The Government Department developed and runs the United Nations Studies Project (UNSP) within the institutional context of the Suffolk University College of Arts and Sciences and the Suffolk University Law School.  Co-sponsorships include United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB) and WorldBoston.

The UNSP provides an opportunity of interdisciplinary education, public discussions, and research on a broad range of topics pertaining to the United Nations and multilateralism. It also aims to forge a set of ideas, and to raise U.N. issues and governance to greater prominence in curricula, faculty and student discourse, and research agendas. The focus is on UN studies in direct cooperation with the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations University (UNU) in order to send a signal that the purposes and principles, enshrined in the UN Charter, namely to maintain international peace and security matter. These activities are well suited to provide practical educational tools for currently enrolled students, visiting fellows, U.N. personnel, and others with needs for concrete knowledge to apply in their careers. Those interested in U.N. and international careers, will be enriched not only by the technical knowledge and skills they need, but by experience with other fields of action, critical studies, networks of scholars and practitioners.

The UN Studies Project (UNSP) offers a four pillar set of activities which includes:
a) UN Senior Lecturer Program (open to the public)
b) Course in ‘UN and Humanitarian Governance’ (for students at Suffolk University)
c) Study visits to the United Nations and Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York
d) Model United Nations at Suffolk University (student managed and with UNSP guidance, click here for calendar on UN Models of the UNAGB in Greater Boston)

Co-Chairs (2008) of the United Nations Studies Project, Suffolk University

Prof. Valerie Epps, Director of the International Law Concentration, Suffolk University Law School
Prof. Judy Dushku, Government Department, Suffolk University
Dr. Luise Druke, Master Lecturer, Government Department, Suffolk University

For questions contact: Kelly Pinard.