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Richard Fisher, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, visiting St Andrews in early June, will give a talk in the School on "The Limits of the Powers of Central Banks (with Metaphoric References to Edvard Munch's 'Scream' and Sir Henry Raeburn's 'Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch')" at 12 noon, Tuesday 5 June 2012 (venue to be confirmed). Fisher, as one of the rotating members of the Federal Open Market Committee (the US equivalent of the Monetary Policy Committee), is well-placed to give a policy-maker's view of the scope for monetary policy action. The talk is open to all staff, research students and graduate students in the School of Economics and Finance and the School of Management.
School of Management Writing Workshop, May 2012
Dr Thomas Basbøll, writing consultant at Copenhagen Business School and Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Management, will be giving a two-day workshop that is open to the School's doctoral students and members of staff, especially early-career researchers. He will also be giving a more informal session that is open to doctoral students only. All sessions will take place in Seminar Room 6 in the Gateway on Tuesday 22 May and Wednesday 23 May from 10am to 1pm. More details from Dr Nick Butler.
Management Society Events
Mr Ben Lewis
CEO of River Island
Friday 4 May 2012.
More information at www.mngsociety.com
Managing Creativity in Times of Change:
A Conversation with Alistair Moffat (University of St Andrews Rector) and
Professor Nic Beech (Dean of Arts and Humanities)
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Gateway, Lecture Room 2.
Microfinance Society and oikos St Andrews Webinar
Case Studies in Corporate Social Enterprise
Mr Simon Martin, Senior Manager
Accenture Development Partnerships
Thursday 22 March 2012
School 6, St Salvator's Quad
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/306668059387764/
See also: StAMF-oikos Webinar Poster (PDF, 398 KB)
"On Friday 9 March 2012, the Happiness in Public Policy Organization (former Utilitarian Forum), was proud to present Andreas Hoepner from the School of Management, with a talk titled:
'i-finance': how integrating Intangibles in the investment process can make investors and society very happy ...
Dr Hoepner's research focuses on environmental science, finance and statistics as well as corporate social responsibility, culture, and sustainable development. He is currently also serving as Academic Fellow to the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Investment."
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/373333702691838/
Union Lecture Series - arranged and staged by the St Andrews Students’ Association for the University’s 600th Anniversary celebrations
'The John Lewis Economy: power and wealth to the people or closet privatisation?'
Dr David Erdal
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Management
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Patrick O'Hare
President, University of St Andrews Students' Association
E: pres@st-andrews.ac.uk
Sustainability
St Andrews Sustainability Institute (SASI) special Sustainable Development Leadership Lecture at the University of St Andrews.
Professor Tim Kasser
'A revolution of values: Materialism and its alternatives'
Tuesday 13 December 2011
For further details, see SASI Kasser lecture Poster (PDF, 179 KB) and SASI web pages.
Sustainable Development Society information can be found at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2214641325
School of Management Honorary Professor Lee Parker, while 'in residence' in the School during September 2011, undertook a number of workshops for staff and students. These included:
"Analysing Qualitative Data", 2 September.
"Publishing Workshop", 20 September.
The sessions were primarily for the School's Newer Researchers and all Phd students. Contact Sue Gray for more information.