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Currently, projects exist on multiple industrial sectors and their employment and welfare realities, and regions with ongoing and planned projects across several countries.

There are three ongoing core projects at the TCLab Lab using quantitative, qualitative and visual techniques
(details are available upon request).


BRICS innovation meeting, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Sept 17-21, and Indian innovation meeting Sept 18th

Center for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

Activities:

GSAPP’s support for the three research initiatives and the Lab is very gratefully acknowledged:


International and National Spotlight:

The Technological Change Lab continues to generate considerable interest within and outside the Columbia University community, and has prompted several international queries and discussions of affiliation and collaboration. As the list of Senior and student Affiliates indicates, the Lab continues to attract some very well-established researchers and practitioners. We aim to continue to boost its presence nationally and internationally which will in turn help to strengthen its research efforts and to disperse its findings within the research, planning, and policy community.

Invitations (being updated)
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There have been many speaking invitations and invited plenary presentations in the U.S. and overseas for Director Srinivas in the following venues. The Technological Change Lab and GSAPP’s support for it have been highlighted in these talks:

  • Joseph Stiglitz’s Columbia University IDG/IGERT Development and Globalization Third Annual Symposium to speak on “Globalization and Labor Standards”, April 2008.

  • United Nations/UNESCO (Latin America and Caribbean Region), a plenary presentation in Montevideo on Science, Technology, Innovation, and Social Inclusion, March 2008.

  • International Labour Organisation (ILO), as an invited speaker to workshop in Bangalore, India, Nov 2007 and as contributor to a book on Global Production Networks and Decent Work.

  • Rutgers University Centre for Innovation Studies, to speak on Health Access, and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Sectors in India, April 2008.

  • The Centre for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, an Invited Op-Ed for “One in six globally, but is India counting its own workers?” (India in Transition). The editorial is syndicated in the Hindustan paper with an approx. circulation of 5-10 million readers.

  • Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, as a panelist for the Women in Design ”International Practice” panel with Saskia Sassen, Farshid Moussavi and others, March 2008.

  • National Academies of Science, Prof. Srinivas spoke on S&T vs. Social Policy in the Global Economy: Challenges of National Industrial Governance  to the NSF sponsored Urban Institute workshop in Washington D.C, Sept. 2007 on India, China, U.S.

  • International AIDS vaccines Initiative (IAVI), New York -- completion of work in 2007 on Vaccine R&D Models of all vaccines to date and organisational and industrial implications.

Director Srinivas had to decline several invitations including one to address delegates at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva on the changing nature of women’s employment and social protection.

TCLab projects and Prof. Srinivas’s work have also been represented at academic conferences: ACSP (Planning), Sloan Industry Studies, and the American Association of Geographers.
Upcoming Collaborations (being updated)

Prof. Srinivas has also been invited to collaborate in the following international programs:

  • International Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals/Intellectual Property study (invited)
    Invited participant in international multi-national project on pharmaceuticals and healthcare industries in development strategies.(organizers in France, 2009 onwards) Prof. Srinivas’s work is on several comparative historical and social aspects of intellectual property in broader context.

  • Indian Innovation (invited) Book project and policy group


Acknowledgements:

TCLab would especially like to thank Dean Mark Wigley and Associate Dean David Hinkle for their support and enthusiasm for the Lab’s continued expansion and impact, and the GSAPP Finance Office for its assistance.

Alex Maisuradze from GSAPP designed the TCLab website in 2007. Alejandro Castro de Mazarro was responsible for updates in 2008-'09. Victoria Ruiz handled administration, Thank you!