The Hendra Esmara Lecture on Regional Development is convened by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Andalas and the Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) in honour of the late Professor Hendra Esmara for his pioneering work in the field of regional analysis in Indonesia.
The 2nd Hendra Esmara Lecture on regional development will be delivered by Professor Iwan Jaya Azis (Cornell University and Universitas Indonesia) entitled The limitations of economics and regional science. The session will be chaired by Dr Endrizal Ridwan (Universitas Andalas) and will feature a Q&A session.
The second part of the seminar will discuss methods in economics and regional science with speakers Professor Syafruddin Karimi (Universitas Andalas) on Social justice in macroeconomic school of thoughts and Professor Budy Resosudarmo (The Australian National University) entitled Introduction on mixed methods in economics. The session will be chaired by Dr Fijri Muharja and will also feature a Q&A session. Please refer to the detailed program below.
Tuesday, 9 July 2024 at 08.30-12.10 WIB (GMT +7)
This event will be held in hybrid format. In person: Seminar Room, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Andalas and online on Zoom. Please register by Sunday, 7 July 2024 to attend: click here.
Program
08:30 – 08:50 Opening by Dr Fery Andrianus (Dean, FEB Universitas Andalas) and Professor Djoni Hartono (President, IRSA, via livestream)Hendra Esmara Lecture
08:50 – 09:50 Hendra Esmara Lecture by Professor Iwan Jaya Azis (Cornell University) entitled The limitations of economics and regional science
09:50 – 10:20 Q&A
10:20 – 10:30 Tea break
Review on methods in economics and regional science
10:30 – 11:00 Social justice in macroeconomic school of thoughts by Professor Syafruddin Karimi (Universitas Andalas)
10:30 – 11:30 Introduction to mixed methods in economics by Professor Budy P. Resosudarmo (The Australian National University)
11:30 – 12:00 Q&A
12:00 – 12:10 Closing by Head, Department of Economics Universitas Andalas
12:10 – 13:30 Lunch and social gathering
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addition to his academic work, Professor Esmara served as advisor to numerous Indonesian government agencies including Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik) and BAPPENAS. He actively participated in managing the Indonesian Association for Economists (Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia) and supported the career of many junior economists in academia and government. He also played significant roles in international organizations. Among others, he was a member of the Executive Council for Asian Manpower Studies; member of the Steering Committee for the World Health Organization (WHO) research program on socio-economics of health in Geneva; and Deputy Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
In 1985, Hendra Esmara was appointed professor of regional planning at Universitas Andalas, the first professor at the university’s Faculty of Economics. He served in this position until his passing on 13 August 2000.
Slides and video for past seminars:
