Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta gave The Bennett Institute for Public Policy's Annual Public Policy Lecture.
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The Adam Smith Prize Endowment Fund awards two prizes annually for the Part IIB of the Economics Tripos, best overall performance and best dissertation submitted.
The scientific programme was put together by Simon Levin, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and Peter Raven, Director Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis. The workshop was inaugurated by the Master of St John's College. In addition to Dr Levin and Dr.
The prize committee in particular highlights Dasgupta’s pioneering work in establishing new paradigms at the nexus of society and sustainable development, and his continued commitment to problems of population and poverty, loss of biodiversity, and conservation in its announcement.