Globalization and International Development

全球化与国际发展

• 批准号: 0333418
• 负责人: Joseph Stiglitz
• 金额: $ 365.8万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-01 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0333418&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Globalization; International; Development

The IGERT program at Columbia University will be a new interdisciplinary graduate training program in the study of globalization and international development. Globalization can be a powerful engine for international development, but in many developing countries globalization has instead meant rising poverty and inequality. Columbia has brought together a distinguished interdisciplinary social science faculty to investigate why, and to provide a deeper understanding of the impact of globalization on developing countries. Through the IGERT program, these faculty will train the next generation of researchers in new models and new methods for studying international development.The IGERT trainees will be drawn from the departments of economics, political science, sociology, the newly created program in development studies, and from the urban planning program. The program combines a rigorous disciplinary grounding, acquired chiefly during the first two years, with an intensive and interdisciplinary training experience that includes a semester-long course in globalization taught by the PI; a two-semester interdisciplinary foundations course in international development (to be created specifically for the IGERT program); an integrated mentored team research experience; and a research internship on a faculty-led project. Columbia's program has a strong international dimension. All IGERT trainees will undertake a summer research internship abroad, accompanied by training in research ethics with a focus on international issues and by intensive language training as needed. The program also includes funding for symposia and smaller-scale dialogues that will attract international researchers and policymakers. Through this curriculum, the trainees will gain a firm disciplinary grounding along with an understanding of key concepts and approaches of the other disciplines. This interdisciplinary fluency will permit more effective cross-disciplinary collaboration as well as innovation through the appropriation of ideas and tools across disciplinary boundaries.The intellectual merit of the IGERT program is in the commitment to bring new disciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspectives and tools to bear on the problem of globalization and international development. To better understand the implications of globalization for economic development, models are needed that systematically incorporate the social and political institutions, rule of law, transparency, and other factors that can modify or enhance the impact of markets, as well as the geographic and environmental factors that can shape the course of development. This research will necessarily be more analytically complex, modeling interdependence among countries and regions and examining the pacing and sequencing of development. The program will have significant broader impacts of two main kinds. First, it will develop new graduate curricula in globalization and development, including course syllabi, that will be available to other institutions through the program website. Second, it will disseminate research by IGERT faculty and student trainees to scholars and policymakers via major symposia on international development as well as smaller-scale dialogues. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In this sixth year of the program, awards are being made to institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported by NSF.

哥伦比亚大学的IGERT项目将是全球化和国际发展研究领域的一个新的跨学科研究生培养项目。全球化可以成为国际发展的强大引擎，但在许多发展中国家，全球化反而意味着贫穷和不平等的加剧。哥伦比亚大学汇集了一批杰出的跨学科社会科学系，以调查其原因，并使人们更深入地了解全球化对发展中国家的影响。通过IGERT计划，这些学院将培养下一代研究人员，掌握研究国际发展的新模式和新方法。IGERT培训生将从经济学、政治学、社会学、新设立的发展研究专业和城市规划专业中选拔。该计划结合了严格的学科基础，主要是在前两年获得的，具有密集和跨学科的培训经验，包括PI教授的为期一个学期的全球化课程;国际发展的两个学期的跨学科基础课程（专门为IGERT计划创建）;综合指导团队研究经验;和教师领导的项目的研究实习。哥伦比亚大学的课程具有很强的国际性。所有IGERT学员将在国外进行暑期研究实习，同时进行以国际问题为重点的研究伦理培训，并根据需要进行强化语言培训。该计划还包括为吸引国际研究人员和政策制定者的研讨会和小规模对话提供资金。通过本课程，学员将获得一个坚实的学科基础沿着与其他学科的关键概念和方法的理解。这种跨学科的流畅性将允许更有效的跨学科合作，以及通过跨学科界限的思想和工具的拨款创新。IGERT计划的智力价值是在承诺带来新的学科和跨学科的观点和工具，以承担全球化和国际发展的问题。为了更好地理解全球化对经济发展的影响，需要有系统地纳入社会和政治体制、法治、透明度和其他能够改变或加强市场影响的因素以及能够影响发展进程的地理和环境因素的模式。这一研究在分析上必然更加复杂，要模拟各国和各区域之间的相互依存关系，并审查发展的速度和顺序。该计划将产生两种主要的重大影响。首先，它将制定新的全球化和发展研究生课程，包括课程大纲，通过方案网站提供给其他机构。第二，它将通过关于国际发展的大型研讨会以及较小规模的对话，向学者和决策者传播IGERT教师和学生学员的研究成果。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第六个年头，奖项正在颁发给那些共同跨越NSF支持的科学和工程领域的计划机构。