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Maryland Population Research Center
2003-2004 Seminar Series

SPEAKER:	Jerald Hage Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Co-Director of Center for Innovation at the University of Maryland, College Park.
TITLE:	"A Strategy for Changing the Health Behavior of People in Developing Countries: Inter-organizational Networks and Organizational Learning"
DATE:	Fri. April 9, 2004
TIME:	12:00 Noon
PLACE:	1101 Art-Sociology University of Maryland, College Park Campus
Jerald Hage is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Co-Director of Center for Innovation at the University of Maryland, College Park. Hage's previous work in organizations and societies reflects his belief that the problem of societal change necessitates a multi-level approach. His major goal has been to write a theory of societal change that respects alterative pathways and distinct historical periods focusing on the interface between organizations and institutions. With a team of researchers Hage is engaged in a collaborative project that unites the macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis by focusing on the causes of major discoveries in bio-medicine. His research has also focused on radical innovation in French bio-medicine with a special focus on the Institut Pasteur. One of his long-term interests is the integration of economic and sociological theory. He has written a formal theory of adaptive costs and benefits to broaden the institutional transaction model in economics. He has also written a general theory of endogenous economic growth. In addition, he is interested in addressing the issue of human capital and state coordination of education. With this latter problem and a large data set on Britain, France, Germany and Italy for the period 1860-1990, Hage is analyzing in interpreted time series designs, the impact of state policy shifts on technical education enrollments and economic growth.

Please join us for this brown bag event For the series schedule, please refer to http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/events/spring2004.shtml