International Policy and Development

The International Policy and Development (IPAD) workshop started in 2007 as a voluntary association of faculty and graduate students.  Its mission is to facilitate the friendly interchange of ideas and to ultimately enhance the quality of research. 

The weekly workshop offers an opportunity to present scholarly work to the department’s policy and development economics community and to receive feedback on work in progress.  The program is led by Dr. Alex Winter-Nelson of the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics.

International Policy and Development (IPAD)

Workshop Schedule Fall 2009

Unless otherwise noted, sessions will meet on Thursdays in 313 Mumford Hall from 12:00 to 12:50. Exceptions will arise when we join the pERE workshops on Tuesdays in 426 Mumford at 12:00 or when there is a relevant departmental seminar on Friday in 313 Mumford at 12:00.

Please contact the coordinator of the IPAD Workshop Schedule, Alex Winter-Nelson (alexwn@illinois.edu) for additional information. The schedule is subject to change. 

October 8: Dr. Scott Irwin, “Anatomy of an Academic Presentation:  Part 2” 

October 15: Dr. David Bullock, “Anatomy of an Academic Presentation: The Roles of Bargaining Costs, Information Structures, and Option Values in the Timing of Policy Making”

October 22: Dr. Mary Arends-Kuenning “On Professional Etiquette”

October 30: ACE Fall Research Celebration  

November 6:  Dr. David Jacks - ACE Departmental Seminar

November 12:  Dr. Alex Winter-Nelson  "On Grant Proposals"

November 18:  Dr. Robert Thompson  "Normal Borlaug:  A Tribute"

December 3:  Student Panel  "The PhD Decision-- MS vs Straight-through"

December 10:  Rafael Garduno-Rivera  "The distributional effects of NAFTA in Mexico: evidence from a panel of municipalities"