CGT News
March 26, 2009
IGERT - Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Development and Globalization
The IGERT Program in International Development and Globalization is hosting the Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Development and Globalization on Saturday, March 28. At the symposium, interdisciplinary panels will discuss current research going on at Columbia University by both faculty and PhD students. These panels focus on our core themes: Poverty, Inequality, and Globalization; Global Governance and Global Public Goods; and Development Policy. IGERT specifically seek to reach out to promising undergraduate students interested in Development and Globalization. This year's program is as follows:
March 28, Uris 142
11 am -12 pm "The Global University and Development"
Columbia University Professors discuss their work and what it means to be a global university.
Frank Moretti (Center for New Media Teaching and Learning), Peter Muennig (Public Health), Katharina Pistor (law), Saskia Sassen (Sociology), Robert Shapiro (Political Science)
12 am-1 pm "Departmental views of Development: Interdisciplinary Student Research Panel"
Jesse Antilla- Hughes (Sustainable Development), Ashley Fox (Socio-medical Sciences), Walker Hanlon (Economics)
2- 4 Keynote panel: "The Financial Crisis and Development"
Joseph Stiglitz and Jose Antonio Ocampo
http://www.globaldevphd.columbia.edu/