CGD Annual Lecture 2015: Assessing the Paris Moment
Timmons Roberts, Professor of Environmental Studies, Brown University, USA asks the question "What are the prospects for the Paris climate change negotiations?"
Events
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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'Our Friends at the Bank' Film, Q and A with Director
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 Film Festival at University of Leeds
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...
Masterclass - Multidimensional Poverty Analysis
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 ?
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...
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis Book launch and Talk
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...
CGD Summer School 2015
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...
CGD-RidNet Christmas Social
Centre for Global Development and Researchers in Development Network Invite you to our Christmas Social Tuesday 16th December, 5.30pm School of Earth and Environment common room Drinks, snack and festive socialising All welcome!
Solar Technology for Everybody
Making solar cells from blackberries! SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS WORKSHOP WITH DR RICHARD KOMP* 28 November, 12.00 – 15.00 School of Earth and Environment, Seminar Room 8.119 MAKE YOUR OWN SOLAR CELL! For the past 30 years Dr Richard Komp has been promoting solar PV installations across the Global South and he has taught hundreds of workshops around...
Film and discussion: Solar Energy for All?
Sustainable Development and Social Enterprise: Solar Energy for All? Film and discussion with Dr Richard Komp Few people can match both the enthusiasm Dr. Richard Komp has brought to solar energy. For the past 30 years, Richard has been promoting solar PV installations in South America, Africa and now Asia where he taught hundreds of...