Dordt University’s Dooyema Center will host Vladimir Snurenco, research fellow at the Acton Institute’s Center for Social Flourishing and economics lecturer at Calvin University, as part of the Formed for Work lecture series. The event will be held Friday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in the Overlook at Dordt University.
Snurenco’s lecture, “From Aid to Empowerment: Rethinking Poverty Solutions Near and Far,” will focus on shifting mindsets around poverty solutions from dependency to empowerment.
“Vladimir’s passion and work has been in the arena of poverty alleviation and creating conditions for human and social flourishing,” says Dale Zevenbergen, director of K&K Dooyema Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Dordt. “His work and research at the Acton Institute on documentaries like Poverty Cure and Poverty USA will be the basis for his talk, “From Aid to Empowerment: Rethinking Poverty Solutions Near and Far.”
Snurenco was born in the Soviet Union and experienced living under socialism as well as transitional economies. He is passionate about alleviating poverty and creating conditions for human and social flourishing. He completed his doctorate at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, where he also taught Economics for a number of years. Vladimir has an MA in Sociology from the University of Warwick in the UK and a BA in Economics from the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova. Snurenco also studied at the Lutheran School of Theology in Gothenburg (Sweden), Central European University in Budapest (Hungary), and Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey).
As an extension of Dordt’s commitment to equipping students, alumni, and the broader community with a Christ-centered vision for their work in the world, the Dooyema Center’s Formed for Work lecture series aims to promote a deeper understanding of work, free enterprise, and entrepreneurship as a form of faithful service.
For more information or to register for the event, please visit https://hello.dordt.edu/register/FormedForWork2026.
About Dordt University
As an institution of higher education committed to the Reformed Christian perspective, Dordt University equips students, faculty, alumni, and the broader community to work toward Christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary life. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, Dordt is a comprehensive university named to the best college lists by U.S. News and World Report, the Wall Street Journal, Times Higher Education, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review.
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