Faculty Guide

Title

Professor and Director, Sustainable International Development Programs

The Heller School for Social Policy and Management

Expertise

Philosophy of development, political geography, poverty alleviation, agrarian reform, project planning and implementation, evaluation, organizational management.

Awards and Honors

American Jewish World Service Dinner in honor of founder Laurence R. Simon (2012)

Brandeis Symposium in Honor of Prof. Laurence Simon: Paths to Compassionate Action and Service (2012)

Ford Foundation / India Dinner to honor Prof. Laurence R. Simon (2011)

Fellow, Center for Global Justice, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University (2007)

Google Foundation Fellow (2007)

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, University of Judaism (1996)

Member, Inter-Ministerial National Eco-development Steering Committee, Sri Lanka (1991)

Chairman, Hesed International (1990)

Founder and Chairman, Grain Protection International (1989)

Founder and President, American Jewish World Service (1984)

Courses Taught

HS	228f	Social Theory Seminar
HS	242f	Development Aid
HS	259f	Topics in Sustainable Development
HS	279a	Planning and Implementation: Concepts and Methods
HS	299f	NGOs: Strategic Planning
HS	435b	Development Theory and Social Policy
HS	606c	Global Health and Development Doctoral Seminar
HS	801g	Proseminar
IGS	145a	Poverty, Inequalities, and the Environment

Scholarship

Simon, Laurence. "Concepts of Place and Temporality in the Thought of Paulo Freire." Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada. March 24, 2009.

Simon, Laurence. "Copernicus, Puddleglum and the Poor of the World: Bringing Vision, Competence and Science to Foreign Aid and the New Philanthropy." Invited University Lecture by the Institute of International Studies, the Blum Center for Developing Economies, and the Religion, Politics and Globalization Program of the University of California, Berkeley. University of California at Berkeley. November 6, 2008.

Simon, Laurence. "Global Poverty, Development, and Social Change." Unedited interview in the Conversations with History video series (available on UCal website and on YouTube). University of California at Berkeley. November 7, 2008.

Simon, Laurence. "The origins of policy advocacy at Oxfam America." A History of Oxfam America. Ed. Laura Roper. Boston: Oxfam America, 2009