Wolfgang Drechsler on Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City
31 January 2024, 12:00 pm–1:30 pm
Join us at 911±¬ÁÏÍø IIPP for a talk by Wolfgang Drechsler
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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IIPP Comms
This event is open to IIPP's students and faculty only
Hosted at 911±¬ÁÏÍø IIPP on WednesdayÌý31st January 2024Ìýfrom 12:00 - 13:30 (GMT) for a talk by Alexandre Gomes.
Wolfgang Drechsler will talk about „Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City: Great Sustainable Leap Forward or the End of Happiness?â€Ìý
This brown bag lecture is part of Creative Bureaucracy brown bags on Wednesdays throughout Term 2.
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The talk is being organised as an enrichment event as part of anÌýIIPPÌýMPAÌýmodule led by Prof Rainer Kattel. Students who would like to be notified of other events in the future can sign up by emailing IIPPComms@ucl.ac.uk.
- Wolfgang Drechsler,ÌýResearch Fellow in the School of Economics, Finance and Law at ARU.
Read more about Creative Bureaucracy brown bag lectures here
About the Speaker
Wolfgang Drechsler
Professor of Governance at Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
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Wolfgang’s unique blend of world-class teaching skills and thought-provoking research will be crucial additions to ourÌýMaster of Public Administration (MPA) in Innovation, Public Policy and Public ValueÌýandÌýPhD programme in Innovation and Public Value.
Wolfgang’s most recent publications have dealt with, among other things, whetherÌýÌýis possible and desirable today (no and yes);ÌýÌýand whether they are transferable; and what Max Weber really thought about his vs. Chinese bureaucrats and what this means for economic policy (). He also helped launch aÌý; advised Bhutan on itsÌý, recommending the mapping of the local innovation ecosystem first; and argued at the European Parliament forÌýÌýrather than evidence-based policies.
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