Global TIES, The Agency Fund & NYU Office of the Provost co-hosted The Agency Summit

The Global TIES team was proud to co-host on NYU’s campus, The Agency Summit with The Agency Fund and NYU Office of the Provost. Organized alongside UNGA week here in New York City, The Agency Summit on Friday, September 26th, was designed to “foster collaboration between researchers, practitioners, and funders to explore how personal and collective agency can be harnessed to promote sustainable development outcome.”
The full-day agenda was opened by heavy-hitters Hazel Markus, Karla Hoff, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, and included many engaging conversations.

In a day full of standout moments, we want to highlight the “Practice” panel with Tarun Cherukuri, Amanda Beatty, Carolina Trivelli Avila, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa (moderated by our very own Florencia Lopez Boo): a grounded conversation on turning evidence into decisions that communities can actually use.

We loved Kate Schwartz’s reflections on implementation, measuring what matters, building feedback loops, and staying close to context.

It was also a joy to reunite our past and present NYU-TIES colleagues together, in person.

Grateful to our partners and speakers for an energizing, deeply practical day!!