Please join C21U and Dr. Olga Shemyakina, School of Economics, for an upcoming Seminar Series discussion of, "Learning in the Context of the Diplomacy Lab Project."

Thursday, April 6, 2017
Klaus 2405
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Coffee and donuts to be provided for attendees.

Abstract:

In Fall 2016, Dr. Shemyakina incorporated Diplomacy Lab Project 112: “Economic Factors of Violent Extremism" into the structure of an existing course as a group research project. In January 2017, a small group of students from this classtraveled to Washington, DC. to present their project results to the U.S. Department of State. This talk will focus on incorporating a Diplomacy Lab Project into an existing class or working on it as a stand-alone project -- including learning approach, logistics, challenges and opportunities.  


Bio:   

Olga N. Shemyakina is an Associate Professor in Economics at Georgia Tech. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California in 2007. Dr. Shemyakina’s research spans the fields of development, health, demography, and labor economics. She was one of the first to examine how exposure to violent conflict affects human capital at the individual, cohort and regional levels. Dr. Shemyakina teaches classes on Development Economics and Conflict and Security in Developing Countries. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Development Economics, the European Journal of Population and the American Economic Review. Dr. Shemyakina has also consulted for the World Bank on education, gender and conflict. Her work has been funded by the U.S. Department of State and NASA.

Questions about this event? Contact Amanda Madden, amadden@cc.gatech.edu.