Ernest Aryeetey, Vice-Chancellor of University of Ghana for a discussion around strengthing African Universities to make themselves more relevant in the areas of skills development and research in the new dispensation.
In this Sussex Development Lecture, Lynette Russel will consider 19th century moments of Aboriginal theft and begging. She will argue a kind of economic engagement that the colonists and authorities misunderstood as recidivism and criminality.
This Sussex Development Lecture will be given by Richard Wilkinson, co author of the Spirit Level.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
It has been nearly 20 years since the bloody war ended in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but communities are still struggling to achieve economic, political and social stability. This seminar will discuss post-war community formation and underlying social processes in two towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
In this Discussion Group we aim to engage in an informal non-academic dialogue with researchers working in conflict, and with the IDS academic community in general, to understand better some of the particularities and consequences of the violence and conflict in Mexico.
In this Sussex Development Lecture, Henrietta Moore looks at the urgent need to redefine prosperity and along the way change the way we talk about development.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
In the third Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar this term, Yashodhan Ghorpade presents his paper which examines how conflict affects households’ access to aid programmes in the aftermath of the massive 2010 floods in Pakistan.
In this Sussex Development Lecture, Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale will examine how new forms of sexual imagery naturalise new forms of inequality, and how these are are met with new forms of gendered resistance and struggle.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
In the second Conflict, Violence and Development seminar this term, Dr Mareike Schomerus will discuss the struggle with the notion of ‘evidence’ and ‘evidence-based policy’ in politically contested environments.
IDS Professorial Fellow John Gaventa will examine how far citizen participation has helped to address issues of growing economic inequality.
In this Sussex Development Lecture Hania Shokalmy examines the role of women in the recent events that have taken place in Egypt, and the broader lessons that can be drawn for gender and development.
In this Sussex Development Lecture IIED Director Camilla Toulmin examines the role of the least developed countries in addressing inequality and sustainability
