Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Jan. 25, 2005

Wilmington, N.C. – As part of the Great Decision Discussion Program, the Department of Political Science of the University of North Carolina Wilmington presents John T. Addison, the Hugh C. Lane Professor of Economic Theory at the University of South Carolina. Addison will be speaking about outsourcing jobs at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 in Cameron Hall auditorium, Room 105. The lecture is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

Addison received his B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Since then, he has spent over thirty years researching changes in international economic trends. He serves as professor-at-large for the Free University of Bolzano, Italy, as well as a research fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor/ IZA in Bonn, Germany, and for the Center for Labor and Employment Law at New York University. Addison’s work has been published in major international economic and specialty journals. Currently he is researching the fields of wage and employment experience of displaced workers, the European labor market, unions and economic performance, economic analysis of job security, employee leasing and temporary employment contracts, and works councils and economic performance in Germany.

The Great Decision Discussion Program is the longest standing and largest grassroots world affairs educational program of its kind. It is the core of the Foreign Policy Association’s civic education outreach efforts and works to bring millions of Americans together in communities across the country to discover, discuss, and decide their opinions on foreign policy issues. This lecture series presents experts in foreign policy on a variety of current global affairs.

Interested individuals should check the event Web site at www.greatdecisionsuncw.com for the most current information or contact Remonda Kleinberg, advisor for the UNCW Great Decisions Discussion Program, at 910/962-4254 or kleinbergr@uncw.edu."