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| May 2008 | |
| May 1 |
CID Special Event "The Role of the Private Sector in Economic Development; The Case Study of Rwanda" Speaker: Michael Fairbanks, Co- Founder, The SEVEN Fund, and former Chairman of OTF Group 6:30 - 8:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| May 5 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) |
| May 6 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Evolving Norms on R&D for New Medicines: Evidence and Hypotheses: A Research Design" Suerie Moon, pre-doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, HKS - and - "The Natural Face of Conflict: Resources and the Politics of Identity in Africa's New Wars" Ann Laudati, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| May 6 |
Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series "Incentives for Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Multi-functional Landscapes: A Pentagon of Research Questions for the World Agroforestry Centre" Brent Swallow, Principal Economist at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi and Global Coordinator of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Lunch provided Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS RSVP Requested by May 2: maryanne_baumgartner@harvard.edu Contact: CID Events |
| May 7 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speakers: Jean Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and Sandra Sequeira, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| April 2008 | |
| Apr 1 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Do Protected Areas Encourage Forest Fragmentation?" Kate Emans Sims, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Environmental Economics Program and doctoral candidate, Program in Political Economy and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Economics Department, and Government Department, Harvard University - and - "The Social Dimensions of Productivity in Teams: Evidence from Kenya's Commercial Agriculture Sector" Jessica Leino, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Economics Department, University of California at Berkeley 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 2 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speakers: Ngoc Anh Tran, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Apr 3-6 |
14th Annual International Development Conference (IDC 2008) Generating Ideas for a Better World |
| Apr 4 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
|
| Apr 7 |
CID Special Event Empowerment Lab Meeting 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Invitation Only Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 8 |
Application Deadline for
Sustainability Science Water and Development Student Research Fellowship (for Harvard PhD Candidates) To support Harvard PhD candidates from any discipline conducting research on issues at the intersection of water and development. |
| Apr 8 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Biofuel Production, Community Development and Private Sector Engagement: What could other Countries Learn from Brazil?" Daniele Cesano, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability, Founder, CO2nnect, and capacity building coordinator, SouthSouthNorth - and - "Institutional Innovations in Global Health" Nicole Szlezák, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 9 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speakers: Deepa Dhume, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and Sharon Barnhardt, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Apr 11 |
Second Round Application Deadline for
Harvard International Development Internship Fund (HIDIF) Funds summer internships for first-year HKS students. |
| Apr 11 |
Application Deadline for
HKS-EGAP Mexico Program Student Research Grants For field research in Mexico on issues relevant to public policy and international development |
| Apr 11 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
CID Sponsored PAE/SYPA Presentations (click for full titles) Speakers from the 2008 class: Mawadda Damon and Laura Rudert Andres Echeverry Kassahun Melesse Veronica Minaya Adrian Mucalov Semil Shah Rupert Simons Yuko Watanabe 11:45 AM - 2:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 14 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker TBA 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 14 |
CID Special Event Panel on Transnational Philanthropy and Poverty Reduction Panelists: Steven Lawry (Moderator) - Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations Barry Gaberman - Chairman, BoardSource Sheela Patel - Founder and Director, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) Lant Pritchett - Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, HKS 4:00 - 6:00 PM Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor, Littauer Building, HKS Sponsored with the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 15 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Impact of the Petroleum Sector on the Resilience of the Niger Delta Social-Ecological System" Michael Burns, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow and project manager, Sustainability Science Programme, South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - and - "Social Networks and the Challenge of Learning for Sustainability" Adam Henry, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 16 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speakers: Oeindrila Dube, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Apr 18 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"Voices of Moderate Palestinian Youth Leaders" Speakers: Ahmad Omeir Linda Abu Elhalaweh Amani Samara Mohammed Zaid Al-Kilany Yazan Alnabulsi Su’ad Soboh 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 21 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Eric Verhoogen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 21-26 |
Executive
Education Program "New Thinking on Growth and Development Policy" Taught by: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, CID and Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, HKS; Rohini Pande, Mohamed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, HKS; Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, HKS; Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation Professor of Economics, MIT; Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, HKS; Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, MIT; and Charles Sabel, Professor of Law and Social Science, Columbia Law School Contact: Rebecca Coyne for more information about this program Contact: Marcela Escobari for inquiries about future programs |
| Apr 22 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Learning in Networks and Technology Diffusion: Preliminary Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya" Lorenzo Casaburi, Giorgio Ruffolo Pre-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Economics Department, Harvard University - and - "Allocation of Incentives for the Private Provision of Public Goods: Woodlot Promotion in Malawi" Kelsey Jack, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, HKS 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 23 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speakers: Daniel Carvalho, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and Philipp Schnabl, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Apr 24 |
CID Special Event: Belfer Center & Center for International Development Directors' Lunch
Speaker: Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination, United Nations 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM, Lunch served Belfer Center Library, 3rd Floor, Belfer Building, HKS Sponsored with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs RSVP: Belfer Center |
| Apr 25 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"Yaks for Development: Social Entrepreneurship in China on the Rise" Speakers: Marie So and Carol Chyau, Ventures for Development 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 28 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Asim Khwaja, Associate Professor of Public Policy, HKS 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 28 |
CID Special Event "Liberty at a Juncture: Student Organizing and Political Change" Speakers: Yon Goicoechea and Geraldine Alvarez, Venezuelan Student Movement 7:00 - 9:00 PM Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor, Littauer Building, HKS RSVP required: http://studentsinmovement.eventbrite.com/ Co-sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 29 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Why? Because...Reflections on Causality in Development Programs" Fred Carden, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Director, Evaluation Unit, International Development Research Centre - and - "What is the Worth of Mangroves in the Niger Delta?" Godstime James, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, University of Missouri at Kansas City 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Apr 30 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speaker: Michael Faye, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| March 2008 | |
| Mar 1 |
Application Deadline for
Faculty Grants in Sustainability Science Contact: sustsci_grants@ksg.harvard.edu |
| Mar 1 |
Application Deadline for
Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellowship (For HKS Doctoral Candidates) To support Kennedy School of Government PhD candidates conducting early exploratory research on energy or environmental issues |
| Mar 3 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| March 4 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Legitimizing and Strengthening Deliberation to Address Environmental Conflicts: The Case of Community Protests at the Tintaya Copper Mine in Peru" Isabelle Anguelovski, doctoral candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Mar 5 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series "On the Determinants of School Choice: Structural Estimates and Simulations for Chile" Speaker: Andres Hernando, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Mar 7 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
|
| Mar 10 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Matt Andrews, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| March 11 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Who Purchases Flood Insurance?" Carolyn Kousky, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, HKS 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Mar 12 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speaker: Stefan Hunt, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Mar 14 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"Productivity Effects on Mexican Manufacturing Employment Before and After NAFTA" Speaker: Rene Cabral Torres, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Monterrey Institute of Technology 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Mar 14 |
CID Special Event "World Economic Challenges in the Era of Globalization" Co-sponsored by the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East Central Europe Speaker: H.E. Christopher F. Egan, U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (HKS MPA '05) 3:00 - 4:30 PM Neustadt Classroom, Ground Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Reception to follow in the Collins Family Rotunda, Taubman Building Contact: CID Events |
| Mar 17 |
First Round Application Deadline for
Harvard International Development Internship Fund (HIDIF) Funds summer internships for first-year HKS students. |
| Mar 17 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Filipe Campante, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| March 18 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Motivation to Engage in Social Learning about Sustainability" Krister Andersson, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science and assistant professor in environmental policy, University of Colorado at Boulder - and - "Green Chemistry - An International Perspective" Kira Matus, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, HKS 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Mar 19 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speakers: Dan Fetter, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University and Anjali Adukia, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Mar 24-Mar 30 |
SPRING BREAK |
| Mar 31 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) "International Policy Cooperation and the IMF" Speaker: Manmohan S. Kumar, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University and Visiting Fellow, HKS 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Mar 31 | Goodbye Party for
Liz Nuñez Please join us as we wish Liz well on her way to GSAS! 4:00 - 5:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS |
| February 2008 | |
| Feb 1 |
Application Deadline for
Fellowships in Sustainability Science Contact: sustsci_grants@ksg.harvard.edu |
| Feb 4 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Pol Antras, Professor of Economics, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 5 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Overview of Spring Plans for the Sustainability Science Program and Discussion of Critical Readings in Sustainability Science Seminar" William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Co-director, Sustainability Science Program and Nancy Dickson, Senior Researcher and Co-director, Sustainability Science Program 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 6 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speaker: Ryan Bubb, PhD Candidate, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Feb 8 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society" Speaker: Alnoor Ebrahim, Visiting Associate Professor of Public Policy, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, KSG 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 8 |
Application Deadline for
WorldTeach Summer Internships Applications for undergraduates due no later than 5:00 PM Contact: info@worldteach.org |
| Feb 11 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) World Economic Forum Mexico Brainstorm 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 12 |
CID Special Event sponsored by CID and the MPA/ID Program “Perceptions or Fundamentals: Which Counts More in Financial Markets?” Speaker: Nehad Chowdhury, Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Team, BlueBay Asset Management 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 12 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Adaptive Management of Human-Environment Systems" Jan Sendzimir, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 13 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speakers: Amrita Ahuja, Doctoral Candidate, Business Economics, Harvard Business School and Tom Vogl, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Feb 14 | The International Development Film Series |
| Feb 15 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"Competitiveness Policy for the Wounded Celtic Tiger" Speaker: Michael King, Senior Research Officer, IIIS, Trinity College Dublin; Former Economist, Ireland’s National Competitiveness Council; and Founder and former Chief Executive, Suas Educational Development 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 19 |
Application Deadline for
2008 Spring Break Opportunity in Oaxaca Sponsored by the CID Mexico Program Two students will have the opportunity to participate in a project in Oaxaca, Mexico, chronicling developmental challenges that two communities in Southern rural Mexico face. |
| Feb 19 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Assessing the Resilience of River Basin Management Regimes: Non-Linear Change on the Road to Sustainability" Jan Sendzimir, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 20 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speaker: Sandip Sukhtankar, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Feb 22 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"Capabilities Measurement in Survey Design" Speaker: Paul Anand, Department of Economics, Open University (UK) 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 25 |
Frontiers in Sustainable
Development Speaker Series "Blending Reductionist and Holistic Perspectives for Sustainability Science" Speaker: Anil Gupta, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair in Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management; Coordinator, Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions; Coordinator, Honey Bee Network; and Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Feb 25 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Maurice Kugler, Department of Economics, University of Southampton (UK); Growth Lab Fellow, CID, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: CID Events |
| Feb 26 |
Application Deadline for
CID Undergraduate Summer Travel Grants Research grants for summer travel in developing countries |
| Feb 27 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series Speaker: Tristan Zajonc, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, HKS Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Feb 29 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
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| January 2008 | |
| Jan 28 | CID Special Event "Bad Samaritans – The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism" Speaker: Ha-Joon Chang, Reader in the Political Economy of Development, University of Cambridge 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| December 2007 | |
| Dec 3 | Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) "The Long and Short (of) Quality Ladders" Speaker: Amit Khandelwal, Columbia Business School 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Dec 4 |
CID Special Event "Social Capitalism and Alternative Financial Services: How empowerment will lead to long-term economic development" Speaker: Roy Sosa, co-founder NetSpend Corporation and MPower Ventures 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Dec 5 |
Sustainability Science
Fellows Seminar "Conscripting Nature: The Political Ecology of Violent Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern Sudan, and Northern Uganda" Speaker: Ann Laudati, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program "Protected Forest Areas, Land Use, and Local Development in Northern Thailand" Kate Emans Sims, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Environmental Economics Program and doctoral candidate, Program in Political Economy and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Economics Department, and Government Department, Harvard University 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Dec 6 | The International Development
Film Series "A Place Called Chiapas" "A Place Called Chiapas" is a documentary that provides a firsthand account of the lives of the Zapatistas and their 1994 revolution. Directed by Nettie Wild, the film takes viewers into rebel territory in the Mexican state of Chiapas, where the Zapatista military lives in hiding from the Mexican Army. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG Contact: meriem_ait_ali_slimane@ksg08.harvard.edu |
| Dec 7 |
CID Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
"The Political Ecology of Natural Resources and Violent Conflicts" Speaker: Ann Laudati, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science, Sustainability Science Program, Center for International Development, Harvard University 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Dec 10 | Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Rohini Pande, Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, KSG and Faculty Associate, CID, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Dec 12 | CID Holiday Party By invitation only Contact: CID Events |
| Dec 13 | The International Development
Film Series "White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" On August 6th and 9th, 1945, two atomic bombs vaporized 210,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those who survived are called "hibakusha"--people exposed to the bomb--and there are an estimated 200,000 living today. Today, with the threat of nuclear weapons of mass destruction frighteningly real- the world's arsenal capable of repeating the destruction at Hiroshima 400,000 times over, Oscar® award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki revisits the bombings and shares the stories of the only people to have survived a nuclear attack. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG Contact: meriem_ait_ali_slimane@ksg08.harvard.edu |
| November 2007 | |
| Nov 1 | The International Development
Film Series "Jung: In the Land of the Mujaheddin" Jung means war in Farsi language. The documentary details the humanitarian adventure of the building of the Emergency hospital in northern Afghanistan in 1999. The film's directors, who made three trips in the space of 18 months, spent seven months in a country brought to its knees by twenty years of war, a country where mere survival seemed impossible. Jung won first prize at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in 2000. In 2001 it won the Human Rights Watch Film Festival as Best Film and the Vancouver International Film Festival prize as Best Documentary. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG Contact: meriem_ait_ali_slimane@ksg08.harvard.edu |
| Nov 2 |
CID Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
"Decomposing World Export Growth and the Relevance of New Destinations" Speaker: Andres Zahler, Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy, KSG and Doctoral Fellow, CID 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Nov 5 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Federico Sturzenegger, Visiting Professor of Public Policy, KSG & Faculty Associate, CID, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Nov 7 |
Sustainability Science
Fellows Seminar "Allocation Mechanisms for Conservation Contracts in Developing Countries" Speaker: Kelsey Jack, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "The Commons in Transition: Looking Back, Thinking Ahead for Livelihoods and Environmental Sustainability" Speaker: Esther Mwangi, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and Ziff Environmental Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Nov 8 | The International Development
Film Series "The Circle" "The Circle" (Persian: Dayereh) is the 2000 fiction-film by Iranian independent filmmaker Jafar Panahi that criticizes the treatment of women in Iran. The film does not have a central protagonist: instead, it is constructed around a sequence of short interconnecting stories that illustrate the everyday challenges that women face in Iran. Each story intersects, but none is complete, leaving the viewer to imagine both the background and the ending. The film won several awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000, but it is banned in Iran. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG Contact: meriem_ait_ali_slimane@ksg08.harvard.edu |
| Nov 9 |
CID Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
"Fostering Competitiveness and Catalyzing Private Sector Growth in Lower Income Countries: Lessons from Pakistan, Rwanda, Kazakhstan and Jordan" Speaker: Justin Stokes, Senior Consultant, J.E. Austin Associates 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Nov 9 | Application Deadline for Student Research Grants offered by the KSG-EGAP Mexico Program Funding for KSG students for field research in Mexico on issues relevant to public policy and international development. Due no later than 5:00 PM Contact: Beth Ela |
| Nov 14 | Farewell Party for
Aimee Pease Fox Please join us as we wish Aimee well on her departure from the Kennedy School. 3:00 - 5:00 PM Brief remarks at 4:00 PM Fainsod Room, 3rd floor Littauer Building |
| Nov 15 | The International Development
Film Series "The Flute Player" "The Flute Player" is a one-hour documentary film about the life and work of Cambodian genocide survivor Arn Chorn-Pond. Arn was just a boy when Cambodia's Khmer Rouge military regime took power in 1975. For four long years, Arn followed the strict orders of the Khmer Rouge - doing whatever it took to save his own life amidst torture, murder, starvation and brainwashing. The film is the winner of the Audience Award for Documentary Feature 1st Film at the South by Southwest Film Festival 2003. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG Contact: meriem_ait_ali_slimane@ksg08.harvard.edu |
| Nov 16 |
CID Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
"Sustainability - African Alternatives" Speaker: Carol Thompson, Ph.D., Professor of Political Economy, Northern Arizona University 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Nov 19 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) "Zambia's Growth and Development Challenges" Special meeting with the World Bank *invitation only* 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Nov 26 |
Lunches on Economic Policy
(LEP) Speaker: Roberto Rigobon, Associate Professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Nov 26 |
2008 Application Deadline for
CID
January Term Travel Grants Funding for travel to developing countries as part of PAE/SYPA. Due no later than 5:00 PM Contact: Melissa Wojciechowski |
| Nov 28 |
Sustainability Science
Fellows Seminar "The Origins and Dissemination of Technologies for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Malaria: What Role for Institutions?" Speaker: Suerie Moon, pre-doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Environmental Governance and Traditional Politics at the Local Level" Speaker: Marcel Bursztyn, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Fulbright Visiting Senior Scholar, and Director, Center for Sustainable Development, University of Brasilia 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Nov 29 | The International Development
Film Series "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" Featuring previously unseen footage, newly declassified US government documents, and revealing interviews with key insiders to the events in question, the documentary film examines the charges facing Henry Kissinger, shedding light on a career long shrouded in secrecy. In part, it explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful men in US history and now, in the autumn of his life, one of its most disputed figures. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG Contact: meriem_ait_ali_slimane@ksg08.harvard.edu |
| Nov 30 |
CID Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
"Perspectives on Endogenous Growth Theory" Speaker: David Warsh, Editor, Economic Principals 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| October 2007 | |
| Oct 1 |
Lunches on Economic Policy (LEP) Speaker: Kristin Forbes, Associate Professor Sloan School of Management, MIT 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Oct 2 |
Critical Readings in
Sustainability Science Research 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Oct 3 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Green Chemistry: Barriers, Actions and Policy Frameworks" Speaker: Kira Matus, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Human-Environment Interaction in the Mangrove Ecosystem of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria" Speaker: Godstime James, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, University of Missouri at Kansas City 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Oct 3 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series "The Lasting Effects of Clean Water: Evidence from American Cities" Speaker: Tom Vogl, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University and Doctoral Fellow, Harvard Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy "Theft from Multiple Pots: Corruption in India's Workfare System" Speaker: Sandip Sukhtankar, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University and Paul Niehaus, Doctoral Candidate, Economics, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Oct 4 |
The International Development Film Series "Paradise Now" Paradise Now is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It delves into the minds of the potential suicide bombers, their feelings, their thoughts. "The film is an artistic point of view of the political issue." Abu-Assad said. "The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing." The film won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG |
| Oct 9 |
Critical Readings in
Sustainability Science Research 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Oct 10 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series "The Effects of Protected Forest Areas on Land Use and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Northern Thailand" Speaker: Kate Emans Sims, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University, and Doctoral Research Fellow, CID 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Oct 10 |
Mexico Program Occasional
Seminar Series "Mexico from the Inside: A Review of Economic and Social Capacity based on the States' Assets" Speaker: Dr. Vidal Garza Cantú, Director, FEMSA Foundation; founding Associate Dean and former Director of the MPA Program, EGAP, Tecnológico de Monterrey-Monterrey Campus 4:00 - 5:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Refreshments will be served Contact: Sandra Oliveira |
| Oct 12 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"Fiscal Pro-cyclicality and Growth: What Are the Channels?" Speaker: Alfie Ulloa, Doctoral Candidate in Public Policy, KSG, Harvard University 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Oct 15 |
Lunches on Economic Policy (LEP)
Speaker: David Dollar, Country Director for China and Mongolia, World Bank 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Oct 15 |
Announcement of Winner of the
Quadir Prize -
Annual Global Contest to Strengthen Bangladesh Essay contest for proposals to improve the lives of low- and middle-income people in Bangladesh. View press release announcing winners |
| Oct 16 |
Critical Readings in
Sustainability Science Research 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Oct 17 |
Economic Development Lunch
Series "Blame It On the Rain: Economic Shocks and Voting in India" Speaker: Ryan Bubb, Doctoral Candidate, Political Economy & Government, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:15 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Dina Pomeranz |
| Oct 17 |
CID Special Event:
Wireless
Clouds in the Foothills of the Himalayas: Internet Access and Rural
Development Michael Ginguld, CEO and Co-Founder, AirJaldi, India; Mid-career MPA student, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 6:00 PM L332, Littauer Building, KSG Contact: Beth Ela |
| Oct 18 |
The International Development Film Series "The War Room" The film shows the behind-the-scenes activity in Bill Clinton’s campaign for President of the United States in 1992. The film is named after the campaign’s “war room” command center from which the effort was directed. The film crew, led by husband and wife directors D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, was given unprecedented access behind the scenes starting with the 1992 Democratic National Convention, with the story of the primaries constructed from news footage. The film was nominated for the Academy Award as best documentary. 6:30 PM Land Lecture Hall, 4th floor Belfer Building, KSG Contact: meriem_ait_ali_slimane@ksg08.harvard.edu |
| Oct 19 |
CID Graduate
Student Lunch Seminar
"An Urgent Call to Professionalize Leadership and Management in Health Care Worldwide" Speaker: Joseph Dwyer, Director, Management and Leadership Program, Management Sciences for Health 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Oct 22 |
Lunches on Economic Policy (LEP)
Speaker: Maurice Kugler, Department of Economics, University of Southampton (UK); Growth Lab Fellow, CID, Harvard University 1:00 - 2:30 PM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: CID Events |
| Oct 23 |
Critical Readings in
Sustainability Science Research 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |
| Oct 24 |
Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar "Global Health in the Making: Science, Politics in the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria" Speaker: Nicole Szlezák, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Allocation Mechanisms for Conservation Contracts in Developing Countries" Speaker: Kelsey Jack, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 9:00 - 10:30 AM Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG Contact: Mary Anne Baumgartner |