelya a “political statement” to the world that Ukrainian food “isn’t just Russian with a twist” — and that it deserves a Michelin star of its own.
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From Ukraine to Gaza to Iraq, Chicago's city council has been voting more often on foreign affairs | Chicago City Hall is voting more often on Foreign Affairs
The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.
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Majority of Trump Republicans Prefer the United States Stay out of World Affairs | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative.
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Chicago transit confronts a fiscal cliff, but it isn't Caracas | Chicago transit confronts a fiscal cliff, but it isn’t Caracas
Chicago’s regional transit system may need to make severe cuts and raise fares after COVID relief funds phase out, but riders won't likely see a systemic collapse like Venezuelan commuters experienced in the 2010’s.
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Americans More Concerned about Threats at Home Than Abroad | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries.
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The big business of small trains: Why Chicago models are so popular internationally | Your Chicago commuter train might be an international influencer
Chicago’s transit system has international fans, and your commuter train might be an international influencer.
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Living passports: How tattoos ink Chicago's cultural connections | How tattoos ink Chicago’s history and cultural connections
For more than a century, tattoo artists have connected Chicagoans with other countries and cultures — a tradition that lives on, even as the industry changes.
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Cities around the world charge to drive in certain downtown areas. Could Chicago follow? | Could Chicago adopt a cordoned pricing program?
A way to reduce traffic and pollution and improve city transit systems, cordoned pricing exists in several cities around the world. Could it work in Chicago?
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How pedestrian malls are revitalizing downtowns around the world — and helping Chicago's Loop (again) | Pedestrian malls: Economic revitalization in Chicago and abroad
The decline of Chicago’s central business corridor makes the future of downtown uncertain. Like international peers, Chicago may find pedestrian malls an effective path for urban revitalization.
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Chicagoland's growing Kyrgyz community | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Kyrgyz community in Chicagoland is small, but its economic footprint is expanding. New Kyrgyz businesses are bridging Illinois and Central Asia.
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Year in Review: 2023 in Public Opinion | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Over the past 12 months, our pollsters tracked public attitudes on everything from the war in Ukraine to conflict in the Middle East.
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Translating Chicago for international businesses | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
How would you explain Chicago’s business culture to folks who have never been to the U.S.? Here’s how one expert does it.
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Composting and food waste: What Chicago can learn from other global cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chicago recently launched a citywide composting initiative to divert food waste from landfills and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions — something other global cities have been tackling for years.
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The newcomers: schools are migrants' gateway to Chicago's local economy | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Integrating migrant children and their parents into local schools also integrates them into the local economy.
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Americans Broadly Favorable to Participating in International Agreements | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The public supports US participation in the Paris climate agreement, the Iran nuclear deal, and more.
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Americans Favor US Leaders Opening Talks with Most US Adversaries | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The US public supports meeting with the leaders of Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, and more.