International Field Workshop 2016

03/25/2016

Video: REWIND Part 2: IFW2016 Team Reflects on the Visits to World Bank, Brookings

In the final wrap-up discussion for this International Field Workshop, we caught up with the team members who led discussions at the World Bank and the Brookings Institution, in Battery Park in New York. They told us how their experiences would go on to shape their research when they returned to school.

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The IFW2016 Team visited the World Bank and the Brookings Institution on 27 Jan 2016. In New York’s Battery Park, we caught up with the team members who led ...

03/25/2016

Video: REWIND Part 2: IFW2016 Team Reflects on the Visits to World Bank, Brookings

In the final wrap-up discussion for this International Field Workshop, we caught up with the team members who led discussions at the World Bank and the Brookings Institution, in Battery Park in New York. They told us how their experiences would go on to shape their research when they returned to school.

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In New York’s Battery Park, we caught up with the team members who led discussions at the World Bank and the Brookings Institution earlier in the trip. They told us how their experiences would go o…

03/24/2016

Video: Visit to the World Bank - Social Protection and Labour, and more (27 Jan 2016)

Have a look behind the scenes at another of the sessions at the IFW 2016 in January! These show the discussion with Mr Andrew Mason and Ms Anita Schwarz of the Social Protection and Labour Practice of the World Bank, where Kiho Muroga presented her research on female labour force participation, and we had a fruitful discussion on the latest research regarding population issues and labour. Check out the subsequent dialogue with Ms Keiko Saito from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery as well, where the Space Team took over again, and we heard interesting and surprisingly honest views on the scientific community in policymaking.

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SOUNDBITES: SOUNDBITES: “The issues of labour force participation and social security cannot be reduced to simple interactions.” IFW2016 Visit to the World B...

03/20/2016

We spoke to several members of the IFW2016 Team while they were having a snowball fight on the Mall in Washington, DC. Here are their thoughts on the first two days’ visits to the space organisations. Kaito Ariu: We went to the SpaceX office in Washington, DC, and also visited the Space Policy Institute in George Washington University. Prarthana Bhattacharyya: … [ 321 more words. ]

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We spoke to several members of the IFW2016 Team while they were having a snowball fight on the Mall in Washington, DC. Here are their thoughts on the first two days’ visits to the space organisatio…

02/11/2016

Video: REWIND Part 1: IFW2016 Team Reflects on the Visits to SpaceX, Space Policy Institute
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The IFW2016 Team visited Space X and the Space Policy Institute on 25 and 26 Jan 2016. They had an interesting discussion on the use of mass-produced small satellites for disaster monitoring, and other issues related to space policy. We decided that these insights should not be kept among ourselves, and the members filmed a wrap-up video to record some of their thoughts. We hope you would share in these learning points, and it would spur further discussions back in your own academic and professional communities as well.

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The IFW2016 Team visited Space X and the Space Policy Institute on 25 and 26 Jan 2016. They had an interesting discussion on the use of mass-produced small s...

02/11/2016

SOUNDBITES: “What would you do to get households to save more water?” IFW2016 ends with visit to ideas42, hosted by Mr Anthony Barrows and Ms Katy Davis, Vice-Presidents of ideas42

ideas42 looks beyond economics, using behavioural sciences to tweak policy programmes to induce people to make beneficial decisions

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ideas42 looks beyond economics, using behavioural sciences to tweak policy programmes to induce people to make beneficial decisions

02/10/2016

Video: Visit to the World Bank - Office of the Executive Director for Japan (Wed 27 Jan 2016)
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The International Field Workshop team visited the World Bank on Wednesday morning (27 Jan 2016), where they first met with Mr Masahiro Kan, Executive Director for Japan to the World Bank, and Mr Daiho Fujii, Alternate Executive Director. Mr Kan and Mr Fujii shared their experiences as delegates to the World Bank, their motivations, and things they look forward to on the agenda in the coming year.

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SOUNDBITES: “My mission? To ensure that you young people also share our passion to contribute to the global community.” IFW2016 Team meets Mr Masahiro Kan, J...

02/10/2016

SNEAK PEEK: Visit to ideas42 on 29 Jan 2016 (Photos)

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SNEAK PEEK: Visit to ideas42 on 29 Jan 2016 (Photos)

02/10/2016

The final visit of the International Field Workshop 2016 took the team to ideas42, a non-profit organisation based in New York, NY. It specialises in using behavioural sciences to advise agencies and organisations on low-cost, high-impact tweaks to programmes, which would help individuals make decisions that are beneficial for themselves. The team had a fun and interactive session with Mr Anthony Barrows and Ms Katy Davis, Vice Presidents of ideas42. More to come in a report.

(Photos by Isaac Lee, MPP)

02/09/2016

Video: Visit to the Space Policy Institute (Tue 26 Jan 2016)
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We brought you the soundbites from the discussion in an article, now check out the first of the discussion videos from behind the scenes, and a message from Dr Craig Dobson from NASA!

The International Field Workshop team visited the Space Policy Institute on Tuesday morning (26 Jan 2016), where they met with Dr. Scott Pace (Director of SPI, former NASA Associate Administrator for Program Analysis and Evaluation), Dr. Henry Hertzfeld (Professor at SPI, former Senior Economist and Policy Analyst for NASA), and Mr. Craig Dobson (NASA Program Manager for Geodetic Imaging and Natural Hazards, NASA Earth Science Division). Students Kaito Ariu, Prarthana Bhattacharyya and Budhaditya Pyne led a discussion on the use of mass-produced 'cube' satellites for disaster monitoring.

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SOUNDBITES: “Who would want to buy a TV show one pixel at a time?” IFW2016 Team visits Space Policy Institute at GWU The International Field Workshop team vi...

02/08/2016

SOUNDBITES: Special Report – Sustaining the Sustainable Development Goals. An IFW2016 Conversation with Ms Marion Barthélémy at the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development

What now, and how do we get there? Exploring the challenges of implementation in international policy, and the future of comprehensive, universal regimes

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What now, and how do we get there? Exploring the challenges of implementation in international policy, and the future of comprehensive, universal regimes

02/08/2016

SNEAK PEEK: Visit to the United Nations on 29 Jan 2016 (Photos)

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SNEAK PEEK: Visit to the United Nations on 29 Jan 2016 (Photos)