Carey Sesquicentennial Awardee: Tinglong Dai
This Sesquicentennial convening centers on two forces shaping the next era of
global supply chains. First, geopolitics has become geoeconomics: tariffs, export
controls, industrial policy, and strategic dependence increasingly determine what
can be produced where, with which inputs, and at what risk. Second, supply chains
are becoming essential infrastructure for AI, from chips and equipment to compute,
energy, data centers, and critical minerals. Together, these forces shift the question
from “What is efficient?” to “What is feasible, resilient, and governable under
strategic constraint?”
We will host a one-day workshop with five 75-minute sessions. Each session begins
with an 8–10 minute lead talk that synthesizes the literature and proposes 3–5
high-value research questions, followed by a moderated panel and audience Q&A
designed to keep the discussion accessible and consequential beyond disciplinary
boundaries.
Sessions will be co-hosted by Carey Business School and Department of Economics,
with SAIS leading the geopolitics/geoeconomics session; we will invite external
anchor participants in coordination with the Manufacturing & Service Operations
Management Society (MSOM) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)