Dean’s
Visit to Asia Reflects SPP’s Growing Involvement
in Region
Aware
that the continuing economic development of
Asia
will play a critical role in “our global
future,” SPP is working with partners
in the region to develop policy programs,
according to Dean Kingsley Haynes.
“China
and India were identified by the SPP faculty
as areas of important concern. Of course these
two countries represent half the world’s
population and SPP has had overseas work in these
places including student overseas studies for
5 to 7 yrs,” said Haynes, who recently
returned from a trip to the region. The purpose of the January
trip was “to cement SPP’s continuing
ties with China in general and with Tsinghua
University's School of Public Policy and Management
(SPMM) in particular,” Haynes said. SPP
and SPPM are working together to develop four
research projects, including: 1. An economic
development project in Beijing; 2. A transportation
project in Shendong Province; 3. An infrastructure
and entrepreneurship project in the Pearl River
delta; and 4. A regional development project
in the Autonomous Administrative Prefecture of
Mongolia in Xianiang. |
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SPP Dean Kingsley Haynes |
While in China, Haynes visited research sites and
provided lectures. He also met with university and
government officials at East China Normal University
in Shanghai. Before returning home to the United States,
he traveled to Taiwan to give a series of lectures
to public affairs graduate students at National Sun
Yet-sen University where the School has a cooperative
agreement.
In December, Haynes also went to
India to work on a joint project with the All Indian
Management Association
to set up a Center for Public Governance (see
related story).
Haynes plans to return to Asia within the next few
months, he said, adding that SPP Professor Roger Stough
also recently traveled to China to provide support
with SPP and SPPM research projects.
In addition to its international projects in Asia,
SPP has links to programs in Sweden (Jonkoping International
University), the Netherlands (Delft, Erasmus and Leiden
Universities), the United Kingdom (Oxford University
and the London School of Economics), Belgium and Spain. |
