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ISER and the UAA College of Business and Public Policy are co-hosting a seminar with Dr. Chad Briggs on Monday, February 27, from noon-1 p.m, on Zoom. Dr. Chad Briggs will discuss the past year since the Russian escalation of its invasion of Ukraine, including security and energy implications for the United States and Alaska. A Q&A will follow.

The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the Department of Economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) seek to fill a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor joint appointment in economics to conduct research relevant to the ISER mission in the area of regional economics, economic geography, and/or public finance, with an emphasis on state and local economies.

ISER and the UAA Department of Public Policy and Administration are co-hosting a seminar with Dr. Chad Briggs on Thursday, March 24, from noon-1 p.m. Dr. Briggs will give an overview of the recent expansion of the war in Ukraine, including security and energy implications for the United States and Alaska. A Q&A will follow.

Dr. Diane Hirshberg, Professor of Education, has been appointed Interim Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER). Dr. Hirshberg is an 18-year veteran of UAA and ISER, and has served in leadership roles such as President of UAA’s faculty senate and advisor to the Chancellor on Arctic Research and Education. She was the founding director of the Center for Alaska Education Policy Research and is currently Vice-President Academic at the University of the Arctic.

When Linda Grant started working for the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) thirty years ago, she sat at the front door reception area. This week she retires from the role of fiscal officer, along with the accolade of Outstanding Staff Member of Year from the College of Business and Public Policy.

How will the Biden administration tackle issues facing education? Dr. Diane Hirshberg, professor of education policy at ISER, provides some insight into the nation’s challenges and possible solutions. 

UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy is developing a Master of Public Policy/Master of Public Administration (MPP/MPA) program that will provide an important avenue for faculty at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) to help train a new generation of policy makers, analysts, and administrators.

Gunnar Knapp has been appointed director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), after acting as interim director since January. He is a long-time professor of economics at ISER, widely respected for his studies of Alaska’s commercial fisheries and other aspects of the state’s economy. ISER is part of UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy, and Rashmi Prasad, dean of the college, praised the appointment: “Dr. Knapp is uniquely qualified to lead ISER at this point in its history. In addition to his outstanding academic credentials, he has proven himself to be a leader among the CBPP faculty and in his role as interim director of ISER.” Gunnar Knapp says he is honored to be named director, and sees his job as “an opportunity to work with wonderful colleagues on complex and fascinating social and economic issues—and to make a real difference in helping Alaskans understand and address those issues.” Read more