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Ask the Experts: The World After COVID

New Geography — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:05:46 -0400

On September 1, 2021, Chapman University’s Vice President for Research, Thomas Piechota hosted Ask the Experts Virtual Town Hall: The World After COVID. The event featured Richard Florida, the world’s premier urban expert, who will discuss the global future with leading experts from the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Florida, the author of The Creative Class and the New Urban Crisis, will be followed by Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman; Behki Mahlobo, analyst and economic researcher at the Center of Risk Analysis in Johannesburg; Li Sun, expert of Chinese cities and professor at the University of Leeds; and Laure Mandeville-Tostain, senior reporter for Le Figaro in Paris.

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Ask the Experts Virtual Town Hall: The World After COVID

New Geography — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 20:40:04 -0400

Chapman University’s Vice President for Research, Thomas Piechota hosts Ask the Experts Virtual Town Hall: The World After COVID on Wednesday, September 1st from 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST. The event will feature Richard Florida, the world’s premier urban expert, who will discuss the global future with leading experts from US, Europe, Africa and Asia. Florida, author of The Creative Class and the New Urban Crisis, will be followed by Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in urban futures at Chapman University; Behki Mahlobo, analyst and economic researcher at the Center of Risk Analysis in Johannesburg; Li Sun, expert of Chinese cities and professor at University of Leeds; and Laure Mandeville-Tostain, senior reporter for Le Figaro in Paris.

The discussion will be moderated by Marshall Toplansky of Chapman University.

Learn more about the Ask the Experts series here

Virtual Town Hall – California Feudalism: Addressing California's Inequality Crisis

Rhonda Howard — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:59:01 -0400

Join us for a presentation on Kotkin and Toplanksky's research brief titled California Feudalism: A Strategy to Restore California's Middle Class, discussing inequality in California and how a change in state policy could restore our state’s dream. Kotkin and Toplansky will be joined by distinguished panelists for commentary and Q & A. The event will be moderated by Lisa Sparks Dean of the School of Communication at Chapman University.

Sponsored by the Orange County Credit Union and hosted by Tom Piechota, Ph.D. PE, Vice President of Research, Chapman University

Moderator:

Lisa Sparks, Ph.D., Dean, School of Communication, Chapman University

Presenters:

Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures, R. Hobbs Professorship in Urban Studies, School of Communication, Chapman University

Marshall Toplansky, MBA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science at Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business and Economics, and Research Fellow at the C. Larry Hoag Center for Real Estate, Chapman University

When: July 14, 1:00 p.m. (PST)

Learn more, and register for this event at Chapman.edu