Joint Seminars: December 2013

The year ends with two more lectures in our joint seminar series. On Monday 16 December, Prof. Manuel Mira Godinho presents “The Impact of African Science: A Bibliometric Analysis”. He argues that African research output has grown faster than the world average since 2004, while doubling in number and having higher impact than similar publications from Russia, India or Brazil. However, the continent’s production remains highly concentrated in South Africa and Egypt, both in terms of publications and university rankings.

On Tuesday 17 December, Prof. Sunil Mani explains the “Changing leadership in computer and information services: The emergence of India as the current world leader in computer and information services”. He argues that IT leadership shifted from the USA, UK and Germany first to Ireland and then to India, partly due to the availability of highly trained software engineers. He notes how, in parallel, multinational corporations have increased both their presence in India and their innovative activities, but warns that the sustainability of leadership depends on ownership – i.e. domestic or foreign.

• LECTURE PROF. MIRA GODINHO

  The Impact of African Science

• LECTURE: PROF. MANI

  Changing Leadership in Computer and Information Services

• EVENTS CALENDAR

  January 2021
  13	Objective and subjective relative deprivation among Congolese refugees and Rwandan locals: The compensating effect of financial contributions Dr. Özge Bilgili, Utrecht University category: Migration seminar venue: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/96093921502 time: 15:00 - 16:00 abstract
  21	Economy wide, dynamic and agent based models: Their empirical credibility and usefulness, and why they should be preferred to macro models - Experience from the Swedish model Prof. Gunnar Eliasson, Professor em of Industrial Economics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm category: UNU-MERIT Seminar Series venue: via Zoom (please contact us at seminars@merit.unu.edu for the Zoom link) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract | More information
  21-01	Chris Freeman Centenary Lecture Series Multiple speakers, numerous institutes category: External event venue: Zoom abstract | More information
  February 2021
  02	Social Transformations and Labour Market Entry: An Investigation into University Systems in Emerging Economies Giulia Rossello, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Online: https://phd-defence.maastrichtuniversity.nl time: 16:00 - 17:30 abstract