Tag: Business and Economics

Marta Podemska-Mikluch (Business and Economics) published a new article in the European Economic Review, titled “Forgone innovation: regulation as pruning of the adjacent possible.” The paper examines how regulation can shape innovation not only through immediate costs and benefits, but by limiting which combinations of technologies and organizational models are possible to explore. Drawing on…

Marta Podemska-Mikluch (Business and Economics) received the 2025 Duncan Black Prize from the Public Choice Society for a co-authored article, “Bespoke science: the use of ad hoc scientific advisory committees in the Covid-19 pandemic,” published in Public Choice. The paper examines why governments across countries relied on temporary scientific advisory committees during the COVID-19 pandemic…

Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) and the E. Terry Skone Investment Club executive leadership team of Nhyira Gamhrah ’26, Evan Ressler ’26, Josie Woldemar ’26, Cooper Ptacek ’27, Melora Lee ’27, Kieran Anders ’28, and Will Lawhead ’28, continued the Club’s philanthropic activities with its $13,148 FY 2026 scholarship donation. Scholarship money supports two…

Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economic) has published “‘I’m Not That Kind of Doctor:’ Experiential Learning as the Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Superpower” in the Journal of Management Inquiry. She argues that faculty should resist expectations and assumptions that they can serve as mental health providers for students. Instead, she links World Health Organization wellbeing and…

Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) recently co-authored an article in the Journal of Management Inquiry examining the sustained and increasingly intense managerial resistance to remote work. Because remote employee productivity and quality of life gains have been measured across industries, Lund Dean and her co-author were curious about the growing return-to-office mandates even among…

How independent is “the science” we hear about in times of crisis? Marta Podemska-Mikluch(Business and Economics) has co-authored a new peer-reviewed article in Public Choice titled “Bespokescience: the use of ad hoc scientific advisory committees in the Covid-19 pandemic.” The paperexamines how six countries—Italy, the UK, the US, Poland, Uganda, and Sweden—organizedscientific advice during COVID-19.…

Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) presented in seven sessions at the annual Academy of Management conference in Copenhagen. Highlights included providing a keynote address, “I’m Not That Kind of Doctor: Experiential Pedagogy as the Bridge Between Educators and Student Mental Health Support,” followed by the Management Education and Development division’s recognition ceremony where Kathy…

Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) joined Todd Prafke (Saint Peter City Administrator) and Aimee Gourlay (League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust Collaboration Services Manager) to facilitate a conflict resolution and active listening session at the League of Minnesota Cities annual conference in Duluth. The experiential session helped participants practice early collaborative conflict management skills,…

Shu-Ling Wang (Business and Economics) served as a mentor for junior women economists in the CeMENT workshop organized by the AEA in Chicago Fed. In addition to providing feedback on research with participants, she served as a panelist to address time management for women who strive to balance work and family. With her international identity and…

Shu-Ling Wang (Business and Economics) was invited to serve as a mentor for junior tenure-track women economists at the 2025 CeMENT workshop organized by the American Economics Association at the Fed of Chicago.