Jess Reia
Title and Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Data Science, School of Data Science, University of Virginia Faculty Lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy
Time: Session 1, afternoon
Time: Session 1, afternoon
Course Description: This comprehensive course delves into the intricate landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) policy, regulation, and governance from a global perspective. Over ten classes, students will explore the emerging challenges and opportunities presented by the widespread adoption of AI models.
Tinghua Yu
Title and Affiliation: Dr. Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Economics, Birkbeck, University of London, Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE
Time: Session 1, afternoon
Time: Session 1, afternoon
Course Description: This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the intricate relationship between economics and global public policy, with a strong emphasis on practical data analysis. Through a series of lectures and hands-on projects, students will gain essential skills in using real-world data to investigate economic and policy-related topics. Guided by step-by-step instructions, students will work with both curated and publicly available data sets, producing their own analytical reports.
José A. Puppim de Oliveira
Title and Affiliation: Visiting Chair Professor IGPP , Fudan University & Professor at FGV (Brazil)
Time: Session 1, afternoon
Time: Session 1, afternoon
Course Description: The course provides a critical analysis of the challenges for governing global environmental problems, such as climate change and biodiversity loss. The students in the course will learn how to analyze global public policies in different aspects with examples and cases from around the world. Innovations in public policy, governance, technologies and business management have been introduced to deal with global changes, such as depletion of the ozone layer, climate change and loss of biodiversity.
Keiichi Ogawa
Title and Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University
Time: Session 2, morning
Time: Session 2, morning
Course Description: The primary objectives of this course are the following three: a) to understand the role of human resources development (HRD) in economic and social development; b) to understand the analysis of the HRD sector (education sector); and c) to develop an understanding of the economic concepts and approaches for HRD public policy-making and strategic planning.
Daniel Guttman
Title and Affiliation: Professor, Fudan University, IGPP
Time: Session 2, morning
Time: Session 2, morning
Course Description: In 2024, ancient and unresolved challenges of war, pandemic, poverty and inequality are conjoined with 21st century challenges of climate change and sustainability. To address old and new challenges, many look to new technologies. But, at the same time, there are deep questions of how these technologies will themselves be governed and put to work for common good.
Min Ye
Title and Affiliation: Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Time: Session 2, morning
Time: Session 2, morning
Course Description: What is a political economy framework? Why do nations rise and fall? This course offers students a comprehensive foundation in understanding industrialization and globalization among rising powers. Through theoretical and historical exploration, it examines how nations rise on the global stage, strategically integrating international resources with domestic strengths while pursuing peaceful growth.
Gregory T. Chin
Title and Affiliation: Associate Professor of Political Science/Political Economy at York University, Canada
Time: Session 2, afternoon
Time: Session 2, afternoon
Course Description: This course examines the global rise of the “BRICS” – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa – and the emerging world order, giving attention to contending IPE theoretical perspectives. The main themes to be assessed are, first, the respective strengths and weaknesses of the competing IPE perspectives and related research agendas in the study of the BRICS as a global phenomenon and related impacts and consequences at the world order level.
