This panel will evaluate ways that technological innovation in lending, derivatives clearinghouses, and payments systems may contribute to or help overcome systemic risk.
Shobita Parthasarathy discusses her new book, Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe, followed by discussion with Richard Hall, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy.
Robert Axelrod is the Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding; professor of political science, College of Literature, Science and the Arts; and professor of public policy, Gerald R.
Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, discusses border management using big data. September, 2013.
Barry Rabe is an environmental policy professor at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy and director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at the Ford School.
Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, talks about the power of Twitter as a communication tool. November, 2012. This event was co-sponsored by the Ford School and the School of Information.
Doug Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, talks about the current fiscal challenges facing the United States. In this lecture he presents what the "fiscal cliff" means, the consequences and options to avoid it.
Sultan Al Qassemi, scholar, columnist, and influential Twitter commentator talks about the role of social media as a change agent in the Middle East. September, 2011.
Shobita Parthasarathy's discusses the landmark gene patent case ACLU v. Myriad Genetics, the issues, her work, as well as long-term implications of the ruling. April, 2010.
Meredith Fowlie, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts. December, 2007.
Robert Axelrod, Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding; Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science and the Arts; & Professor of Public Policy discusses cancer research simulation. October, 2007.
Shobita Parthasarathy discusses her book titled Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care. April, 2007.
