• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Peter Rodriguez

Rice University

Dean, Jones Graduate School of Business

Peter Rodriguez is dean of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is an economist and professor and teaches classes on global macroeconomics and economic growth. Peter’s research interests include the interaction of globalization, economic development, and institutions, the consequences of corruption for multinationals and seed-stage finance in emerging markets. Peter was formerly associate dean for International Affairs at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and lead the development and launch of the Global Executive MBA program. He was previously professor and senior associate dean for MBA Programs and chief diversity officer at the Darden School, a Lecturer at Princeton University, and a professor at the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University. Peter is the recipient of numerous teaching awards from Princeton, Texas A&M and the University of Virginia. Peter serves on the boards of Good Reason Houston, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, and Texas 2036. Peter holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and a B.S. in economics from Texas A&M University. He worked for several years as an associate in the Global Energy Group at JP Morgan Chase.

Sessions With Peter Rodriguez

Friday, 13 March

  • 11:20am - 12:05pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Sustainable Development, Trade & Security: What Lies Ahead
    Investment & Trading Markets

    In 2050, Africa will have the world’s largest number of young people, making up nearly twice the young population of South Asia and Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania. Such shifting demographics will make sustainable development in Africa critical to global economic growth. How will we define security in a world where climate change may disrupt global manufacturing and supply chains? Will current trends toward bilateral trade agreements undermine the global trading system? How might bilateral trade confrontation spill into global, regional, and national stability and security?