The Centre for Global Development hosts and delivers numerous development related events.
Each year we hold our Annual Lecture and invite a prominent academic or senior figure from the development field to speak on a current development issue
We also hold collaborative events and lectures with partners within the University of Leeds, including the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), LUCAS, water@leeds, Priestly Centre for Climate Research and Applied Institute for Research in Economics (AIRE), and from outside the Univeristy of Leeds.
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Planning to work with research assistants? RiDNet Brown Bag Lunch series brings you Working with Research Assistants in the Field. Monday 14th March at 12.30pm Geography East SR (B.01) Hear first-hand experiences from the field.. including from Madagascar, Malawi, Cameroon, and Kenya Don’t forget to bring your lunch! Aimed at PhD students, but all welcome
4th Annual RiDNet Conference “Conducting Fieldwork in Development Contexts: Expectations, Encounters and Entanglements” Key note speakers Professor Jenny Pearce, Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford Dr Sam Spiegel, Director of Research, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh Dr Martin Lamb, School of Education, University of Leeds Dr...
Sustainability Research Institute, Centre for Global Development and Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) Seminar Series Invite you to the third in the series on The Environment, Human Rights and Development Resource Politics and Advocacy Struggles in Zimbabwe: Encountering Power at Multiple Scales Sam Spiegel, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh As the mining sector...
Timmons Roberts, Professor of Environmental Studies, Brown University, USA asks the question "What are the prospects for the Paris climate change negotiations?"
Centre for Global Development and PIN students invite you to the screening of 'Our Friends at the Bank' (1998) followed by a Q&A session with the director Peter Chappell Tuesday 10 November 5pm to 7pm Baines Wing Miall LT (2.34) The movie follows the Ugandan government as they negotiate financial loans with the World Bank....
Rainbow Collective, is a unique production company, formed as a social enterprise and committed to raising awareness on issues of human and childrens' rights through powerful cinematic documentaries and have collaborated with Amnesty International, The Consortium For Street Children, War On Want, TRAID, Labour Behind The Label, International Labor Rights Forum and many others. Over...
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis Masterclass Maurice Keyworth SR 1.03 With Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth and Paola Ballon (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative) The traditional view of poverty as income shortfall is rapidly giving way to a more nuanced view of poverty as simultaneous deprivations across multiple dimensions. This session will...
Integral perspectives on food security in South Africa - a replicable global model ? Prof. Michael Rudolph (Wits Siyakhana Initiative for Ecological Health and Food Security, South Africa) Tuesday 16th June, 10.15am-11.15am, Business School Maurice Keyworth SR 1.03 Food insecurity affects millions of South Africans and can be considered both a high priority and a...
Guests Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth and Paola Ballon visit the Centre for Global Development to talk about their new book Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford University Press. Tuesday 16th June, 5pm to 6.30pm Business School Maurice Keyworth LT (GR.02) University of Leeds ** All Welcome ** Directions http://www.teachingspace.leeds.ac.uk/building_details.asp?ID=27 Abstract summary: The...
This year's Centre for Global Development Summer School will take place at the University of Leeds from 15 to 18 June. The School will focus on the post-2015 development agenda, and debate the challenges facing development in this age of global inequality and turmoil. A limited number of summer school bursaries are available please click...