Spring 2022
Seminar Archive
Spring 2022
Webinar
A conversation with Ching Kwan Lee, professor in the UCLA Department of Sociology Professor Ching Kwan Lee explores the making of 'global China' as an economic, cultural, and political phenomenon in this conversation with Jenny Goldstein...
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Polson Institute for Global Development seminar March 10 from 4:45-6:15 p.m. Location: Warren B73 and Zoom What is the relationship between universities and extension programs? How has this relationship, and the types of knowledge and practice...
Fall 2021
Seminar
Polson Institute for Global Development Seminar In the Struggle, a new book co-authored by Daniel J. O’Connell PhD '11 and Professor Scott J. Peters, traces an historical arc of activist scholars in California who fought not only against...
Webinar
A Conversation w ith Timothy Mitchell and Kaushik Basu. KAUSHIK BASU is Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. He was Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank from 2012...
Spring 2021
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Polson Institute for Global Development Seminar In this seminar, Holly Jean Buck will present on her research program which focuses on rural futures and participation in environmental future-making. After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair...
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Polson Institute for Global Development Seminar Bolivia’s 2019 presidential election led to a huge upheaval and radically different perceptions on whether the political dynamics at play represented a fraudulent election or a classic coup d'état...
Fall 2021
Seminar
Polson Institute for Global Development Seminar Series Well-meaning development interventions often have problematic and unintended long-term consequences. In this lecture, Dr. Copeland explores a characteristic instance of this by looking at...
Seminar
Polson Institute for Global Development Seminar Series The potential to harness new Hi-technologies such as Big Data, AI, robotics, gene editing, synthetic biology, etc. is obviously enormous. Yet, many social movements and civil society...