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ACLED
ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data) is an independent, impartial global monitor that collects, analyzes, and maps data on conflict and protest in all countries and territories across the world. ACLED provides detailed information to help identify, understand, and track patterns and trends in conflict and crisis situations around the world. The Center's Conflict and Governance project works with ACLED to systematically track violence targeting elections and government officials.
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CID Gallup
CID Gallup is the leading company in market research in Latin America, working with a range of national and multilateral government institutions. It supports policymaking processes through ethnographies, evaluation of public policies, face-to-face interviews, focus group sessions, in-depth interviews, online surveys, telephone interviews, and other methodologies. The Center's Embedded Scholars program trains and sends UT students to intern with CID Gallup in Latin America.
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International IDEA
International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization devoted to strengthening democratic institutions worldwide. It supports electoral processes, constitution-building, democracy assessments, and political participation and representation around the world. It also addresses gender equality, conflict, and security as they relate to democracy. The Center's Embedded Scholars program trains and sends UT students to intern with International IDEA in Europe and Latin America.
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LEAS
The Laboratory of Surveys and Social Analysis (Laboratorio de Encuestas y Análisis Social, LEAS) is a global leader in survey research based at Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile. The lab collects data on Chilean attitudes, behaviors, and opinions using advanced methods, and interprets them in light of conceptual frameworks to understand political, economic, and social transformations. The Center's Public Opinion Research program works with LEAS on its consultations in polarized contexts.
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NDI
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions and processes worldwide. NDI strives for a world where people have a say in how they’re governed and where leaders are accountable to their people—creating a more stable, peaceful, and prosperous world for everyone. The Center's Embedded Scholars program trains and sends UT students to intern with NDI in the Balkans and Eurasia.
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TI
Transparency International is a global movement working to end the injustice of corruption. It focuses on issues with the greatest impact on people’s lives and holds the powerful to account for the common good. Through advocacy, campaigning, and research, it works to expose the systems and networks that enable corruption to thrive, demanding greater transparency and integrity in all areas of public life. The Center's Embedded Scholars program trains and sends UT students to intern with TI in the Balkans.
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nation’s global development agency, with a mandate to end poverty and build democratic governance, the rule of law, and inclusive institutions. Established in 1965 by the General Assembly of the United Nations, UNDP is now the central UN agency responsible for advancing human development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Center's Embedded Scholars program trains and sends UT studentst to intern with UNDP in Europe and Central Asia.
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