Director's Welcome

The International Affairs Program at Northeastern University brings faculty and students together in courses and research projects that fundamentally strive to create a better world—one that is freer, more peaceful, more humane, more just, and more inclusive.

We are a supportive community, where undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and administrative staff collaborate in an intellectually engaging and friendly environment. We are strongly committed to experiential education (a cornerstone mission of Northeastern University), and the IAF has pioneered the university’s Dialogues of Civilizations program, which now takes place in more than 80 countries around the world. Our internationally diverse faculty (hailing from Turkey, Brazil, and Greece to name just a few countries) has a wide-ranging scholarly expertise, with particular strengths in conflict resolution and peace-building, international law, and global politics of gender, ethnicity, cities, and religion.

Ioannis Livanis

Interim Director, International Affairs Program
Teaching Professor in International Affairs and Political Science

Ioannis Livanis

Interim Director, International Affairs Program; Teaching Professor in International Affairs and Political Science

Ioannis Livanis received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Florida (2010). He writes and teaches about intergovernmental relations and governance, with a particular focus on compliance with agreements at the local (intra-organizat…

Director’s Welcome

Ioannis Livanis

Interim Director, International Affairs Program; Teaching Professor in International Affairs and Political Science