Congratulations to the winners of the Baker Institute Student Forum annual policy competition! Click here to learn more about the 2020 event and its winners.
The Baker Institute Student Forum is pleased to present the sixth edition of "The Rice Cultivator: A Student Journal of Public Policy Research." The student editors and authors of The Cultivator hope this publication promotes thoughtful, reasoned dialogue about public policy within the Rice community, and engages undergraduates in public policy research by showcasing the innovative projects conducted by students at Rice and across the country.
The Center for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy announces a
new annual grant program to support outstanding students conducting innovative fieldwork in the Middle East or North Africa. Apply by May 15, 2015, to receive up to $3,000 (undergraduates) or up to $5,000 (graduate students). Download the PDF for more information.
In the third issue of the Journal of Women and Human Rights in the Middle East, students explore the various aspects of women in conflict. Essay topics range from the effects of armed conflict on women's economic participation to housing dilemmas for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
A collection of policy papers by Rice University students and by the winners of the Baker Institute Student Forum’s inaugural Undergraduate Public Policy Conference in 2013.
In the second issue of the Journal of Women and Human Rights in the Middle East, students explore the various aspects of Islamic feminism. Essay topics range from Islamic thinker Gamal al-Banna's approach to Islamic feminism to differing feminist perspectives in the Moroccan women's rights movement to Western assumptions about Islamic feminism.