Rethinking Research

If you're in Singapore this coming week:

A close friend of mine, Professor Andrew Francis, is giving a seminar at the SMU School of Economics. He'll be speaking about how the Affirmative Action Policy in the University of Brasilia, Brazil, has affected the racial identity of students there.

Andy is a assistant professor of economics at Emory and I worked as his research assistant last year on this project. His interests are closely related to mine; both of us seek to use empirical economic methodology to examine social issues such as discrimination, homelessness and income inequality. In a sense, his research uses econometrics to analyse traditional sociological issues. It comes close to being a form of community research since it looks at the effects of a policy on the people.

This seminar could help broaden students', academics' and non-profits' perspective on how research can be used to advocate and catalyse change.

Details:
Topic: Education policy and racial identity in Brazil
Location: SMU School of Economics, SOE/SESS Seminar Room 5.1
Date: Monday, 24 May 2010
Time: 3:30pm

Do spread the word around to anyone who might be interested!