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LBJ School Professor Sachin Shah Leads Policy Meeting with European Commission to Strengthen Ukraine’s CAP-Readiness Architecture

On February 4, 2026, The University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Ukraine Facility Platform convened an expert policy dialogue in Brussels focused on strengthening Ukraine’ delivery architecture for the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The meeting was facilitated by LBJ School Professor Sachin D. Shah using a highly interactive format designed to move from strategy to execution.
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International Seminar and Adaptive Management Training to Advance EU-Aligned Rural Recovery and Governance in Ukraine

On December 1, 2025, partners from Ukraine, Poland, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs convened for the seminar “Ukrainian Village on the Way to the European Union: From Data to Policy Recommendations,” an intensive dialogue focused on the strategic challenges facing Ukraine’s rural communities amid full-scale war and the country’s path toward European Union accession. The seminar moved deliberately from evidence to action—grounding discussion in current conditions in rural Ukraine and translating analysis into policy-relevant recommendations for recovery and long-term resilience.
New Research by LBJ Professor Erin Lentz Finds Official Global Food Insecurity Estimates Undercount Acute Hunger

New Research by LBJ Professor Erin Lentz Finds Official Global Food Insecurity Estimates Undercount Acute Hunger

A new research study led by Erin Lentz finds that the world’s leading system for classifying acute food insecurity systematically underestimates the true scale of global hunger. The research and analysis concludes that one in five people experiencing acute hunger may be going uncounted.

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