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Changing the Refuge Narrative through Fashion

111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute 111 Thayer Street, Providence, RI, United States

Epimonia founder Mohamed Malim will give a talk on his social enterprise as part of the lectureship on Borders organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Mohamed Malim is an innovator, social entrepreneur, humanitarian, and visionary. Above all else, he is a proud refugee working to bring change to the world. Mohamed graduated from the […]

Urban Social Policy Meets Real-World Capitalism

111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute 111 Thayer Street, Providence, RI, United States

Developer Frank Liu reveals the business and financing strategy behind Post Houston, a billion-dollar project to bring housing, arts, retail, and a rooftop organic farm to a disused post office site. Liu will open his urban development policy playbook, a rare opportunity to see how a large-scale innovative development in a major city gets done. […]

Spurring Social Innovation in Latin America

111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute 111 Thayer Street, Providence, RI, United States

Jessica Mason '05 is an entrepreneur, strategist, and designer with deep experience leading innovation ventures in the social and public sector. With professional experience on six continents, she is known for bringing keen insight and clarity to complex projects and for championing the value of the creative process for social good. Prior to founding The […]

Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the Three-Player Game between Markets, Speculators and the State

111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute 111 Thayer Street, Providence, RI, United States

Bill Janeway will be discussing his latest book: "Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy." In this fully revised and updated edition, Janeway interweaves his professional experience with political and financial history, giving a lively explanation of how successive technological revolutions have transformed the market economy, and revealing why America may yield leadership of the innovation […]