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The Colorado Project
Korbel ranked 12th best place in the world to earn a master’s degree in international relations.
Korbel ranked 20th in the world for the best undergraduate degree in international studies.
The Colorado Project serves as a state platform for deliberation focused on challenging issues affecting Colorado. Each year, the Scrivner Institute and the Josef Korbel School of International Studies will convene a politically and geographically diverse group of civic, political, and private sector leaders to focus intensively on a core series of locally salient public policy challenges. Each group will put civil discourse into action, and work together to produce a set of comprehensive, collaborative policy recommendations to address the challenge. The goal is to establish common ground in order to move forward with practical solutions geared toward the public good.Â
If you are interested in learning more about the Colorado Project, contact [email protected].
We're excited to announce the next phase of the Colorado Project 2.0: Rural Renaissance — a community effort to lift up how the future of Colorado is being shaped in our rural communities, exemplifying their strength and fortitude through innovation, collaboration, and impact-driven action. Over the next two years, we will embark on a statewide Rural Renaissance Learning Tour, uncovering and scaling the most promising economic, workforce, and sustainability solutions emerging from Colorado’s rural communities. Thanks to the support of the LOR Foundation, the Gates Family Foundation, and others this project is spinning up to take on the big questions in rural Colorado. This is not just about research; it's about action—connecting urban and rural leaders, shaping policy, and elevating rural Colorado as a national model of resilience and innovation.
The Learning Tour
In the next year, The Colorado Project will visit communities in the Eastern Plains, Southern Colorado, and Mountain Resort Communities with virtual convenings throughout. In these convenings we will hear from local leaders and community partners about their most exciting innovations, collaborations, and breakthroughs aligned to The Colorado Project categories. It will be an incredible learning and discussion with some of Colorado's most forward-thinking leaders.
In 2023, the Colorado Project convened a group of 32 community and policy leaders from throughout Colorado to design a pragmatic strategy to catalyze sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the state. The group took a comprehensive and high-level approach, working together to show how different policy dimensions – from sustainable water and energy use to addressing our workforce and housing challenges – are connected and how we can use those connections to build a more sustainable and more prosperous future for all.
Download the 2023 Colorado Project report here.
Conveners:Â
Scrivner Institute of Public Policy
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
Co-Chairs:Â
Project Team:Â
Collaborators:Â
Thank you to the generous supporters of the Colorado Project: Walton Family Foundation, Social Sciences Foundation, and individual supporters of the Korbel School's civil discourse programming.Â
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