In addition to the Festival, Christofer is currently the Program Director of the Georgetown University Program on Science in the Public Interest where he is helping to connect students and faculty working across science and public policy to solve global challenges and develop innovative new approaches to complex problems. In this role, Christofer teaches a first-of-its- kind course, titted "Science & Social Change Studio," which gives undergraduate and graduate students hands-on-experience implementing a project of their own design that is aimed at impacting science issues in the public domain. Christofer is also working on developing and launching a new academic minor for Georgetown that teaches actionable innovation and equips students to apply scientific problem ving skills to complex global challenges