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SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center Seminar

October 20, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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CGIS South, S153

Contingency Effects of National Culture and Institutions on How Social Networks Influence Individual Creativity

Presenter: Carl F. Fey, Visiting Scholar, SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center (fall 2026). Professor, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship...

Canada Seminar

October 20, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

Across the Detroit River: Why the American and Canadian White Working Class Votes Differently

Speaker: Lewis Krashinsky, William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow, Canada Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and...

Seminar in International Economics

October 19, 2026
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4:30PM - 5:45PM EDT
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Littauer Center of Public Administration, Hansen-Mason Room (301)

Industrial Policy, Location Choice, and Firm Performance in High-Tech Manufacturing

Speaker: Audrey Tiew, Assistant Professor of Economics, New York University.

Seminar in Economic Development

October 19, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:15PM EDT
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Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium (110)

Supply Chain Segmentation and Local Product Access: Evidence from Corner Stores in Lima, Peru

Speaker: Diego Santa Maria, PhD Candidate in Economics, Harvard University.

Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar

October 19, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

Filtering Special Interests: How Institutions Shape the Politics of Trade Securitization

Speaker: Timothy Cichanowicz, Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas.

Workshop on Culture, History, & Society

October 16, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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William James Hall, Room 1550

Environmental State-Building in the Amazon Rainforest and the Origins of Global Climate Finance

Speaker: Livio Silva-Muller, Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative...

Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy

October 15, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:15PM EDT
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Baker Library

The Joe Rogan Effect: Politicized Podcasts and the Youth Gender Voting Gap

Speaker: Elliott Ash, Professor, ETH Zurich; Scientific Lead, Swiss AI Initiative.

Politics and Social Change Workshop

October 15, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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William James Hall, Room 450

How Movements Shape Parties from the Inside: Evidence from the Republican Party Organization in Two States

Speaker: Catharina O’Donnell, Graduate Student Affiliate; Graduate Research Fellow, Canada Program; Graduate Research Fellow, Weatherhead Research...

Workshop in Economic Sociology

October 14, 2026
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT
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William James Hall, Room 1550

The Limits of "Fast" Care: Time Compression in Commercial Surrogacy and Public Healthcare Provision

Speaker: Alya Guseva, Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston University.

Tuesday Seminar in Latin American Politics

October 13, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:20PM EDT
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CGIS South, S216

Betting on Hope: What We Got Wrong About the U.S. Border Crisis

Speaker: Katrina Burgess, Professor of Political Economy, Director of Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security, Fletcher School, Tufts University.