Faculty Fellows Policy and Public Service Highlights 2010-11
Jeffrey H. Bergstrand presented findings on the effects of six European Union free trade and association agreements with developing countries in a “Chief Economist’s Seminar” at the European Commission in Brussels. Held at the Directorate General for Trade on September 29, 2010, the invited presentation was titled “Estimating the Ex Post Impacts of Six EU Free Trade Agreements on Trade Flows.”
Allert Brown-Gort served as an expert respondent for a report of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Emerging Leaders Program on immigration in April 2011.
Jorge A. Bustamante gave a keynote address at the International Conference on Protecting and Supporting Children on the Move in Barcelona in October 2010. Reporting on his recent study of the millions of children moving within and between countries, with and without their families, he outlined ways to improve national and international policy framework(s) to effectively protect children.
Continuing his service as UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants, he undertook a United Nations Official Mission to South Africa in January 2011.
Rev. Daniel Groody, CSC was appointed to the United States Catholic Bishop's Conference committee on migration and refugee services for a three-year term.
George Lopez gave the keynote “Recent Trends and Concerns Regarding UN/US Economic Sanctions” at the First Inter-agency Forum on the Future of US Economic Sanctions, US Department of State in July 2010.
In October, he presented “Integrating UN Sanctions for Peace and Security” at the United Nations. The coauthored report completes a two-year research project sponsored by the Canadian Government on UN Reform.
Lopez also delivered the plenary address “Assessing the Enforcement and Effectiveness of Sanctions on North Korea” at the European Union–United Nations meetings held in November 2010 in Brussels.
Mary Ellen O’Connell presented the lecture “International Law and the Use of Drones” at Chatham House in London in October 2010. Formally known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the distinguished independent think tank is the British counterpart to the American Council on Foreign Relations.
O’Connell has contributed extensively to the public debate on US military operations around the world. She has been quoted by The New York Times, Al-Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR among other news organizations, and she has written on these topics for Foreign Policy (online), CNN.com, CBSNEWS.com, and the Catholic weekly America. (more...)
Karen Richman has been instrumental in helping responders to the 2010 Haitian earthquake better understand and communicate with its victims. Her online Creole Language and Culture course, available on the OpenCourseWare (OCW) Consortium since 2007, saw a surge in visits after the earthquake. The course places language study within an anthropological framework, introducing the complexities of Haitian history, economics, politics, and religion. Among those accessing course materials online and contacting her directly were nonprofits dedicated to trauma recovery, church volunteer groups, journalists, and the United Nations peacekeeping team.
J. Samuel Valenzuela provided background on Chile in an October 14, 2010 interview on CNN International by anchor Becky Anderson. He also published a November 2010 op-ed in Chile’s leading paper, El Mercurio, asserting that voluntary voting could diminish the quality of democracy in Chile.
