Brasília, 17 January 2021.
Dear colleagues,
This is the selection of free webinars for this week about political economy, public policy and business-government relations.
Please, observe the time zones, and thanks for all the suggestions.
Best regards,
Arthur Wittenberg.
Monday, 18 January
11:00am – 12:00pm (BRT) – Valor – Entrevista com Carlos Melo, professor do Insper
4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT) – LSE – Hayekian Behavioural Economics
Tuesday, 19 January
8:00am – 9:00am (EST) – Global Government Forum – Rebuild, reset, recover: what role for digital technology?
10:00am – 11:30am (EST) – Georgetown – How Is Democracy Doing?
10:00am – 11:30am (EST) – The World Bank – Changes in Global Income Distribution and Their Political Implications
2:15pm – 3:30pm (GMT) – LSE – Warfare and Peacemaking in the 21st Century: who’s taking responsibility to protect and promote peace
Wednesday, 20 January
10:00am – 11:00am (GMT) – Cambridge – Launch of Baltic Geopolitics Programme
12:30pm – 13:30pm (GMT) – King’s – Of Minds and Methods: The Global Governance of Public Opinion in the Middle East, Past and Present
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – Building relationship and trust on TikTok – and finding news stories
3:30pm – 4:30 (GMT) – LSE – A Lecture by Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Thursday, 21 January
12:30pm – 1:20pm (EST) – Princeton – James Stock on Macroeconomics, Carbon Pricing, and Climate Policy
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – LSE – Rebuilding the UK Economy for a More Secure Future, with Anneliese Dodds
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Conversations with Strategy featuring Professor Michael Clarke on strategy and security
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Boris Johnson and Parliament
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – King’s – Between Power and Responsibility – Germany’s Role in the Contemporary Political Economy of Europe
6:00pm – 7:15pm (GMT) – UCL – Public Attitudes to the State post Covid
Friday, 22 January
9:00am – 10:00am (EST) – Atlantic Council – Bipartisan summit on climate and the economy in the new Congress
11:00am – 12:00pm (BRT) – Valor – Pablo Di Si, presidente da Volkswagen no Brasil e na América Latina
Arthur Wittenberg 