On the afternoon of October 14, 2013, Professor Lars Magnusson, a permanent adviser of the Nobel Prize in Economics, a Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University (UU), and Ms. Yin Zhengyuan, the Coordinator of UU’s China project, visited CUPL’s Xueyuan Lu Campus.
Vice President Zhu Yong, on behalf of CUPL, warmly welcomed professor Magnusson’s visit. He acknowledged that the professor is widely respected around the world, and UU is a world top-tier university. And he expressed the hope that this visit and lecture would help the teachers and students of CUPL learn more about the Nobel Prize, such as the organizational structure, the selection procedure and standards for being awarded the prize. Meanwhile, he also anticipated it could help strengthen later cooperation between the two universities both on the inter-university level and on the school level, such as the exchange of teachers and students, various collaborations in branches of learning and academic studies, etc.
Professor Magnusson said it was his honor to visit CUPL. He stated that UU is the oldest university in Northern Europe and also one of the world’s top 100 universities because it has devoted itself to continuous innovation in the numerous disciplines it teaches. He expressed confidence that the two universities could successfully carry out in-depth cooperation in specific fields, such as the joint-cultivation of post-doctoral students. In addition, the two sides, from the perspective of jurisprudence, discussed the settings of the Nobel Prize, the selection of the Prize in Economic Sciences and other related matters.
Afterwards, at the lecture hall of Research Building, Professor Magnusson delivered a keynote speech titled “The Frontiers of Economic Theory”. His speech covered the latest achievements in research of world-famous economists in detail and approached the topic from specific perspectives, such as experimental economics, system theory, environmental economics and social psychology. In addition, his speech also provided the audience with introductory advice on how to conduct economic research, outlined the criteria and procedures for the selection of those awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics and went on to cover other topics. Nearly 180 teachers and students from CUPL attended the lecture and there was lively interaction with the lecturer. The lecture was hosted by Hu Jiye, Professor of Research Center for Law and Economics at CUPL.
