STPP Lecture Series

2009 FALL LECTURE SERIES

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The STPP lecture series is sponsored by the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation

Events are held on Mondays, 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall)
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 735 S. State Street.

21 September 2009

“The Politics of Precaution: A Comparison of Consumer and Environmental Regulation in Europe and the United States, 1970 - 2008”

David Vogel, Professor of Business Ethics and Political Science
Haas School of Business
University of California at Berkeley

With commentary by BARRY RABE, Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, and the University of Michigan Center or European Studies-European Union Center.

26 October 2009

“Synthetic Genomics: Options for Governance”

Michele Garfinkle, Policy Analyst
J. Craig Venter Institute

With commentary by WILLIAM K. HALL, Adjunct Professor of Strategy, University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Life Sciences and Society Program, and the University of Michigan Center for Ethics in Public Life.

16 November 2009

“Science and Technology Investments and Policy
in the Obama Administation”

Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development in President
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President

With commentary by JASON OWEN-SMITH, Associate Professor of Sociology and Organizational Studies, University of Michigan.

Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research, and the University of Michigan College of Engineering.

7 December 2009

“Bioequivalence: The Regulatory Careers of a Medical Concept”

Daniel Carpenter, Professor of Government and Director,
Center for Government and International Studies
Harvard University

With commentary by REBECCA S. EISENBERG, Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law, University of Michigan.

Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, the University of Mchigan School of Public Health, and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.