開催案内（会員・一般）：CICE Listening Series: “The Transformative Power of Education”
We, CICE, IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, are holding the following seminar on August 21st. If you’re interested, we warmly invite you to join us.
On the day of the seminar, please join directly via the Zoom link below. (We would appreciate it if you could also register using the registration form.)
CICE Listening Series: “The Transformative Power of Education”
There is little dispute that the countries which experienced the fastest economic growth are those which have educated their young people most intensively. But the arguments for investing in education are about much more than economics. The framers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights considered education to be key to building a more peaceful and just world. More recently, Martha Nussbaum and Amarya Sen argued that education plays a foundational role in creating human capabilities. This talk will explore these non-economic arguments for education and why they may be more important than ever for the current development agenda.
Date: 21 August 2025
Time: 9:30 am-10:30 am (JST)
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83758632689
Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4JYvWyOZz3XmlYtf7AaPQmpOThZ6OtKLUc4fiIf6Sb5h9nQ/viewform
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Thomas, Social Entrepreneur in Residence at the Graduate School of Education, Stanford University.
Moderator: Dr. Manjuma Akhtar Mousumi, CICE, IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University.
About the Speaker:
Christopher THOMAS is a Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education. He has served as Director of Partnerships for the Yidan Prize Foundation and in a range of corporate strategy and management roles at the World Bank Group, including Lead Strategy Officer, Advisor to the Managing Director, and Manager of human development programs in Asia and Africa. Mr. Thomas played a key role in defining the World Bank’s contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations agreements on Financing for Development, and partnerships with the IMF and multilateral development banks. Mr. Thomas holds an M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in Education from Stanford University.
We warmly invite you to join us in this transformative learning experience and look forward to your participation.
Contact: Dr. Manjuma Akhtar Mousumi (manjuma@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
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