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project Series STI and Development Policy Experiences in LAC

Academic theory, policy and politics: a personal experience

Virtual Project Virtual Project

In this webinar, YSI and Professor Carlota Pérez welcome Luciano Coutinho, former president of the Brazilian Development Bank and Professor at the University of Campinas, to discuss his experience as both an academic and policymaker. In the second half, the floor will be open for the audience to interact with him and derive lessons about …

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YSI Workshop @ the 20th Urban and Regional Planning Association Meeting

Federal University of Pará Belém, State of Pará, Brazil

The National Association of Graduate Programs in Urban and Regional Planning – (in Brazilian acronym, ANPUR) is a scientific association that brings together graduate university programs and Brazilian entities that develop teaching and/or research activities in the field of urban and regional studies and planning. Founded in 1983, ANPUR has since significantly expanded the number …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2023)

Discussion — Lectures 1 & 2

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Welcome to Money and Banking! In addition to introducing ourselves, introducing the course, and sharing our intentions for working through the material (again), we will discuss Lecture 1: The Four Prices of Money and Lecture 2: The Natural Hierarchy of Money. Lecture 1 Notes Lecture 2 Notes Lecture 1 provides motivation, context, and themes for …

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YSI Germany Hub

European Climate Foundation Neue Promenade, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

The first meeting of the YSI Germany Hub will take place on 23 May in Berlin (at the European Climate Foundation, see address below) from 14:00 to 18:00. YSI Hubs are a space in which YSI members, regardless of working group affiliation, can meet, get to know each other, and brainstorm project ideas. The meeting …

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WINIR Young Scholars Doctoral Workshop

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Technology and Society Rapid technological progress has the power to unlock human potential while simultaneously disrupting social, political, legal, and economic processes. Institutional paradigms urge a reconsideration, to evaluate our understanding of the relationship between humans and technology/machines, and whether technology is itself an institution. Projects based in or relating to the Global South are …

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YSI-EBHS Doctoral Workshop 2023

The University of Porto Porto, Porto District, Portugal

The Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), in collaboration with the Economic and Business History Society (EBHS) and the CITCEM – University of Porto, will hold a doctoral workshop for 8 doctoral students on Wednesday, May 24th at the University of Porto. The aim of this one-day workshop is to support the career and research development as …

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project Series YSI Writing Group

YSI Writing Group – Meeting#3 Feedback Session – RESCHEDULED

Virtual Project Virtual Project

The YSI Writing group meet monthly and centers on improving writing skills through community approach.We try to support each other as young scholars on their writing journey.In our Feedback Sessions, we mainly talk about texts from other young writer we looked at beforehand. Next session, we will comment and give feedbacks on this paper. We …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

A Market Theory of Money | Session 1

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the first of two sessions on the 1989 book A Market Theory of Money by John Hicks. https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Wars-Rise-Global-Liquidity/dp/3030392902/ From the Description: Sir John Hicks draws together the common threads of over 50 years' writing on monetary economics into a succint (sic) statement of the fundamentals of monetary theory. He also goes beyond this …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2023)

Discussion — Reading 1: Allyn Young

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers Reading 1: Four encyclopedia chapters by Allyn Young. Young Study Questions Writing in the 1920s, Young shares his perspective on the nature of money and credit, the importance of a monetary standard, and the purpose of banking. He also runs through a brief history of the United States banking system leading up …

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The role of economics and economists in times of digital data

Campus San Giobbe, Ca' Foscari University of Venice Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy

INET Young Scholars Workshopfollowing the INEM ConferenceCampus San Giobbe, Ca' Foscari University of Veniceorganized byINET YSI Philosophy of Economics Working GroupMay 26, 2023, 3-7 pm, Venice, Italy These days we are witnessing PhD graduates in economics embarking on careers as data scientists in big tech companies. Economists have also a growing interest in the recent …

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project Series STI and Development Policy Experiences in LAC

How academia can (and should) support policymakers

Virtual Project Virtual Project

In this webinar, Professor Mariana Mazzucato, the Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, will discuss the need for new economic thinking to support effective policy, in conversation with Professor Carlota Perez and YSI. This discussion will explore the broader relationship between theory and practice, and between academia and policymakers. Dissatisfied …

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Care Economics: Towards new directions of research

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

In his works Adam Smith, one of the founding fathers of modern economics, theorised the pivotal role of self-interest in the economy. What modern economics did not say (until Marçal’s book “Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?”) is that, for his entire life, Smith’s mother cooked him dinner. Not out of self-interest, but out of love. …

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