Cases

Dan Doctoroff and the Power of Collaboration: Target ALS Accelerates the Race Against a Deadly Disease

Publication Date: January 10, 2025

The case study examines Dan Doctoroff, an innovative leader in the public and private sectors, and his efforts to turbo-charge philanthropy and find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease...

Development Diplomacy in Action: The CASA-1000 Electricity Grid

Publication Date: February 6, 2025

Scenario:This eight-party development diplomacy simulation, set in late 2024, places students in a complex negotiation to revive the stalled regional energy infrastructure project known as CASA-1000. This transmission line seeks to create a regional...

The Belgrade Waste Management PPP: Balancing Adequacy, Affordability, and Sustainability in Solid Waste Management

Publication Date: October 8, 2024

The case traces the actions by the city of Belgrade (Serbia) to replace a waste landfill that was an environmental disaster with both an Energy from Waste (EfW) plant, a new landfill, and a methane-driven district heating facility. The city...

Shimla City High School & Camp Sunshine: Negotiating Over Limited Resources

Publication Date: November 13, 2024

Scenario:In this fictional simulation, Shimla City High School has been dealing with financial troubles and is leasing its fleet of five school buses during the summer holidays to raise funds. Camp Sunshine, an environmentally oriented children’s...

Milestone or Misstep? Corruption, Development, and Democracy After Brazil’s Lava Jato Probe

Publication Date: October 3, 2024

This case explores Brazil’s Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato in Portuguese), the largest public corruption investigation in history, which led to indictments and convictions of some 359 business executives, government officials, and...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan Slide Deck

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan Epilogue

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

More than a Contract: Black Self-Determination and People’s Assemblies in Jackson, Mississippi Slide Deck

Publication Date: September 23, 2024

The Jackson People’s Assembly (JPA), a vehicle of “Black self-determination and autonomous political authority of the oppressed peoples and communities in Jackson,” launched the political career of Chokwe Lumumba, a veteran...

More than a Contract: Black Self-Determination and People’s Assemblies in Jackson, Mississippi Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: September 23, 2024

The Jackson People’s Assembly (JPA), a vehicle of “Black self-determination and autonomous political authority of the oppressed peoples and communities in Jackson,” launched the political career of Chokwe Lumumba, a veteran...

Through a New Lens: Physicians for Human Rights’ Photovoice Research with Kenyan Survivors of Sexual Violence

Publication Date: June 12, 2024

 In 2022, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a US- and Kenya-based non-governmental organization, was eager to evaluate the impact of a multi-year project to improve mental health services for survivors of sexual violence in Kenya. In doing...