WIID - Workshop on Institutions, Innovation and Development


Program Monday May 4th:

 

Open Guest Lecture by Erik Reinert to undergraduate students of economics.

Title: “How Rich Countries Got Rich – an institutional analysis”

Time: 10.00 – 12.00

Place: Fibigerstræde 3, room 35, Aalborg University

 

Workshop, Fibigerstræde 4, room 125.

Time

 

Presenter/discussant

Topic

12.30 – 13.00

Welcome lunch & introduction

Sandwiches and drinks will be available.

 

13.00 – 14.30

13.00 – 13.30

Christina Chaminade

Bengt-Åke Lundvall

Innovation Systems and Development

 

13.30 – 13.45

Discussant: Birgitte Gregersen

 

13.45 – 14.15

Discussion & Comments

 

 

 

14.15 – 14.30

Coffee Break

 

 

 

 

14.30 – 16.00

14.30 – 15.00

Jan Fagerberg

Role of Social and Economic Indicators in Development

 

15.00 – 15.15

Discussant: Björn Johnson

 

15.15 – 15.45

Discussion & Comments

 

 

 

 

19.30

Dinner in Aalborg

Restaurant San Giovanni

 

Program Tuesday May 5th:

 

2 - Financial Crisis, Innovation and Development

Time

 

Presenter/discussant

Topic

09.00 – 10.30

09.00 – 9.30

Carlota Perez

Financial Crisis, Innovation and Development

 

09.30 – 9.45

Discussant: Bengt-Åke Lundvall

9.45 – 10.15

Discussion & Comments

 

 

 

 

10.15 – 10.30

Coffee

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30 – 12.00

10.30 – 11.00

Erik Reinert

Cyclicality of Economic Theory – The 1848 Moment

 

11.00 – 11.15

Discussant: Esben Sloth Andersen

 

11.15 – 12.00

Discussion & Comments

 

 

 

 

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch

AAU Cantina

 

 

 

 

 

3 - New Perspectives on Innovation and Development

13.00 – 14.30

13.00 – 13.30

Allan Dahl Andersen

Industrial Structure and Development – The Role of Natural Resource-based Industry

 

13.30 – 13.45

Discussant 1: Erik Reinert

 

13.45 – 14.15

Discussion & Comments

 

 

 

 

14.15 – 14.30

Coffee Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.30 – 16.00

14.30 – 15.00

Mammo Muchie

Embedding Innovation in Economic Development

to Overcome Crises

 

15.00 – 15.15

Discussant: Jan Fagerberg

 

15.15 – 15.45

Discussion & Comments

 

 

 

 

16.00

 

General evaluation and discussion – workshop output

 

 

Program Wednesday May 6th:

Open Guest Lecture by Carlota Perez to students of economics.

Title: “Growth, technology and innovation after the financial meltdown"

Time: 10.00 – 12.00

Place: Fibigerstræde 4, room 1, Aalborg University