The Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

Sept 8
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Professor Lynne Kiesling, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 
http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~lki851/

Beneficial Complexity: A Field Experiment in Technology, Institutions, and Institutional Change in the Electric Power Industry

Sept 15
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Dr. Eric Dannenmaier, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis 
http://indylaw.indiana.edu/people/profile.cfm?Id=287

Beyond Indigenous Property Rights: The Implications of a Distinctive Connection to the Land and Environment

Sept 22
12:00-1:30

Professor Thomas Schelling, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park 
http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/Schelling.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Schelling  http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2005/
schelling-autobio.html

Patten Lectures:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 7:30pm, Ballantine Hall, room 109
Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:30pm, Ballantine Hall, room 109

What Is Game Theory? A Social Science Reply

Sept 29
12:00-1:30

Frangipani Room, IMU

Professor Daniel Janzen, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 
http://www.bio.upenn.edu/faculty/janzen/ 
http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

How to DNA Barcode the Tropical Wild World and Endow It as Well; the ACG Example from Northwestern Costa Rica

Oct 6
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Professor Michael Rauh, Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, IUB 
http://www.kelley.iu.edu/facultyglobal/FacultyProfile.cfm?ID=8445

Firms, Markets, and the Work Ethic

Oct 13
12:00-1:30  

Dr. Christopher Kam, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 
http://www.politics.ubc.ca/index.php?id=4577

Co-Sponsor:
Political Economy of Democratic Sustainability

Partisanship, Enfranchisement, and the Historical Transformation of Political Finance in Britain

Oct 20
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Professor Stephen Benard, Department of Sociology, IUB 
http://mypage.iu.edu/~sbenard/

Does Intergroup Conflict Promote Norms and Hierarchies?

Oct 27
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Dr. Amber Wutich, Assistant Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe 
http://csid.asu.edu/viewperson.php?id=37

Fear and Loathing at the Tapstand: Water Insecurity, Institutions, and Emotional Distress in Urban Bolivia

Nov 3
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Professor Laura Underkuffler, School of Law, Duke University, Durham, NC 
http://www.law.duke.edu/facadmin/directory/?id=underkuffler.html

Captured by Evil: The Idea of Corruption in Law

Nov 10
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Dr. Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, IUB 
http://www.indiana.edu/~geog/people/roychowdhury.shtml

Smallholder Land Management, Forest Successions, and Environmental History in Southern Mexico

Nov 17
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Nadya Hajj Parks, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~nhajj/

Forming Institutions in Fouda: The Origins of Property Rights in Palestinian Refugee Camp Sectors

Nov 24
 

Thanksgiving Break

Dec 1
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Professor Mark Sproule-Jones, Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Affiliated Faculty, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, IUB 
http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/polisci/faculty/sproule-jones.cfm

Developing Basic Principles for the Governance of Large-Scale Water Commons: The Great Lakes Case

Dec 8
12:00-1:30

Seminar Room

Dr. Sujai Shivakumar, Senior Program Officer, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy National Research Council, Washington, DC 
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/step/
Sujai%20Shivakumar's%20Bio%202007.html