Office at the United Nations, New York

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Speaker Profile

Dr. Lan Xue is a professor and Dean of the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University. His teaching and research interests include S&T and innovation policy, and crisis management. Dr. Xue has a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University and taught at the George Washington University before returning back to China in 1996. He has served as a consultant for the World Bank, APEC and other international organizations, and acted as a policy adviser for many Chinese government agencies. He currently serves as a Vice President of the China Association of Public Administration, Vice President of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology Policy, and Vice Chairman of the National Steering Committee for MPA Education. He is also a member of the Visiting Committee for Harvard Kennedy School, a member of the international advisory board for UNU-MERIT, Vice Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Catastrophic Risks of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and a member of the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Center (IDRC).

Moderator Profile
Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud is the Director of the United Nations University (UNU) Office at the United Nations in New York. He was Senior Academic Officer at the UNU in Tokyo from 1996 to 2003. Before joining UNU, he served in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General as a speechwriter for Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1992-1996). A former fellow at Harvard University (Center for International Affairs, Department of Philosophy and Harvard Law School, from 1986 to 1992), Coicaud has held appointments such as Cultural Attaché with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legislative Aide with the European Parliament (Financial Committee), Associate Professor at the University of Paris, Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure-Ulm in Paris and Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management. He has also taught at the New School for Social Research (New York). He has been a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (Washington, D.C.) and a Global Research Fellow at New York University School of Law. Coicaud holds a Ph.D. in political science-law from the Sorbonne and a Doctorat d'Etat in philosophy from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris. In addition, he holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in literature and linguistics. Jean-Marc Coicaud is a member of the Advisory Board of Carnegie Council's Global Policy Innovations (New York). He also serves as an adviser for the Fondation pour l'Innovation Politique (Paris).

Jean-Marc Coicaud has published 14 books in the fields of comparative politics, political and legal theory, international relations and international law. They are available in English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Arabic, and include the following single-authored books: Politics and Legitimacy: A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility (Cambridge University Press, 2002), Beyond the National Interest (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007), Kokuren no Genkai/Kokuren no Mirai (Future of the UN/Limits of the UN - Fujiwara Shoten, 2007), Mai Xiang Guo Ji Fa Zhi (Towards the International Rule of Law - Sanlian Shudian, 2008). His latest book, co-edited with Hilary Charlesworth, is Fault Lines of International Legitimacy (Cambridge University Press, 2009).