President Ramaswamy delighted MIIS students with his talk entitled Elephants Can Dance: an Assessment of India’s Economic Performance and Potential. The President gave the talk on the Monterey Institute of International Studies campus on Thursday, May 3 during the Emerging Markets Colloquium. President Ramaswamy is widely recognized for his scholarly and professional work in international [...]
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David Roberts is one of the nation’s leading environmental authors, and a staff writer for Grist. He spoke on the Politics and Policy of Climate Change as part of the Spring 2012 Sustainability Speaker Series. In his first powerpoint ever, Roberts presents 12 points of basic information on climate change are simultaneously hilarious and heart rending. His scientifically [...]
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Bill Lewis spoke at the Global Problems and Solutions Colloquium on Emerging Markets on April 19, 2012 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. The title of his speech was “The Power of Productivity: A Comparison of Russia and India.” Stream the talk: Download the talk: Bill Lewis recently retired as a Senior Partner [...]
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Professor Viola spoke at the Global Problems and Solutions Colloquium on Emerging Markets on April 5, 2012 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. The title of his speech was “The role of Brazil in the global transition to a low carbon economy: transformations and paradoxes.” Professor Eduardo Viola is Full Professor at the Institute [...]
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Professor Bardhan spoke at the Global Problems and Solutions Colloquium on Emerging Markets on March 29, 2012 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. The title of his speech was “Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India.” Professor Pranab Bardhan is Professor of Economics at the University of California, [...]
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Professor Martin spoke at the Global Problems and Solutions Colloquium on Emerging Markets on March 15, 2012 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. The title of his speech was “South-South Migration: Patterns, Impacts, and Challenges.” Professor Philip Martin is a professor at the University of California, Davis; chair of the UC Comparative Immigration & [...]
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Professor Aizenman spoke at the Global Problems and Solutions Colloquium on Emerging Markets on March 8, 2012 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. The title of his speech was “Financial liberalization in emerging markets: do the benefits justify the risks?” Professor Joshua Aizenman joined the faculty at UCSC in 2001 following eleven years at [...]
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Peter Hayes, Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, talks about the implications of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the rest of East Asia. He also addresses security linkages such as early warning, rapid response, spent fuel relocation, and the role of civil society networks. The lecture [...]
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Tom Athanasiou, Founder and Executive Director of EcoEquity and author of Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming, speaks as part of the Fall 2011 Sustainability Speaker Series. Hear the complete talk below. – Recorded Wednesday October 19, 2011
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Kevin Fingerman is a Ph.D. Candidate at UC Berkeley in the Energy & Resources Group, and the Vice-Chair and Steering Board Member at Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels. Hear clips from Fingerman’s presentation on biofuels and life-cycle assessments (LCAs) below, or listen to the entire talk. – Recorded Wednesday October 5th, 2011