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Tanzania: Approaches in Addressing the Climate Crisis, Health, and Education

Global Field Experience

This program is still accepting applications! Find more information about the application process on the How to Apply page, and contact Steinhardt.Global@nyu.edu with any questions.

This interdisciplinary, cross-school global field intensive course focuses on the climate crisis through the lens of public policy, global health, education, and questions of Intersectionality. The course consists of five online modules prior to travel addressing ethics, protocols, and practices of international research and humanitarian assistance, followed by a one-week field research project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Guiding questions include: What are the strengths and weaknesses of existing institutional frameworks and policies in addressing and tackling climate change and related social sector crises? How are the climate crisis and related public sectors like health and education being increasingly securitized and impacted by austerity measures? How do matters of intersectionality affect policy questions, research, and implementation?

While in Dar es Salaam, students will work in multidisciplinary teams of global health, public policy, and education students, along with local and regional UNICEF practitioners. These research teams will address issues around the climate crisis, health, and community-based education and training.

This three-credit course will integrate research and studies on education, public health, and other disciplines for emergency and humanitarian action. Students will gain a foundation of knowledge and skills to design and implement strategies in prevention and community-based education in response to climate change, disease outbreaks, and other humanitarian crisis situations.

Location:

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Program Dates:

This global field experience consists of five asynchronous online modules followed by a one-week travel experience:

  • Asynchronous online modules: Six Week Summer Session I (Monday, May 20 to Wednesday, July 2, 2025)
  • Travel experience: June 12-21, 2025

Faculty:

Carol Anne Spreen, Associate Professor of International Education in the Department of Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

Application Deadline:

As this program is being offered in partnership with the School of Global Public Health and the School of Professional Studies, it has a separate application process and different deadlines than the other Summer 2025 Steinhardt graduate study abroad programs:

Applications are still being accepted on a rolling basis through the month of March. If you are interested in participating, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible(link is external)!

Should you have any questions about the application process for this program, please contact Steinhardt.Global@nyu.edu.

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