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BRICLab: SIPA to Corner the Emerging Markets with a Center for the Study of Brazil, Russia, India and China
Four of the world’s fastest growing economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called BRIC nations – now have a special forum at SIPA: the BRICLab.
Representing 40 percent of the world’s population, these four nations are a driving force in emerging markets. The BRICLab will examine their increasing influence on global affairs and the implications of their growing power through a combination of classes, executive programs and conferences.
“The BRICs have the potential to transform the world,” said Dean John H. Coatsworth. “It is important to understand the consequences of that emergence from a multi-disciplinary angle. That is where SIPA will play an important role – by serving as a forum for these studies.”
The BRICLab will promote SIPA and Columbia University as a destination for current and future BRIC leaders to discuss topics important to their nations’ development. It also will draw on SIPA and the University’s other wells of expertise, including the Institute of Latin American Studies, the Center for Brazilian Studies, the Harriman Institute, the South Asia Institute, the Weatherhead East Asia Institute, and other forthcoming initiatives at SIPA.
Directing the new BRICLab are Christian Deseglise, a managing director at HSBC Global Asset Management, and Marcos Troyjo, director of the Center for Business Diplomacy, both SIPA adjunct professors.
SIPA is uniquely qualified to host the BRICLab, said Deseglise, “due to its multidisciplinary and global approach, its unique curriculum and international network, and its existing focus on emerging markets.”
“The last 10 years have seen the transformation of peripheral forces into major players in the international arena,” said Troyjo. “BRICs enjoy a special status thanks to their economic and political clout.”
The BRICLab at SIPA will initially offer a 14-week graduate course and guest speakers, programs through SIPA’s Picker Center for Executive Education, and an annual conference for policymakers, business and academic leaders, and students.
Alex Burnett, April 13, 2011