Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground

The global immersion program enables Penn students from the Lauder Institute to gain a firsthand understanding of how policy, history, culture, and socioeconomic forces shape real-world conditions in various countries.

The most recent Lauder Intercultural Ventures (LIVs) program cohort traveled to five destinations around the world for short-term academic immersions. Each LIV focuses on a theme relevant to the site’s historical, social, political, economic, and/or cultural context. While one LIV returned to Botswana, repeating last spring’s program on health care and economic sustainability, four other destinations—Bulgaria, South Korea, India, and the Dominican Republic—introduced new themes through which students examined how history, policy, and economic forces shape conditions on the ground.