Jan. 31, 2022

Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop to examine South African ownership program

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The next Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. in Beckwith Recital Hall. Kerianne Lawson, an NDSU faculty member, is set to present “Transformation through Ownership: The Khaya Lam Project.” 

All members of the NDSU community and the public are invited to attend the free event. After the presentation, food and refreshments will be served in the Challey School of Music Atrium.

Lawson is an assistant professor of economics and a scholar of the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth and the Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise at NDSU.

In her presentation, Lawson will discuss the impact of the Khaya Lam project in South Africa, a program that began in 2013 in an effort to streamline the home ownership process and cover legal costs. Roughly 20 million South Africans do not hold a title deed to their property. Lawson’s research seeks to understand how securing property rights affects economic opportunity, crime, safety and other measures of well-being for individuals and communities involved with the project.

Lawson’s research areas include law and economics and measures of institutional quality. She earned her doctorate in economics from West Virginia University and joined the NDSU faculty in 2021.

The Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop, which is hosted by the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, invites internationally-renowned scholars from universities across the country to present their research and engage with the NDSU community.

The series continues every other Friday through April 22.

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