Presentation for Australian War College
I’ll give a presentation on strategies for governing to the Defense and Strategic Studies Course at the Australian War College on March 12, 2020. My slides are here.
Mar 11
Presentation at Jamia Millia Islamia seminar
I will participate in a panel for the International Seminar on Democracy and Public Policy in India on February 27. The seminar is hosted by the Department of Political Science at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. My topic is “Governing supersized countries.” My Powerpoint is here. Seminar program here.
Talks in Shillong and Jaipur
I gave two talks organized by the Meghalaya Institute of Governance in Shillong on January 9 and 10. Read a story about the meeting with civil society representatives in the Shillong Times. I also gave a public lecture at JK Lakshmipat University in Jaipur on January 14: read the story here. Pic right: JKLU Vice Chancellor R.L. Raina.
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.
Translation of “America’s First Great Depression”
A Chinese translation of America’s First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder after the Panic of 1837 from Cornell University Press is now available from SDX Publishing. On Amazon.
Presentation to IAS officers in New York
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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.
Presentation on Indian civil service examinations at NASPAA
I presented a paper co-authored with Aroon Manoharan at NASPAA’s October conference. The paper describes questions relating to public administration posed within India’s main civil service examination over the past decade. The paper is here. The Powerpoint deck is here.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
