PACS 2007-2008 SEMINAR SERIES
Rob Reich
Associate Professor of Political Science at Stanford: Toward a Political Theory of Philanthropy
Bruce Sievers
Visiting Scholar at the Haas Center for Public Service: Civil Society: From Spinoza to Warren Buffett
Sheryl Sandberg
Former Vice President of Online Sales and Operations at Google Inc. and founding board member of Google.org and Ellen Konar, head of Google’s Customer Labs: The Charity Gap
Stanley Katz
Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University: Philanthropy’s New Math: How Big, New Money is Changing Philanthropy
Lucy Bernholz
Founder and President, Blueprint Research & Design, Inc.: The Internet and Giving: Which Experiments Matter in 2008?
Elisabeth Clemens
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago: Nationalizing Reciprocity: The Nexus of Charity and Citizenship
Mark Moore
Hauser Professor of Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard Kennedy School of Government: Enabling Civil Society: A Public Policy Framework for Evaluating, Sustaining, and Challenging the Voluntary Sector
Tyler Cowen
Professor of Economics, George Mason University: The Economics of Philanthropy, from Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist
Student Testimonial
PACS Undergraduate Lauren Finzer '09 speaks about the influential role PACS had on her Stanford academic career and how PACS is creating the next generation of philanthropic change agents.
PIPE Conference
PACS recently hosted a research conference to launch the project on Private Initiatives in Public Education (PIPE) that brought together leading scholars and practitioners who are working on projects related to emerging trends and cross-sector innovations in public education. Specifically, the conference explored the following themes:
1) The influence of philanthropic and private intermediary organizations in education;
2) Models of organizing diverse providers (charters and district schools) of public education;
3) Innovations in the development of human capital for education;
4) Entrepreneurship in the era of Obama.
The conference also set out to establish an agenda for future research in these areas.
