Apologies for cross-posting. In case you are interested in exploring emerging research topics around the social, political and economic implications of the current pandemic. The first session is scheduled for 11 a.m.-noon today, on “COVID-19 and the Food Supply Chain. What's Happening? What are the Research Questions?” The initiative is being organized by the College of Liberal Arts and Krannert School of Management. The sessions primarily will focus on: * Identifying the appropriate research questions (problem definition). * Discussing emerging pieces of evidence and analysis. * Brainstorming data sources. * Developing strategies of analysis. * Considering potential funding sources. https://purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2020/Q2/faculty-invited-to-... Kind Regards, Pallavi From: "Shively, Gerald E." <shivelyg@purdue.edu> Date: Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 4:21 PM To: "Shively, Gerald E." <shivelyg@purdue.edu> Cc: "Lusk, Jayson L" <jlusk@purdue.edu>, "Plaut, Karen I" <kplaut@purdue.edu>, "Iyer, Ananth V" <aiyer@purdue.edu> Subject: IDWG: COVID-19 research on the food supply chain IDWG members: As you may have seen, the College of Agriculture (specifically, Jayson Lusk from Ag Econ) has been working with Dean Hummels (Krannert) and Dean Reingold (Liberal Arts) to explore emerging research topics around the social, political and economic implications of the current pandemic, and connect with some of our Purdue colleagues around this topic. The initiative will kick off Friday 11-noon via a Webex discussion on “COVID-19 and the Food Supply Chain. What's Happening? What are the Research Questions?” The discussion will be led by Jayson and Inanth Iyer, professor of supply chain management and senior associate dean in the Krannert School of Management. The Webex link is provided in the announcement linked here. I’m sure international topics will surface. I encourage you to join in if you are interested. Please share this widely with colleagues elsewhere who may be interested. https://purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2020/Q2/faculty-invited-to-... Gerald Shively, Associate Dean and Director International Programs in Agriculture Purdue University https://ag.purdue.edu/ipia [cid:image001.jpg@01D5F20D.4E64C060]