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Posts from the ‘Lectures’ Category

Talk at Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

I gave a presentation at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in Delhi on January 6.  The topic: “Governing supersized countries: The challenge of the 21st century.”  Slides here.

Talk at Queen’s University

I’ll talk to the POLS110 course at Queen’s University, Introduction  to Politics and Government, on March 20.  The subject will be my 2018 book Can Government Do Anything Right?

Talk to BK21 conference: Should we defend the administrative state?

I’ll give a presentation on my paper, “Should we defend the administrative state?” at the GMU-SNU BK21 2020 Conference in Washington DC on February 6, 2020.  Paper here.  Powerpoint here. The conference is organized by the Graduate School of Public Affairs at Seoul National University and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.  Details about the conference here.

Talk at Copenhagen Business School

I’ll give a presentation on strategies for governing at the Copenhagen Business School on March 11, 2020.

Presentation to IAS officers in New York

I spoke with ninety officers of the Indian Administrative Service at Syracuse University’s Lubin House in New York City on November 15.  The subject was strategies for governing in superstates.  PPT here.

Talk at University of Arizona

I’ll visit the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona on October 14 to talk to the doctoral seminar on the history of organizational thought.  I’ll talk about my recent articles “Shaking hands with Hitler” and “Bearing the White Man’s Burden.”

Accenture talk on Strategies for Governing

I’ll give a talk on my book Strategies for Governing for the global Health & Public Service team at Accenture Research on June 19.  Powerpoint slides for the talk are here.  The book can be ordered here.

Talk on “Can Government Do Anything Right?”

Screen Shot 2019-02-02 at 11.41.02 AMI’ll talk about my book Can Government Do Anything Right? in Professor Jon Rose’s class on Contemporary Issues in Politics at Queen’s University on March 25.

Talk at Universidad de los Andes

I’ll speak at the School of Government of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, February 11-12, 2019.  The title of my talk: “Governing well in a turbulent world.” PDF of Powerpoint here.

Lecture at Leuven Public Governance Institute

I’ll give a talk for students in the MEPP program at the Public Governance Institute at KU Leuven on October 25.  Powerpoint here.