Thomas D. Lairson
Ronald G. and N. Jayne Gelbman Professor of International Business and
Professor of Political Science
Rollins College

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Contact: (407) 646-2166  TLairson@Rollins.edu

Biographical Highlights:

Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1980

Centre College, Visiting Instructor, 1976

Rollins College, Assistant Professor - Professor, 1976 - present

Director of the Honors Program, Rollins College, 1980-1984

President of the Faculty, Rollins College, 1990-1991

Director of Self-Study and Reaccreditation, Rollins College, 1992-1994

First Ford Foundation Professor of International Relations,
Institute for International Relations, Hanoi, 1994

Coordinator, Sustainable Development and the Environment, 2001-2004

Ronald G. and N. Jayne Gelbman Professor of International Business, 2001

Editorial Board, PS: Political Science and Politics, 2003-2006

Director of the Rollins International Studies Center, 2004 - 2008

Co-Chair, Rollins Quality Enhancement Plan, 2004-2005.

Editorial Board, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies

Pictures from Rollins Shanghai Center, Fall 2008

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Courses Taught:

Current:

Technology and Global Business

Politics in China

Asian Business Environment

Archived:

The Political Economy of Japan

East Asian Politics

Global E - Business

International Business Environment

Sustainable Development in Vietnam and Singapore

Environment and Development in Central America

Technology and Society

Transnational Corporations

 

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Current Research Projects:

Knowledge, Institutions and Economic Growth in Asia

From Fast Follower to Global Knowledge Leader? Network Relationships in Biopolis, Multimedia Supercorridor, Zhongguancun and New Songdo City

"Vietnam, Flying Geese, and the Globalization of China," in Ilan Alon and John McIntyre, (eds.) The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

The Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies and Economic Development

The Domestic Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis

International Political Economy: The Struggle for Power and Wealth (3rd Edition),
co-authored with David Skidmore

Radical Technological Change: A Leadership Role for Liberal Arts Colleges?

Is Technology 'Just a Tool'?

Simulation and Modeling

Agent-based modeling of wealth distribution

Basics of Complex Systems

Annotated Reading List for Complex Systems

The Information Technology Revolution and the Future of Higher Education

Rethinking the "Course" in an Online World

 

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Related Links:

International Business at Rollins

Political Science at Rollins

Sustainable Development and the Environment

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