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part of
the Washington University in St. Louis community, fosters and
encourages
interdisciplinary education and research in new institutional social
sciences.
It was founded in 1999 by Douglass C. North, Ph.D., co-recipient of the
1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Dr. North is the
Spencer
T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in
St.
Louis, Missouri.
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here
to view CNISS mission statement
The Center promotes an ongoing research program
involving undergraduate
and graduate students, together with junior and senior faculty of
Washington
University, and scholars from around the world. This program will
evolve
around four main components: an undergraduate 'minor' program in new
institutional
social sciences; a complimentary certificate program for Ph.D.
students;
a summer school; and a research center that will help focus and fund
research
of undergraduate honors theses, graduate dissertations, visiting
scholars,
Washington University faculty, and related research around the
world.
Currently led by Itai Sened, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science in Arts & Sciences, the Center supports diversified
research
into the evolution of social, political, and economic institutions that
shape societies and economies around the world. CNISS will encourage
the
integration of what is best in the individual bodies of the separate
social
sciences into one body of knowledge that will allow us to better
explain,
understand, and solve the problems of complex societies.
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News
and Events
Measures of Legislators' Policy Preferences and the Dimensionality of Policy
Spaces
Nov. 30- Dec. 1, 2007
Washington University
CNISS, the Center in Political Economy at Washington University, and Emory University are co-sponsoring this conference
which will examine roll-call vote selection, alternative measures of legislative preferences, and estimation options for
observation data. 20 participants who are experts in these topic fields will come to present and discuss their research.
If you are interested in attending any/all of this conference, please R.S.V.P. via email by November 13 to
cniss@artsci.wustl.edu
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Program Information
NIE & Development Conference: A Project of the St. Louis Initiative
May 4-5, 2007
Washington University
The Bakewell Foundation sponsored a CNISS-hosted event here at Washington University on NIE
and Development. The conference focused on improving our understanding of policy reform by focusing
on the dynamics on institutional change. It paid special attention to issues such as clean water
provision, lowering the cost of doing business, and the problems of credibly policy evalution.
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For information on how to receive a conference DVD, please email cniss@artsci.wustl.edu
DOUGLASS NORTH ADDRESS
January 12, 2007 at
United Nations
Professor Douglass North, Nobel Laureate in Economics and CNISS
Founder, presented his research proposal on "The Integration of Political and
Economic
Systems" at the next meeting of the Commission of Legal Empowerment of
the Poor at the United Nations on January 12. Panel members include
Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary
of State, Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (Iran), Mary
Robinson, Former President of Ireland, and Ernesto Zedillo, Former
President of Mexico.
St. Louis Initiative
Conference
November 10-11,2006
John Nye, CNISS Board Member and a professor in the Department of
Economics, led the organizational effort in a two-day conference
on
the St. Louis Initiative --
a project to advance our understanding of the dynamics of
institutions in developing economies
by assisting policy makers to carry out needed instutional changes and
to implement policy reforms.
Issues to be examined include combating malaria and Aids and
spreading clean water to these regions. Click
here for more information
Political Science Workshop
November 3, 2006
Andy Sobel, CNISS Board Member and a professor in the Department of
Political Science, will direct a one day workshop
co-sponsored by CNISS and the Political Science Department. Click
here for more information
Micah Project Workshop
October 21, 2006
CNISS cosponsored a one day workshop on issues concerning the Micah
Project in Belize with the Skandalaris Center for Entreprenurial
Studies. For
further information, go to Click here for more
information
Promoting U.S.-China
Business Relations
May 11-13, 2006
CNISS cosponsored a conference with the Weidenbaum Center on the
Economy, Government, and Public Policy, The Institute for Global Legal
Studies and the Center for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of
Oxford in England. For further information, go to Click here for more
information
A Tax Free Zone in Belize
May 10, 2006
CNISS cosponsored a one day workshop, with the Skandalaris Center for
Entreprenurial Studies,
on a tax free zone in Belize. For
further information, go to Click here for more
information
2006 Speaker Series
The 2006 CNISS Speaker series will take place on Wednesdays and
Thursdays, February 8-April 20. Wednesdays will be for interested
graduate students and Thursdays for faculty, graduate students, and
interested community members.
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here for further information
Special CNISS Event
Israel: The Next Decade, May 19-21, 2005
This workshop evaluated future reforms in different policy domains in
Israel. It was co-sponsored by the Center, as well as The
Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, and The Murray Weidenbaum
Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.
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here for more information
Sister Center Event
ESNIE 2005, May 2-7
The fourth session of the European School on New Institutional
Economics will be in Cargese, May 2-7, 2005
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here for more information
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