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  • Tsingshan Lecture III: Enhancing the Contribution of Universities to Innovation and Economic Growth

    Title:  Enhancing the Contribution of Universities to Innovation and Economic GrowthSpeaker: Professor Simon CollinsonTime: 13th September, 18:30Venue: Godlen HallAbstract:  Universities are major contributors to innovation capability in firms and economies. Because of this they drive economic growth and competitiveness but can also reduce social inequality and help improve environmental sustainability. This contribution is not fully recognised partly because it is difficult to measure. Using examples from the UK and China this talk will examine the importance of universities as skills-developers and R&D-producers in the context of regional economic growth. We will then explore ways in which their contribution to the wider economy and society can be enhanced.Profile:  Professor Simon Collinson (FRSA, FAcSS) is a Tsingshan Chair Professor at the Tsingshan Institute for Advanced Business Studies (TIABS) in the ZJU School of Management.Prof. Simon Collinson has a B.A. Hons. from the University of Leeds (UK), an M.A. from the University of Florida (USA), and a DPhil. from the University of Sussex (SPRU, UK). He has held visiting positions at Hitotsubashi University (Japan), Indiana University (USA) and the AGSM, Sydney (Australia) and faculty positions at the Universities of Edinburgh, Reading (Henley) and Warwick, where he was Deputy Dean of the Warwick Business School. He joined the University of Birmingham in 2012 as Dean of the Birmingham Business School and Professor of International Business and Innovation. He then took on the joint roles of Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Founding Director of the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI) from 2016 to 2024 and joined ZJU in 2024. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham and an Associate of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at Cambridge University.Professor Collinson has been awarded over £15 million (CNY 135 million) of research funding and published more than 80 papers in leading international journals, including Research Policy, Regional Studies, JIBS, Business History and Organisation Studies. His research has also featured in the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC Radio 4, and the New Statesman. Simon has taught at the MBA and Executive levels at Henley (Reading), WBS (Warwick) and Judge (Cambridge) Business Schools and has consulting experience with a wide range of multinational firms. He is also lead author of the foremost FT/Pearson International Business textbook (9th Edition, 2024).Following two appointments as a Member of the Council of the UK ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council), which oversees the government programme of national funding across all of the social sciences (2011 – 2018), Simon was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). For his long-term contribution to academic leadership and impact he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts (RSA), a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (C-ABS) (of which he was Chair, 2015-2018) and a Fellow of the British Academy of Management (BAM). 

    2024-09-25
  • Tsingshan Lecture II: Managing Mental Health in Rural China is Managing Health, Education and the Economy

    Title: Managing Mental Health in Rural China is Managing Health, Education and the EconomySpeaker: Professor Scott RozelleTime: 20th June, 18:30Venue: Godlen HallAbstract:  Although children living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for 90% of the global population of children, mental health among children in LMICs has been understudied. This study examines the prevalence of depression and anxiety and their associations with biological and psycho-social factors among children across China, with a focus on rural areas. We conduct a large-scale epidemiological study among 53,421 elementary and junior high school-aged children across China. The results show that 20% are at risk for depression, 6% are at risk for general anxiety, and 68% are at risk for at least one type of anxiety. Girls and junior high school students show higher risk for mental health problems; socioeconomic status has varying associations to mental health. Our results also show robust correlations between mental health and cognition. These findings underscore the importance of identification, prevention, and treatment of youth mental health problems in underdeveloped areas. As China constitutes 15% of the global population of children under age 18, this study offers valuable information to the field of Global Mental Health, especially given its findings of high prevalence for multiple mental health problems and robust correlations between mental health and cognition.In addition, we will also address issues of mental health among mothers and other caregivers of young children in rural China. One of the most fundamental issues that underlie the high level of development delays of young children in rural China is the mental health of caregivers, including mothers. Nearly 30% of caregivers of young children in rural China are at risk for depression, anxiety and stress. When caregivers receive treatment in the form of Thinking Healthy Extension Program (originally a UN developed program), the cognitive ability and language skill of their young children rise significantly. Profile:  Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. He received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Previously, Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis and an assistant professor in Stanford’s Food Research Institute and department of economics. He currently is a member of several organizations, including the American Economics Association, the International Association for Agricultural Economists, and the Association for Asian Studies. His research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with: agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health and nutrition. Rozelle's papers have been published in top academic journals, including Science, Nature, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Literature. In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non-Chinese by the Premier; and the National Science and Technology Collaboration Award in 2009 for scientific achievement in collaborative research.

    2024-09-25
  • Tsingshan Lecture I: Claudia Goldin, the Gender Wage Gap and Some Econometric Issues

    Title:   Claudia Goldin, the Gender Wage Gap and Some Econometric IssuesSpeaker: Professor Songnian Chen Time: 9th April, 18:30Venue: Godlen HallAbstract: Firstly provide a brief introduction to Goldin's Nobel winning contributions, and in particular, her findings on patterns of women's participation in the labor market over the centuries and the evolution of the gender wage gap in the United States. Then discuss some econometric issues commonly involved in analysing the gender wage gap.Profile: Dr. Songnian CHEN is Professor of Economics, College of Economics, Zhejiang University (ZJU). He is elected as the 2022 Fellow of the Econometric Society. He is also honored as the first Tsingshan Chair Professor at Tsingshan Insititute for Advanced Business Studies (TIABS) of ZJU. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1994. He was a provost's chair professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore and a chair professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). During his tenure at HKUST, Prof. Chen also served as a member of the University Substantiation and Promotion Committee, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study etc. He has published over 40 papers in leading journals such as  Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Theory, Annals of Statistics, Journal of American Statistical Association, and Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. Prof. Chen is a fellow of the Journal of Econometrics (JOE) and served as an Associate Editor of Journal of Econometrics from 2002 to 2021.

    2024-09-25
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