Harrison Ackerman

The Social Enterprise Institute Panel Presentation

The Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) wrapped up the semester with its final Lecture Series event of the year, a panel presentation by three individuals involved in impact investing. The event, titled “Investing for Impact”, incorporated perspectives from many different areas of social finance and explored the breadth of innovation tackling extreme poverty and progressing global […]

Diverse Dialogues: Perspectives on Microfinance in Latin America

  This past May, Northeastern’s Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) led its fifth Dialogue of Civilizations program to the Dominican Republic. As part of the College of Business Administration, SEI is a driving force behind many Northeastern initiatives to channel enterprise-based solutions toward advancing the developing world. Unlike a majority of other Dialogues, this month abroad […]

Symptoms of Cold Warfare Between Saudi Arabia and Iran: Part 3 of 3

This is the final installment in a three-part series that examines the historical foundations, current dynamics, and future prospects of the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Parts I and II provided historical and contemporary accounts of the two countries’ often turbulent relationship since 632 and 1979, respectively; part III is an analysis of the […]

Symptoms of Cold Warfare Between Saudi Arabia and Iran: Part 2 of 3

This is Part II in a three-part series that examines the historical foundations, current dynamics, and future prospects of the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Part I provided a historical account of the relationship between the two countries and their people from 632 until the Iranian Revolution in 1979; Part II examines the relationship […]

Symptoms of Cold Warfare between Saudi Arabia and Iran: Part 1 of 3

This is the first in a three-part series that will examine the historical foundations, current dynamics, and future prospects of the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia in light of the recent allegations that the Iranian government attempted to assassinate a Saudi diplomat in the United States.             This October, the attention of the world […]

Governmental Population Policy in China: The Consequences

Widely known throughout the world as one of the 20th century’s most impactful examples of family planning policy, China’s One-Child Policy (OCP) has caused serious social and ethical problems that have resulted in enormous changes in family dynamics, gender roles and demographics with Chinese society. Referred to as “the most massive human rights violation on […]