Leadership and Global Policy Challenges
Leadership & Global Chall
This intensive six-week Summer Session is specially designed for students of the MPA in Global Leadership (MPA-GL) program. The course provides students with an immersion into five Global Policy Challenges: Geopolitical Stability, Climate and Sustainable Development, Democratic Resilience, Inclusive Prosperity and Macroeconomic Stability, and Technology and Innovation. The special summer session also includes one week of training in the development of leadership skills, such as communication and impact. The course is curated and hosted by the MPA-GL Program Director who will moderate presentations and discussions with leading experts from Columbia University as well as outside accomplished practitioners and policy experts.
- MTWRF 9 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Mauricio Cardenas
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Econ & Quant Methods Bootcamp
Effective leadership and decision-making involve analyzing and understanding data and information. As part of the MPA in Global Leadership Summer Program, the Economics and Quantitative Bootcamp will help students revive and sharpen their skill set to better use information on current economic trends, socioeconomic indicators, and policy evaluations and trade-offs. Addressing global policy challenges implies using evidence to move solutions forward. The four-week Bootcamp will help students make projections using mathematical models and make judgments or estimates using data through statistics. It will also cover basic economic concepts and frameworks of microeconomics and macroeconomics to allow students to successfully apply them in the analysis of public policy. Throughout the course, the Bootcamp will exemplify the concepts with relevant real-world cases.
- MTWRF 1:03 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Helena Garcia
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