Infrastructure Shortfall: Before and After the Crisis
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 06 Oct 2010 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
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| Location: | 416 College of Design |
| Cost: | free |
| Contact: | Doug Johnston |
| Phone: | 515-294-5676 |
| Channel: | College of Design |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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International pension fund expert Gordon Clark will present a lecture on "Public Infrastructure: Before and After the Crisis" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Room 416 of the Iowa State University College of Design.
Clark's research focuses on the governance of financial institutions and pension funds, and the nature and logic of financial decision-making. In his talk, he will describe ways that pension-fund investment could support urban revitalization efforts and sustainable public infrastructure development. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Clark is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography and a Professorial Fellow of St. Peter's College at the University of Oxford, England. He previously held teaching and research positions at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Clark has published in a variety of international referred journals on topics related to economic geography, finance, and pension institutions and policy. He is co-author with Dr. Dariusz Wojcik of The Geography of Finance (Oxford University Press, 2007). Other recent books include Global Competitiveness and Innovation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) and Pension Security in the 21stCentury (co-editor, Oxford University Press, 2003). He is a senior research associate at Harvard Law School's Labor and Worklife Program, where he has worked on a project examining the role and significance of private pension systems in modern economics and in particular, U.S. public-sector pension investment in American cities.
Clark has been a consultant for the American Institute of Architects, the U.S. federal government, the National Academy of Sciences' Employment and Technology Committee, major U.S. steel corporations, a number of financial services companies, the U.K. government (DTI), the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He is an Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the British Academy, and an Academician of the U.K. Academy of Social Sciences.
Clark's presentation is co-sponsored by the ISU College of Design and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development.