Events

Upcoming Events

Past Events

• 2014 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture with Emmanuel Saez

  28th Oct 2014 7:00 pm to 28th Oct 2014 9:00 pm Emmanuel Saez, Gideon Rosenbluth, Lecture, Public Event, Sponsorship
  28th Oct 2014 7:00:pmEmmanuel Saez, Gideon Rosenbluth, Lecture, Public Event, Sponsorship
  Rio Theatre

  
  Income and Wealth Inequality: Evidence and Policy Implications

• Improving Student Engagement in Technology-Enhanced Classrooms: What Works, What Matters and Why

  5th Jun 2014 1:15 pm to 5th Jun 2014 3:45 pm Lecture
  5th Jun 2014 1:15:pmLecture
  Irving K Barber Learning Centre - Rm 2.22A/B

  
  University teaching straddles the dilemma of what to teach and how to teach while addressing two key questions: What matters the most in the discipline? How to keep the students engaged optimally for their development? If you have worked on this spectrum of issues or are currently grappling with them in your teaching, this session is for you!

• Demystifying the Chinese Economic Miracle

  26th May 2014 2:15 pm to 26th May 2014 3:45 pm Lecture, Public Event, Sponsorship
  26th May 2014 2:15:pmLecture, Public Event, Sponsorship
  Liu Institute Multipurpose Room

  
  A special panel discussion with Dr. Justin Yifu Lin, former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.

• Robots, Resource Booms, and Baristas: Trying to Predict the Future Job Market for University Graduates

  24th May 2014 2:30 pm to 24th May 2014 3:30 pm alumni, David Green, job market, Public Event
  24th May 2014 2:30:pmalumni, David Green, job market, Public Event
  SUB Auditorium (Norm Theatre)

  
  Robots, Resource Booms, and Baristas: Trying to Predict the Future Job Market for University Graduates. A presentation by Professor David Green.

• Behavioral Experiments in Networked Trade

  12th Mar 2014 3:30 pm to 12th Mar 2014 5:00 pm Public Event, Sponsorship
  12th Mar 2014 3:30:pmPublic Event, Sponsorship
  Brock Hall, Rm. 2365

  
  VSE is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania (Computer Science).

• Irrational Exuberance and Neural Warning Signals During Endogenous Experimental Market Bubbles

  12th Mar 2014 12:00 pm to 12th Mar 2014 1:30 pm Public Event, Sponsorship
  12th Mar 2014 12:00:pmPublic Event, Sponsorship
  Woodward Bldg., Room 3

  
  VSE is pleased to host a lecture by professor Colin Camerer, California Institute of Technology (Behavioral Economics).

• Beyond Economic Rationality: Lecture and Reception

  11th Mar 2014 5:00 pm to 11th Mar 2014 6:30 pm
  11th Mar 2014 5:00:pm
  Coach House, Green College, UBC

  
  Co-hosted by UBC's Vancouver School of Economics and Green College.

• Seminar: City Growth and Aggregate Growth

  10th Mar 2014 12:00 pm to 10th Mar 2014 1:30 pm Public Event
  10th Mar 2014 12:00:pmPublic Event
  Lasserre Building, Rm. 105

  
  The Vancouver School of Economics is pleased to host Economics Professor Enrico Moretti, of the University of California at Berkeley for a seminar on "City Growth and Aggregate Growth".

• Do Patents Promote or Impede Innovative Activity?

  29th Oct 2013 5:00 pm to 29th Oct 2013 6:30 pm Public Event
  29th Oct 2013 5:00:pmPublic Event
  Coach House, Green College, UBC

  
  Intellectual property protection has changed dramatically in recent decades. Innovators must either pay stacking royalties on a multitude of patents related to their discoveries or face the threat of aggressive legal battles. Have they enhanced or discouraged incentives to innovate? Is there a need for further patent reform? Professor Nancy Gallini will explore these questions in her lecture.

• 2013 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture: Bob Evans

  23rd Oct 2013 7:00 pm to 23rd Oct 2013 8:30 pm
  23rd Oct 2013 7:00:pm

  
  What, me worry? UBC Professor Emeritus Bob Evans asks this and other fundamental questions about economic growth and resource scarcity at the 2013 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture.

• 2013 Inaugural Fall Conference

  20th Sep 2013 9:00 am to 20th Sep 2013 6:30 pm
  20th Sep 2013 9:00:am

  
  The inaugural fall academic conference with an agenda of renowned international speakers, joined by faculty members of the Vancouver School of Economics. EVENT NOW WAIT-LISTED

• Forum: 2014 Economic Forecast with Warren Jestin

  10th Sep 2013 7:15 am to 10th Sep 2013 8:45 am
  10th Sep 2013 7:15:am

  
  Scotiabank’s Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Warren Jestin's overview of key economic & financial market trends that are likely to influence the Canadian economy through 2014. Presented in partnership with the Vancouver School of Economics. EVENT NOW WAIT-LISTED

• IPTEL 2013 – International Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Learning

  11th Jul 2013 12:00 am to 13th Jul 2013 11:59 pm
  11th Jul 2013 12:00:am

  
  International Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Learning: Lessons, Challenges, Possibilities. For those interested in a global dialogue on increasing access, equity and engagement through innovations in technology-enabled learning.

• History of Economics Society Conference

  20th Jun 2013 12:00 am to 22nd Jun 2013 11:59 pm Conference, Historical Economics, Sponsorship
  20th Jun 2013 12:00:amConference, Historical Economics, Sponsorship

  
  Vancouver School of Economics is co-sponsoring the History of Economics Society Conference on June 20-22, 2013.

• Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture: Global Economic History

  14th Sep 2012 6:00 pm to 14th Sep 2012 7:00 pm Bob Allen, Gideon Rosenbluth, Public Event, Sponsorship
  14th Sep 2012 6:00:pmBob Allen, Gideon Rosenbluth, Public Event, Sponsorship

  
  Professor Bob Allen (Oxford University), one of the world's leading economic historians, presents "Global Economic History: A Short Introduction" at the first Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture.