World leaders, policy-makers educators and journalists are among those who will gather Sept. 24 and 25 at Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center for the G20 summit, a conference that will examine ways to stimulate the global economy.

The exchange of ideas will be broad but a major emphasis is sustainability options for businesses and individuals that will protect the environment and cut energy costs. Pittsburgh was chosen by the Obama Administration to highlight the city’s economic recovery following the collapse of its manufacturing sector in the latter half of the 20th century.

West Virginia University has several experts who can speak about sustainability, future economic trends and the global economy and provide analysis of some of the topics covered at G20.

• Dr. Christopher Coyne of the WVU College of Business and Economics, recently published “Media, Development, and Institutional Change,” a book that investigates the media’s role in institutional change and economic development. Coauthored with Dr. Peter Leeson of George Mason University, the book explores the relationship of the media and government and the economic impact of those relationships.

• Dr. Christina Fattore, of the Department of Political Science within the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, is an expert in international relations, specifically international political economy. She has taught courses on international political economy, international organizations, the European Union, research methods, and comparative politics.

• Dr. Joe Hagan, chair of the Department of Political Science within the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, teaches courses in foreign policy and international relations and serves as the director of the International Studies Program. His research examines the domestic political sources of foreign policy as they relate to war, peace and change in international politics.

• Dr. Presha Neidermeyer, of the WVU College of Business and Economics, is an expert in international accounting. Through her research she is investigating the way culture affects decision making by auditors. She has been involved in charity work in Africa and is writing a book on the impact of the AIDS Pandemic on the women of Africa.

• Dr. Andrew Young, of the WVU College of Business and Economics, is an expert macroeconomics, the study of the behavior and decision-making of large-scale economies. Some of his work has focused on economic growth and public finance in the U.S.

For more information about the event see: https://www.pittsburghg20.org/index.aspx

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