<p>The US State Department’s Global Engagement Center has a central mission—to coordinate the US government’s efforts to recognize, understand, and combat foreign state and non-state disinformation. It’s a mission that has broadened and deepened in today’s ever-evolving digital age.</p> <p>And it’s a mission that NYU SPS’s Center for Global Affairs (CGA) students got to see in action firsthand through a unique collaboration with the Center. Through this partnership, students have completed a wide range of important deliverables in close consultation with the Center, including infographics and reports disseminated across US government agencies and to US embassies and partners abroad to inform policy and practice. Some additional examples include:</p> <ul class='p-list'> <li>Identifying the nexus between state and non-state actor disinformation as it pertains to the rise of racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism</li> <li>Investigating what vulnerabilities make individuals and entire societies more susceptible to disinformation&nbsp;</li> <li>Mapping media literacy education and potential partners, responding to Islamist and far-right violent extremism in the Western Balkans</li> <li>Countering radicalization and recruitment into terrorism in Somalia and Nigeria&nbsp;</li> <li>These real-world projects have provided students with an unparalleled view into some of the biggest challenges shaping US foreign policy today—and have put them in front of some of this field’s leading policy experts.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span class="p-body">Global consulting practicums are a signature part of the learning experience at <a href="/content/sps-nyu/about/academic-divisions-and-departments/center-for-global-affairs.html">NYU SPS’ Center for Global Affairs</a>. Collaborating with top organizations such as the United Nations, the US State Department, non-governmental organizations, and private firms, NYU SPS CGA offers practical, hands-on learning experiences in international policymaking through its global consulting practicums.</span></p> <p><span class="p-body">Under faculty supervision, the full-credit-bearing practicums have become a key element in the program’s commitment to bridging classroom learning with practical applications.</span></p>

<p><span class="p-body">Every NYU SPS degree student can build a portfolio of work through hands-on learning experiences such as Real World projects, global field intensives, consulting practicums, internships, and capstone projects.</span></p> <p><span class="p-body">To learn more about our hands-on learning experiences, please visit <a href="/content/sps-nyu/experience/how-youll-learn.html" target="_blank">How You’ll Learn</a>&nbsp;for more information.</span></p>