This is the first of two separate half-term seminars, which may be taken together or separately. Recent topics have included the determinants of the...

This part of the course introduces students to continuity and change in China's foreign policy, focusing on the reform...

A bi-weekly one-credit seminar that introduces students to applied policy research. For students in the Ford School Joint Ph.D....

The information revolution and the expanding use of information technology within all organizations, profit and non-profit, public and private, has created an environment in which access to massive quantities of information, at startling speeds,...

China’s reform and opening-up has been a great event in the world in the past more than two...

This is the second of two separate half-term seminars, which may be taken together or...

The course will develop the skills of using analytic methods and models to understand real decisions and policy issues, drawn from the realms of natural resource management, public policy, business strategy, politics, negotiations, and...

Assessment of the current energy systems that encompasses resource extraction, conversion processes and...

Managers, particularly as they move to higher-level responsibility, are increasingly called upon to deal with issues involving governmental actions, media attention and public...

This course will focus on public health policy primarily in the developing world. We will begin by reviewing epidemiological and demographic evidence on the leading causes of mortality and morbidity...