November 2022
Milwaukee – Dr. Rohini Pande, the Harry Heinz II Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Growth at Yale University, will deliver Marquette University’s annual Marlborough Memorial Lecture, “When the Tide Turns: Poverty, Inequality, and Power,” on Wednesday, Nov. 3. The Alumni Memorial Union at Monaghan Ballroom, 1442 Wisconsin Ave., at 3:30 p.m. on the 9th.
The lecture is hosted by the Faculty of Business Administration’s Department of Economics and is free to the public; registration is required and is available online.
Pande’s research focuses on how formal and informal institutions shape power relations and patterns of economic and political advantage in societies, particularly in developing countries. She is interested in the role of public policy in providing political and economic power to the poor and vulnerable, and how concepts of economic justice and human rights can help to justify and enable this change.
Her recent work has focused on testing innovative ways to make the state more accountable to its citizens, such as enhancing women’s economic and political opportunities, ensuring environmental regulations reduce harmful emissions, and providing citizens with effective means to express their needs for state services.
In 2018, Pender received the American Economic Association’s Caroline Bell Shaw Award for promoting women’s success in economics.She is co-chair of the Political Economy and Government Group of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab, a board member of the Bureau of Economic Development Research, and a former co-editor Review of Economics and Statistics.
The Marburg Lecture collection is named in honor of the late Theodore F. Marburg, a longtime member of Marquette’s Department of Economics. The purpose of the lecture is to provide a forum for discussing the moral, philosophical and social dimensions of economic issues, and to continue Professor Marburg’s commitment to the economic aspects of peace and justice. The Marlborough Lectures are held thanks to the generosity of the Marlborough family and the support of the Centre for Global Economic Research.
About Kevin Conway
Kevin is the Associate Director of University Communications in the Office of University Relations. Contact Kevin at (414) 288-4745 or kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.