2008 Global Financial Crisis in a Long-term Perspective: The failure of neo-liberalism and the future of capitalism
Location: Conference Auditorium 2
Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge; author of 'Kicking Away the Ladder'
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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Annual Lecture 2013: Popular representations of development and the construction of a new common humanity?
The Centre for Global Development had the pleasure of hearing Uma Kothari, Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies, from University of Manchester give annual lecture on 12 November 2013.
RiDNet conference 2013: Conducting Fieldwork in Development Contexts: Practical Experiences of Data Collection and Analysis
2nd Researchers in Development Network (RiDNet) Conference About the Conference Conducting research in development contexts comes with its own challenges. Common issues such as research design, methodologies and planning must be considered alongside more context-specific issues: cultural differences may disrupt communication; corruption may hamper access; ethical issues may be more stringent, and interaction with different...
Transformative Gender Justice
This workshop looks at the potential for judicial and non-judicial justice mechanisms to have transformative outcomes upon gender relations and the position of women in countries with histories of political violence, conflict and chronic criminal and social violence.
Development and the New Localism
Hilary Benn, MP for Leeds Central and the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Location: Seminar Room 1, Fairbairn House, 71-75 Clarendon Road, University of Leeds
CGD-SIID seminar on authority, power and agency
Centre for Global Development (CGD) in cooperation with Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID) would like to invite you to the seminar by speakers from the both institutions. The seminar will focus on power, authority and agency in the developing contexts:
Dr Glyn Williams (SIID) 'Managing political space: authority, power and marginalised people's agency in rural West Bengal'
Professor Gordon Crawford (CGD) ‘Struggles for rights: power, authority and agency in Ghana’
RiDNet Ethics in Overseas Fieldwork
The aim of this seminar is two-fold: provide guidance for participants who need to fill in the University of Leeds ethical approval form and provide a space for general discussion of ethical issues.
RiDNet Risk & Risk Assessment in Overseas Fieldwork
The aims of this session are to aid you in filling in the university’s risk assessment form and to provide important tips that will help you to remain safe while in the field.
Book launch
Rooted in decades of Oxfam’s experience across the developing world, Duncan Green’s book From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets is needed to break the cycle of poverty and inequality and to give poor people power over their own destinies. The forces driving this transformation are active citizens...
RiDNet Welcome Event
Location: Baines Wing, Room 2.37
The Welcome Event a great chance to meet new as well as existing PhD and early career researchers working in the area of development, and to get more involved in the network. The event will be mainly a networking/ getting to know you event, we'll also be discussing future plans of the network.