SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Ph.D. RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Date: Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Time: 4.00-6.00 PM
Location: Jed D. Satow Conference Room; 5th Floor, Lerner Hall; Columbia University
Link to Detailed Symposium Program [here]
Please RSVP to Elena Maria Roseo [[email protected]]
The second annual Sustainable Development Ph.D. Research Symposium has been scheduled for Thursday, December 1st, 4.00-6.00 PM, in the Jed D. Satow Conference Room (5th Floor, Lerner Hall).
The purpose of the symposium is to showcase the pioneering research of the Ph.D. Program in Sustainable Development’s upper-year doctoral candidates to the wider Columbia University community and invited guests from the private sector, governments, and NGOs. It will be attended by: the Director of the Earth Institute, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs; the program’s Academic Director, Prof. John Mutter; and many of the program’s core faculty.
The symposium will consist of a series of short presentations, followed by short question and answer sessions and a general discussion. The topics of the presentations will cover many of the most pressing global sustainability issues, including: issues of urban air quality, equity and development; infrastructure, energy and development; modeling the elimination of malaria; processes of technological innovation; and climate risk and agricultural production in developing countries.
SCHEDULED SPEAKERS:
(1) Xiaojia Bao: Infrastructure & Development in Developing Countries: Implications of Hydro-power Dams in China. [Link to Xiaojia’s profile].
(2) Kyle Meng: Political Access & Innovation: Evidence from Revolving Door Lobbyists. [Link to Kyle’s profile].
(3) Geoff McCarney: Climate Risk, Credit Rationing, & Index Insurance. [Link to Geoff’s profile].
(4) Geoffrey Johnston: Can We Eliminate Malaria? [Link to Geoffrey’s profile].
(5) Nicole Ngo: Urban Air Quality & Socioeconomic Status: A Case Study in Nairobi. [Link to Nicole’s profile].
(6) Anna Tompsett: TBA. [Link to Anna’s profile].
Presentations will be arranged into two panels of three speakers each. Student presentations within the panels will last 12 minutes. Each panel will be following by a 10 minute period for the audience to pose questions or make comments to the panel members. A detailed program for the symposium can be found here.
If you are interested in attending the symposium, please RSVP to Elena Maria Roseo ([email protected]).
If you have questions, please feel free to contact the symposium organizer: Geoff McCarney ([email protected]).
This event is organized by Columbia University’s Sustainable Development Doctoral Society (SDDS) with support from the Ph.D. Program in Sustainable Development.