Seminar Programme - Semester 2
Internal seminars take place in Room 204 of University House at 12.15 – 1.15pm.
January 2013
January 17th
Esin Yoruk, SSEES, Entrepreneurial Propensity of Innovation Systems: Theory, Methodology and Evidence.
January 24th
Sangeeta Khorana, Aberystwyth University, Tariff Escalation, Export Shares and Economy-wide Welfare: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach.
January 31st
Olivier Choiniere, visiting scholar BBS, Austerity measures in response to public finance crises: the historical trajectories of administrative and financial reforms in Canada.
February 2013
February 7th
Gill Bentley, BBS, The Changing Geography of the European Auto Industry.
February 21st
Pete Dawson School of Economics University of East Anglia, Olympic news and attitudes towards the Olympics: A compositional time-series analysis of how sentiment is affected by events.
March 2013
March 7th
Tom Coogan, The dark side of the rules of humour.
March 14th
Andy Hodder, BBS, Organising for what? A case study of the Public and Commercial Services union
March 21st
Wang Xueyuan, visiting scholar, BBS, Enterprise R&D alliance innovation resources optimal management research.
Speakers for next semesters
Jenny Aston, Royal Institute of Historical Research – University of Birmingham
Kiran Trehan, Birmingham Business School
Gian Battista Rossi, Birbeck
John Armour, Oxford University
Homagni Choudhury, Aberystwyth University
Sangeeta Khorana, Aberystwyth University
Christine Oughton, SOAS
Seminar Series Winter Term 2012-13
Thursday 11th October
Bert Clough - Research and Strategy Manager, Unionlearn, TUC
Thursday 18th October
Maki Umemura - University of Cardiff
Thursday 8th November
Lisa De Propris - Birmingham Business School
"Rebalancing the economy: it is all about content"
Thursday 15th November
Alex Bryson - Centre for Economic Performance, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
"Are You Happy While You Work?" (with George MacKerron)
Thursday 22nd November
Randolph Bruno - University College London
"Institutional Quality and MNC Investment: Evidence from Russia"
Thursday 29th November
Francis Greene - Birmingham Business School
"Does Failure Breed Entrepreneurial Success? Evidence from the KfW/ZEW-Start-Up-Panel"