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Richard Nelson, Education and Economic Development, Belfer Center
BCSIA Director's Seminar
In Conjunction with the
Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Seminar Series
“The Role of Education in Economic Development”
with
Richard R. Nelson
George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business and Law at Columbia University
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is proud to host a Director's Seminar on “The Role of Education In Economic Development” with Richard R. Nelson, George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business and Law at ColumbiaUniversity. In the spring of 1997 he was appointed as the first Director of the newly created Public Policy Consortium at Columbia.
His research has concentrated on the processes of long-run economic change, with particular emphasis on technological advances and on the evolution of economic institutions. Some of his publications include The Sources of Economic Growth, (Harvard Univ Pr, 2000), The Sources of Industrial Leadership (Cambridge University Press, 1999), National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis (Oxford University Press, 1993), An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, (Harvard University Press; Reprint edition, 1985), and many others.
Professor Nelson holds a BA from Oberlin College. He obtained his PhD in 1956 from Yale University. From 1956 to 1957 he was an Assistant Professor at Oberlin College, and from 1968 to 1986 a Professor at Yale University.
He has also served as an Economist at The Rand Corporation (1957-1960, 1963-1968), a Senior Member at the Council of Economic Advisors (1961-1963). Between 1981 and 1986 he was appointed the Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies.
We hope you can join us for what will be an interesting and informative discussion.