Besides the 12 million Ukrainians who have fled their country due to the current war, there is also a mass exodus of Russian intellectuals, artists, and other citizens leaving Russia. Trauma related to exile figures prominently in Alexandra Pregel’s art. Pregel lost two countries that were dear to her heart.
The City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) has awarded a grant of $50,000 for a Chicago Monuments Project (CMP) to Hinda Seif, Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology at University of Illinois Springfield, and Laurie Matheson, director of the University of Illinois Press.
On September 30, 2022, at 5:00 p.m., Dr. Rosina Neginsky will present her newest poetry book, Longings. Sponsored by the Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago, the event will also include Chicago-based Ukranian artist, Lyubok Momot, who provided the cover art for the book and inspired some of Neginsky's poems.
Dr. Arwi Kriz Presents at the Public Management Research Conference on Corruption and Efficiency in Public Capital Spending
Dr. Arwi Kriz presented her most recent research examining the link between corruption and public capital spending efficiency. While most of the existing research on this topic has tried to associate public capital spending levels with corruption, Dr. Kriz points out that more sophisticated measures of efficiency are available.
Dr. Kenneth Kriz Publishes a Co-edited Book on Tax Increment Financing
Dr. Kenneth Krizhas co-edited a new book titled “Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development.” The book brings together leading experts to examine the evolving nature of tax increment financing (TIF), the most widely used tool of local economic and community development. Originally designed as an innovative approach to the redevelopment of blighted areas, TIF has become a more general-purpose tool of economic and community development.
Dr. Kenneth Kriz Presents on Fiscal Sustainability at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand
Dr. Kenneth Kriz presented to an audience of faculty and students in the Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand on July 9. The topic of the presentation was the Theory and Practice of Assessing Fiscal Sustainability. Dr. Arwi Kriz provided translation for the remarks. After presenting for approximately one hour, outlining the theory of fiscal sustainability and highlighting two recently completed projects on the topic, Dr.
Dr. Kenneth Kriz Presents Economic Outlook at Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce Annual Conference
Dr. Kriz presented an economic outlook for the nation, for the 3-state Iowa-Illinois-Missouri region, and the local Quad Cities economy. His presentation highlighted that while the national and regional economy has slowed, there was not a high likelihood of the economy tipping into recession in the near future. For the Quad Cities region, Dr.
Dr. Kenneth Kriz Presents Research on Behavioral Public Finance and Economics at 2019 International Conference: Experimental Research in Public Management
The conference, hosted by the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Seoul, Republic of Korea, featured experts on behavioral public administration, public policy, and public finance from major universities throughout the United States. Dr.
Dr. Arwiphawee Srithongrung and Dr. Patricia Byrnes Publish an Article on Arts and Cultural Activities and Economic Development
Dr. Arwiphawee Srithongrung, IIPF Research Fellow and Dr. Patricia Byrnes, Affiliated Faculty, published an article on the causal linkages between arts and cultural activities and employment, the attraction of knowledge workers into a regional economy, and the resulting impact on economic growth. The journal in which they published their research is one of the top journals in the nation on the subject of economic development. Drs.
Dr. Arwi Srithongrung Kriz Publishes Working Paper and White Paper on State Government Efficiency
A study released today by the Institute for Illinois Public Finance at the University of Illinois at Springfield reports mixed results with respect to the efficiency of Illinois state government. Dr.