Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change

In the final episode of the season, host Professor Ray Horton speaks at a live event with Professors Glenn Hubbard and Tano Santos, the faculty who teach the popular course Modern Political Economy at Columbia Business School.

Four new Tamer Fund for Social Venture awardees, all in the climate sector, were selected after their participation in an application screening round, a due diligence process with student teams from a Columbia Business School course, and a final pitch to the fund’s investment board.

Three inspiring leaders in women’s health — Erika Seth Davies, Jade Kearney, and Flory Wilson — are pioneering advances in reproductive and maternal health and are using business, investment, engagement, and advocacy as levers for social change.

Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Sandra Navalli OAM ’03, managing director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, on the increasing importance of social entrepreneurship and the unique role the center plays in supporting social entrepreneurship in the United States and around the world.

In another session devoted to climate change, host Professor Ray Horton talks about an unconventional way of halting global warming — known as solar geo-engineering — with Professor Gernot Wagner, faculty director of the Climate Knowledge Initiative at the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise and senior lecturer at Columbia Business School.

Lise Strickler ’86 and Mark Gallogly ’86 are the co-founders of Three Cairns Group, a mission-driven investment and philanthropic firm focused on the climate crisis.

In this session of More MPE, host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Tano Santos about the major problems facing Europe today (including the war between Russia and Ukraine, and China), and in the future (including the long-run economy). 

In this session of More MPE, we focus on an issue that bedevils many business leaders: Should they speak out on socio-political issues? Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Vanessa Burbano on how her award-winning research addresses the question.

Shaun Donovan is one of the country’s most important leaders — and lifelong advocates — for housing, economic development, and shared prosperity. 

In this episode, host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Bruce Usher on how we have the technological ability to solve the problem of climate change, but that the political will is lacking in the United States and internationally. Usher says that business, then, is going to have to take the lead.