A research lab at @williamandmary helping decision makers to understand the impacts of foreign policies and overseas investments
Williamsburg, VA
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China has the world’s largest navy and built over half of the world’s cargo ships in 2025. Where do they dock? At ports China financed around the world.
@WSJ spotlights our port data, with analysis from @williamandmary alum Mike Studeman.
Explore: china-ports.aiddata.org
Some Chinese grants to the DRC rise and fall with copper prices. 📊⛏️
The 2024 Sicomines amendment includes $324M in annual grants that drop to zero if copper hits $5,200/ton and rise 30% above $12,000.
Could price-linked grants become a template? 🤔aiddata.org/publications/dem…
This Saturday, @AidData and partners IIC, Whole of Government, and @CGA_WM welcomed 100+ friends to a @williamandmary Homecoming bash!
Our last before moving to Gates Hall, we can’t wait for what’s next in our new home! 🎉
Learn more: wm.edu/sites/aiddata/
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Yesterday, AidData staff past and present joined 250+ guests to dedicate Gates Hall at @williamandmary, our upcoming home.
We can’t wait to see what we build together here. 👀
news.wm.edu/2026/10/22/wm-de…
🤖 Made with AI
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@AidData is delighted to see our newly collected data on Chinese debt refinancings and restructurings being used in the @RockefellerFdn's new “Growth and Investment Reset” policy proposal.
See more 👉rockefellerfoundation.org/re…
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Once it went public, Uganda’s Parliament called for the Finance Minister to resign and face prosecution.
W&M undergrads get to do research of consequence like this with 2,100+ media citations to show for it.
Join us for Homecoming, Sat Oct 24, at Swem Library 👉docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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AidData began as an honors thesis at @williamandmary in 2003. Since then, 2,000+ W&M students have joined our team, and our research has been cited 2,100 times by outlets like the @BBC.
Join us Sat Oct 24, 12:30pm!
Free music, drinks + appetizers 🎶🍴
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
China is a dominant maritime power, but where does Beijing direct overseas port financing, and to what end?
@AidData researchers tackle it in a new chapter of "Traversing the Belt and Road" (@Harvard_Press), drawing on “Harboring Global Ambitions.” 👀
hup.harvard.edu/books/978067…
“I kept thinking about how we could take what we were learning beyond interviews and data.”
@williamandmary undergrad Tajalla Moslih reflects on a year of student research on Afghan migration. 👉
aiddata.org/blog/from-resear…
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Join @AidData Sat, Oct 24 for W&M Homecoming at Swem’s Conservation Patio! Food, drinks, music & a look at what’s next 👀
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Droughts are getting longer, and farmers feel it most. Irrigation helps, but does it last? With @IFAD, @AidData is using satellite imagery to track long-term impact in Cape Verde, Ethiopia, and the Philippines.
aiddata.org/blog/aiddata-par…
Join @ICIJorg tomorrow for a behind-the-scenes conversation with ICIJ reporter @scilla_alecci and @AidData's exec director Brad Parks on the global implications of ICBC's lending practices! #ChinaCapital
Register for the Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
For ICIJ's #ChinaCapital investigation, 75 journalists in 24 countries analyzed 4.8M files to uncover ICBC’s inner workings.
Join us virtually tomorrow to hear what they found, the story behind the story and answers to your questions during a live Q&A: buff.ly/vUqmwcC
🇨🇳🏦 Tomorrow (Tues) at 12 PM ET, @AidData's Executive Director Brad Parks will join reporter @scilla_alecci from @ICIJorg for a conversation on the global implications of the lending practices of ICBC, the world's largest bank.
Register below to join this behind-the-scenes look into ICIJ's "#China Capital" investigation & insights from research on China's state-directed lending by @AidData at @williamandmary.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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This past Tuesday, @AidData hosted our panel discussion on the future of Afghan allies. But, as @AidData's Nara Sritharan noted in her intro speech, “tonight is a student-led event.”
For more 👉aiddata.org/migration
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Prior to its closure, USAID was one of the world's largest funders of conservation work — per a recent @insideclimate piece featuring @AidData Chief Economist @ariel_benyishay . 🧵
On Sept 22, join @AidData, @global_wm, & @wmwgc for a conversation on Afghan experiences in the U.S. grounded in our evidence-based research on how different immigration pathways shape outcomes.
📍 Williamsburg, VA | Sept 22, 5:15pm
🔗 RSVP:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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💡 @WilliamAndMary students looking for paid research this fall?
@AidData & the @global_wm are hiring 2 Research Assistants to use geospatial & earth observation data for climate & food security.
10 hrs/wk, fall semester. Apply by 9/18 aiddata.org/join-the-team/re…
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