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This year's Carlucci Forum participants, drawing from their diverse scholarly backgrounds, will discuss Social Enterprise in the Age of Nationalism;听exploring how citizens from various parts of the world are engaging politically, culturally, and economically to rising nationalism, threats from a globalized economy, and climate change.
The Panellists
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Kyla Fullenwider,听, Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at AUR
Kyla Fullenwider is an entrepreneur, educator, and social designer. She is faculty in the Products of Design department at the听School of Visual Arts听and in the Design Leadership MBA program at听Johns Hopkins听and the听Maryland Institute of Art.
Kyla is also a听Presidential Innovation Fellow听for President Barack Obama.听This highly-competitive program pairs talented, diverse technologists and innovators with top civil-servants and change-makers working at the highest levels of the federal government to tackle some our nation鈥檚 biggest challenges. These teams of government experts and private-sector doers take a user-centric approach to issues at the intersection of people, processes, products, and policy to achieve lasting impact.
Previous work includes directing听Garden in Transit, the City of New York鈥檚 largest and most expansive social design initiative to date, developing the first crowd sourced CSR program with听GOOD Magazine听and听Pepsico, and creating Etsy鈥檚 first annual Values & Impact report. She鈥檚 designed and implemented other programs and initiatives with the City of Los Angeles, the City of Baltimore, the听Cooper Hewitt Design Museum,听UCLA, and the听Legacy Foundation. She is also a Cofounder and board member of New York based听Imperative听and听SOLA Ventures.
Some of her work has been featured in the听NY Times,听LA Times,听NY Magazine, and听Fast Company听and in case studies authored by the听Harvard School of Business听and the听Annie E. Casey Foundation. She is also a former Fellow in Social Design at the听Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2015 she was named in the 鈥楾op 100 Creatives Making an Impact鈥� by听Origin Magazine听and was a Google Launchpad Mentor. Her writing has been published by听Metropolis Magazine,听Next City,听GOOD Magazine, and the听Outpost Journal. And she speaks and lectures at a range of institutions including the听Smithsonian American Art Museum, the听Art Institute of Chicago,听Columbia University, the听University of Pennsylvania, and the听Ashoka Future Forum听among others.
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Matt Qvrotrup, Professor of Applied Political Science and International Relations at Coventry University
Matt Qvrotrup is an expert on comparative constitutional engineering and European Politics.听Professor Qvortrup's book听Angela Merkel: Europe's Most Influential Leader听(, was described by Kirkus Reviews as "necessary reading for anyone who wants to broaden his or her perspective on the world today." ()
Awarded the听PSA Prize听in 2013 for his research on 鈥楾errorism and Political Science鈥�, he served as a Specialist Advisor to the听House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
He has previously worked as member of听President Obama鈥檚 Special Envoy Team听in Africa (2009-2010). Before his career as an academic Dr Qvortrup served as听Head of the Gun Crime Section听in the听British Home Office听(2002-2004) and before that as a Special Advisor to the Home Secretary (Minister for the Interior)
Professor Qvortrup earned his doctorate in Politics at听Brasenose College, University of Oxford听in 2000. Also a qualified lawyer, he holds a Diploma from the听College of Law,听London.
A frequent commentator for the听BBC, Professor Qvortrup writes regularly for听Bloomberg.
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Laura Prota, Assistant Professor of Economics at AUR
Laura Prota holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Macquarie University in Sydney, a Master鈥檚 degree in Economic Development and Cooperation from the University of Bologna and an undergraduate degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Federico II in Naples. 听 She had a post-doctoral fellowship form the Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno from 2012-2015.听
Specialized in social network analysis and rural development, she adopts a relational approach to study the configuration of agricultural production and innovation systems under globalization. She published on issues related to the specificity of Southeast Asian market transition with a particular focus on place and path dependent trajectories of development, land markets, persistent poverty, gender and labor rights. Laura also published methodological articles on network analysis aiming at identifying methods to identify the structural evolutionary patterns of economic systems.听
Beyond her academic interests, she worked as consultant and project coordinator in several rural development projects in Southeast Asia.听