Research Article Ideas:
1. I am working on the topic of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals because I want to find out the obstacles and challenges that the goals are facing in order to help my reader understand better the goals as a whole and what people and organizations around the world are doing to make progress on the goals.
-This topic is extremely important for International Relations because each of the 17 goals are affected by each other, and we must understand the challenges and progress of them in order to reach the goals in 2030.
Disciplines: Political Science, International Relations
2. I am working on the topic of Sustainable Development Goal 4 because I want to find out how to adequately give students quality education in order to understand better sustaining their own culture and society at the same time.
-In giving students around the world quality education, it is important to note that quality education does not mean "westernized" education. It means that we must educate to the needs of each society and culture in order for it to sustain itself through the cycle of education.
Disciplines: International Education, International Relations, Cultural Anthropology
3. I am working on the topic of Sustainable Tourism because I want to find out how we can promote tourism in a way that benefits both the traveler and the culture that is being visited in order to help my reader better understand the tremendous disadvantages that many of these societies have, especially developing countries.
-Many people who travel do not know the dangers and impacts that much of their travel does to the hosting cities/countries/societies. Cruises, all inclusive resorts, and companies that exploit the local people and resources are detrimental to the sustainability and development of that society.
Disciplines: Travel and Tourism, Environmental Sustainability
Applied Project Ideas:
Podcast series
I came up with the idea to do a podcast series about traveling. Using my own experiences I would share different aspects of traveling and what worked and didn't work. I would try to do 1-2 podcasts per week, and they would each have a theme or topic. Some ideas that I have had so far are: Study Abroad, Homestay's, "How To" podcasts, Au Pair podcast, etc. I would have different people who have experience in the topic that I will do on the podcast so that it has different perspectives. I will use Soundcloud to upload the podcasts and they will be linked in the Podcast section of my e-port.
I have had difficulties coming up with more ideas. This one came to me the other night and I started writing down so many ideas that I think I could really create a great took for other travelers, and be able to document all of my past travels in this series. I feel really excited about this idea and want to get started on it as soon as possible!