EU Enlargement and the Environment
JoAnn Carmin
Thu Jan 15, 09:30-11:00am, 10-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Join us for an informal discussion on EU enlargement and environmental quality in Central and Eastern Europe. Faculty and students from Czech and US universities will address topics including regional environmental policy, the Water Framework Directive, the SAPARD program, and implementation challenges faced by governments and nongovernmental organizations.
Contact: JoAnn Carmin, 9-320, x2-2697, jcarmin@mit.edu
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Introduction to Human Rights
Shefali Oza
Mon-Fri, Jan 20-23, 26-30, 01-02:30pm, 2-147
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Advance sign up requested, but not required
Introduction to major human rights issues around the world, including health, labor, science and technology, immigration/refugees, war/genocide, and the international human rights framework. Discussion-based, including case studies, papers, videos, and guest speakers.
Contact: Shefali Oza, sboza@mit.edu
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Inventing Events: A Workshop
J. Mark Schuster, Barnaby Evans, Cheryl Hughes
Tue Jan 27, Thu Jan 29, Fri Jan 30, 02-05:00pm, 10-485
Join Barnaby Evans, Artist-in-Residence in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and Cheryl Hughes, Program Director of the Chicago Mayor’s Office of Special Events for a three-day workshop that will conceptualize, invent, and design a new event for the MIT community. During the workshop we will discuss various styles of international and local events, festivals and rituals; develop concepts for an event unique to MIT; select a site(s); design the space(s); and produce project timelines. We will then seek financial support to produce the event at MIT. This workshop is open to anyone who has an interest in art, music, sports, design, ritual, or celebrations. Co-sponsored by MIT Office of the Arts.
Contact: J. Mark Schuster, x3-7323, jonmark@mit.edu
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Migration of the Highly Skilled: Policy Options and Issues
Anna Hardman
Fri Jan 30, 12-02:00pm, 10-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A panel discussion of international migration of the educated and highly skilled. The vast majority of legal migrants to the United States have a high school education or higher. For a handful of labor-exporting countries, international migration has caused a brain drain, with migration to the US taking half or more of the best educated in the population. Immigration of the highly skilled affects wages and employment for the native-born population and for earlier generations of immigrants to the US.
Contact: Anna Hardman, 9-316, x3-4512, ahardman@mit.edu
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Risks, Trust, and Plans
John deMonchaux
Thu Jan 29, 09:30am-05:00pm, 10-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Seminar will feature cutting-edge thinking on the issues of risk and trust challenging the planning and development professionals in the twelve countries represented this year in the SPURS (Special Program in Urban & Regional Studies)/Humphrey Program. These countries include China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Moldova, Venezuela, and Serbia & Montenegro.
Contact: Contact: Yan Zhang, 10-400, x3-5915, zhangyan@mit.edu
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