"Worth Your Weight? Experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries?"

Speaker:

Elisa Macchi, PhD Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Zurich.

Contact:

Abigail Powers
abigailpowers@fas.harvard.edu

Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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"Solidarity, Youth Engagement, and Intergenerational Equity"

This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Climate change is a long-standing problem that requires solutions that will span several generations.

• How do we pass on the baton to the next generation of climate leaders?
• How do we galvanise collective global action to ensure that we have continued and sustainable climate actions beyond the current generation?
• To what extent does the principle of intergenerational equity contribute to ensuring that we have sustainable development and ecological conservation?

Welcome Remarks:

Melani Cammett, Center Director; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University; Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Moderator:

Dustin Tingley, Faculty Associate. Professor of Government, Department of Government; Deputy Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard University.

Speakers:

Naomi Davy, Undergraduate, Harvard College; recent intern at Green for All.

Clea Schumer, Graduate, Harvard College; Research Analyst, Climate Program, World Resources Institute.

Aleksandra Conevska, PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Sarah Banse
sarahbanse@wcfia.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Scotia Group.

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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"The Digital Transformation and Japan’s Business Reinvention”

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speaker:

Ulrike Schaede, Professor of Japanese Business, School of Global Policy & Strategy, University of California, San Diego.

Moderator:

Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

This seminar is part of the Special Series on Japan-U.S. Cooperation in Digital Governance.

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"From the Job’s Worth to the Person’s Price: The Transformation of Organizational Pay Practices since 1950"

Speaker:

Laura Adler, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Contact:

Lisa Albert
lalbert@fas.harvard.edu

This is a joint session with Harvard's Economic Sociology Seminar.

This is an in-person event. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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