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The Right to Food in a Climate-Constrained World

May 9, 2017

Nearly 800 million people are chronically undernourished – despite the fact that we currently produce twice as much food as we need to feed the world’s population. The problem, according to George Soros Visiting Chair Carmen Gonzalez, is one of distribution and waste, not production. During a public lecture at the CEU School of Public Policy on April 26, Gonzalez explored “the three crises” related to food and agriculture: food security, agro-biodiversity, and climate change.

Record Number of Participants Attend GPA’s Advanced Course on Reversing the Resource Curse

May 8, 2017

Seventy participants from four continents are participating in a two-week advanced course, which examines the political economy of governance in resource-rich states, to explore how it impacts domestic policy debates and practice.

The course uses the Natural Resource Charter, a set of economic principles for governments and societies on how to best manage the opportunities created by natural resources to promote development, as its primary intellectual framework.

Economic Development will not Necessarily Lead to Democracy

May 8, 2017

There is a widespread belief that as countries develop economically, they are more likely to become – or to remain – democratic. Recent events in, for example Russia and Turkey, however, suggest that the link between economic development and democratization may not be as strong as once expected.

People are not perfectly rational or self-interested. What does this mean for key issues in Public Choice?

May 7, 2017

During his keynote address at the EPCS Annual Meeting, Jean-Robert Tyran discussed selected laboratory experiments to demonstrate that social preferences and limited rationality are important to understanding voting behavior. He urged especially young scholars to explore the “exciting field” of behavioral economics.

Introducing Crisis to the Classroom

May 3, 2017

SPP Associate Professor of Practice Kirsten Roberts Lyer recently co-organized Day of Crisis, a 24-hour event during which teams of law students compete against each other to deal with a series of major international crises. The competition took place at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London and was co-organized with Associate Professor in Public International Law Philippa Webb.