A new series of the Sussex Development Lectures launches this month with engaging guest speakers exploring declining multilateralism and the need to develop alternative, more effective global solidarities.
Globally, international cooperation and multilateral institutions have been under unprecedented strain in recent years, amidst rising geo-political tensions, from those linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine to the legacy of Trump’s US protectionist policies and diverging views on China’s rising power. In the UK, Brexit has taken place and significant cuts to UK aid for multilateral organisations have recently been announced.
The impacts on international development
What does this all mean for international development? How amidst current tensions around multilateralism can global, cross-border development challenges such as climate and environmental change, global inequalities and pandemic preparedness be tackled? This series of Sussex Development Lectures will interrogate what appears to be a growing retreat from international cooperation, and explore how emerging solidarities from social movements, collective action and networks locally, regionally and transnationally can help achieve sustainable development for the future.
Join us for this series of thought-provoking discussions and debates convened jointly by IDS and the University of Sussex – together ranked first in the world for development studies.
Sussex Development Lectures are available to attend in person at IDS or online via Zoom and run from 4pm to 5.30pm.
Register for the events confirmed so far:
Imagine there’s no money, it’s easy if you try: what could global solidarities look like beyond the big cheque?, with Duncan Green, Head of Research, Oxfam GB
26 October 2022
Development banks as a route to building regional and global solidarities, with Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Scientist in the World Bank’s Development Research Group
9 November
The impact of colonialism in Sri Lanka, with Nihal Perera is Professor of Urban Planning at Ball State University
16 November
Crisis, development and ecologies of the new commons, with Amber Huff, IDS and speakers to be confirmed
7 December
The Sussex Development Lecture series is an opportunity to hear from leading global thinkers on development during the academic term, online or in person. It is jointly run by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the School of Global Studies, the Science Policy and Research Unit (SPRU) and the Centre for International Education (CIE), based at the University of Sussex.
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