The SIPA Urban and Social Policy Program, SIPA Entrepreneurship Initiative with support from the Nasdaq Educational Foundation, the SIPA United States Regional Specialization, and the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, present:

“The Politics of Innovation: Why Are Some Countries Better than Others at Science and Technology?”

Dr. Mark Zachary Taylor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology
Author, The Politics of Innovation: Why Some Countries are Better than Others at Science and Technology (Oxford Univ. Press, 2016)

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
1512 International and Public Affairs
12:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
advance registration suggested by emailing jrb2243@columbia.edu

Introduction by Merit Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Professor of Practice, International Economic Law & International Affairs

Moderated by Esther Fuchs
Professor of International and Public Affairs;
Director, Urban and Social Policy Concentration;
Director, United States Regional Specialization

Dr. Mark Zachary Taylor, formerly a solid-state physicist, now specializes in international relations, political economy, and comparative politics. In his new book, The Politics of Innovation (Oxford Univ. Press, 2016), he seeks to explain why some countries are better than others at science and technology. Prof. Taylor’s research interests also include science and technology policy, comparative democratic institutions, the presidency and the politics of economic growth. His research has been published the in the journals Foreign Affairs,International Organization, Security Studies, Journal of Business Venturing,Review of Policy Research, Harvard International Review, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and the Journal of Political Science Education. Dr. Taylor holds a PhD in Political Science from MIT, an MA in International Relations from Yale University, earned a BA in Physics from UC Berkeley, and has also attended university in Japan.