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Events archive
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Audiovisual community collaborations in Bahia, Brazil
Join UFBA and IGDC for a film screening on audiovisual community collaborations in Bahia, Brazil.
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Global Health Research presentations
Join the IGDC and the ISC in celebrating their global health research partnership
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Lost and damaged?
Will 2023 be the year in which historic responsibility for climate change is finally acknowledged by the world’s major polluting nations?
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An intersectional and gendered approach to health and wellbeing in informal settlements
Join ARISE and CHORUS consortia for a webinar to discuss the importance of employing an intersectional and gendered lens when looking at health and wellbeing in informal settlements.
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Inequalities in knowledge systems: biodiversity conservation in Tanzania
IGDC is hosting a seminar on "Inequalities in knowledge systems"
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IGDC Annual Lecture 2022: The Anthropocene Globe
IGDC and the Department of History are hosting a webinar on “The Anthropocene Globe”
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Rethinking recovery and conservation in Latin American landscapes
IGDC and ISRF are hosting a webinar on “Rethinking recovery in Latin American landscapes: knowledges, conservation and justice.”
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New Developments in Business for Peace and the Role of Companies in War Zones
We are delighted to announce a one-day online workshop of invited speakers from the field of Business for Peace at the School for Business and Society, University of York.
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Leave no one behind: Taking stock of the Sustainable Development Goals
The private and public sectors, civil society, academia, NGOs must all come together to ensure that we realise the ambition enshrined in the various SDGs. Goal#17 in effect is the load-bearing goal of the SDGs.
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The Moral Economy of the Global Crowd: The Popular Politics of Economic Crises
Join us on Wednesday 5 October when Professor Naomi Hossain will give a lecture on the moral economy of the global crowd
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Conference Ventana 4
Hear from researchers working on African postcolonial and/or decolonial processes. We are looking to share and compare the experiences in these two continents.
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Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene
Join us to explore the effectiveness, and potential consequences, of the framing of planetary environmental challenges as ‘emergencies’.
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Recovery from Crisis
Our speakers with backgrounds in Brazilian Environment and Society studies, reflect how diverse scientific fields are tackling these crises.
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Queering International Development
Dr Saba Joshi chairs a roundtable with four scholars and development practitioners discussing their work relating to LGBTQI inclusion in International Development
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The Security-Development-Migration Nexus Interrogated: 'Global' Britain, EU and Beyond
Using recent British political developments as a jumping-off point, this roundtable brings together experts to challenge assumptions about links between security, migration, and development made by Britain, the EU and beyond.
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Thai Baan webinar
Join us for a lively panel discussion presenting the history and principles of Thai Baan and discussing the process of conducting Thai Baan research using two case studies that have applied Thai Baan research approaches.
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Voice from the Global South – post COP26 session
Co-hosted by Research Theme Champions and IGDC, engaged scholars from the Global South who are also involved in the COP present their perspectives on what COP means for future research agendas and research priorities.
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IGDC Research Away-day: Making development research more sustainable
For this IGDC Research Away Day, Chris West (SEI-Y) will introduce the University’s work on the Sustainability Code of Practice to date, and we will reflect on the implications of adopting more sustainable research practices for the IGDC community
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Fighting dirty money in the UK for global benefit: the work of the Joffe Trust
Alex Jacobs, Director of the Joffe Charitable Trust discusses how the UK and its network of offshore centers play a central role in global illicit financial flows.
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Horizons of Hope
A panel of expert speakers provide their unique professional and personal experiences and perspectives to discuss the concept of hope and its role in human society.
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Decentering Migration Research: The Challenges of Walking the Talk
Professor Heaven Crawley explores the challenges of ‘walking the talk’ when it comes to decentering migration research.
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Racing Climate Change
Dr Ariadne Collins discusses how de-centring whiteness from its position as an automatic, oppositional counterpart to blackness can make space for greater recognition of the role played by the environment in processes of racialization.
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Decolonising Methods and Methodologies
Dr Tuhiwai Smith discusses decolonising research methods and provides reflections regarding the practical conduct of social science research methods as well as her best-selling book Decolonising Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples
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COP26 Workshop: Building Transformational Pathways to Adaptation in Eastern Africa
British Institute for East Africa collaborate with the IGDC, University of York, University of Cambridge and University College London for a UKRI-funded online conference and COP26 Workshop on Building Transformational Pathways to Adaptation
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Harnessing the strength of the private and informal sector for better health in urban areas
The Urbanisation and Health Network in collaboration with ''CHORUS'' (Community-Led Effective Urban Health Systems), present talks and a panel discussion with speakers from multiple institutions around improving health in urban areas
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Unpaid Care Work and Covid-19: A Missed Opportunity to Recognise, Value and Take Action?
Tallulah Lines (IGDC) and Jayanthi Lingham (WICID) chair a panel exploring the impact of unpaid care work on women and girls by discussing how feminist and women’s movements challenge non-recognition and the challenges presented by Covid-19.
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Racist Disciplines? Critically exploring approaches to race in the Social Sciences and Humanities
In the context of Black History Month in the United States, Professor Henrice Altink and Dr Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven host a round table to explore how race is dealt with across three distinct disciplines.
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IGDC Research Away-Day: Hope and Inclusive Research
IGDC's Research Away-Day discusses the theme of Hope following a discussion around inclusive research
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IGDC Forum: Urbanisation and Health Network
Urbanisation and Health Network Inaugural Meeting
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Migrants and refugees facing Covid-19: UK and global concerns
Dr Sara De Jong will discuss and explore how migrants and refugees have been affected by Covid-19 with our guest speakers Emily Arnold-Fernandez, Niamh Ni Bhriain, John Grayson, Dr Adriana Marcela Velasquez Morales and Dr Pia Riggirozzi.
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Reflections on public health system responses during Covid-19 in low-and middle-income countries
Papiya Mazumdar is joined by a panel of speakers discussing the current health system constraints in low middle income countries and will provide their opinions on the present and future agendas in global health initiatives.
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Inequalities in Global Finance and Gender: Economic Responses to Covid-19
Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven chairs a panel discussion surrounding the economic and financial consequences of the current Covid-19 pandemic on women and how it has exacerbated gender inequality.
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Climate justice movements and Covid in the Global South
Jessica Omukuti discusses COVID-19's projected impact and climate justice implications as well as exploring the economic downturn from emerging from COVID-19 adversely impacting communities and households in the Global South.
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The World Transformed: The Contributions of Heterodox Economics Globally
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics conference originally scheduled to be held in Milton Keynes, UK on 3-5 July has been moved online.
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Covid-19 and the ‘Global Development Industry’
Christine Wallace chairs a panel discussion to explore the impact of Covid-19 on the Global Development industry and discuss the challenges presented by Covid-19 to the business of development.
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Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Time of Coronavirus: Perspectives from Brazil and India
Dr Philip Roberts and Dr Indrajit Roy discuss the implications of global power shifts that are likely to emerge due to Covid-19 with our invited guest speakers, Dr Harsh Mander and Dr Sabrina Fernandes.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Political Crisis, Populism, and the Challenges of Progressivism in Brazil
Join us for a lively discussion on contemporary politics in Brazil with our invited speakers, ex-politicians Maurício Rands and Cristovam Buarque.
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Can we do effective global development research in a carbon neutral way?
In this interactive and interdisciplinary panel discussion, five panelists will discuss the practicalities of carrying out global development research in a sustainable, carbon-neutral way. This event is part of One Planet Week 2020.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Tobacco Cultivation in Tanzania
In the first Research Seminar of 2020, on 21 January Dr Eleanor Jew will discuss her research in south-west Tanzania, where growing tobacco has shaped the region since the 1960s, and will shape the future too.
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IGDC Public Lecture: The Perils of Populism
During this presentation, Professor Enrique Peruzzotti from Universidad Di Tella will address three major questions in relation to the perils of contemporary forms of populism in Europe and the Americas.
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Africa Beyond Brexit: Ideas and Practices of Postcolonial Engagement in a Changing Global Order
A one-day workshop, organised by the Department of Politics and the Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC), at the University of York on Tuesday, 10 December 2019.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Language policy and development: multilingualism as a resource for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Dr Colin Reilly, University of Essex highlights the role that language policy can have within sustainable development.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: In pursuit of ‘una vida digna’: Development and community recovery in the highlands of Guatemala
In this presentation, PhD candidate Nathan Einbinder will explore the context and potential of Indigenous development in the Maya-Achí territory of Guatemala.
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PhD Global Development Networking Event
Are you or know of any PGR students working on international development related research? We invite you to join the PhD Global Development Network.
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Building peace, improving health: an evening with perspectives from Colombia
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we invite you to attend an exciting panel discussion on the role of health and healthcare in developing sustained peace in Colombia.
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Climate change negotiations: Test your skills and achieve zero carbon emissions
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we invite you to take part in an exciting climate change negotiation game! You will work in teams to take on the roles of ambassadors for different countries to achieve zero carbon emissions.
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Development and Debt: The essential role for a completely new set of sovereign insolvency arrangements
Former top IMF economist presents his plan for an improved global system for handling international debt.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: A collaborative approach to the study of Parliament
Professor Crewe's seminar will address the ethnographic and interdisciplinary study of political institutions and its contribution to theory, as well as how we can de-centre control over research through meaningful collaboration.
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IGDC Networking Lunch
The IGDC would like to invite both staff and post docs to a welcome back lunch to meet its members to discuss projects and events on global development for the coming year.
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The Political Economy of New Debt Markets in Africa
What are the drivers and effects of the changing nature of debt markets in an African context?
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Latin America and the study of regions: Moving forward through the lenses of regional regulatory governance
Andrea C. Bianculli from IBEI will be presenting her research on regional regulatory governance
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The Political Economy of Contested Territories in Latin America Workshop
The second international workshop that forms part of a White Rose Collaboration funded project on Contested Territories.
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Cyclone Idai: Response, Recovery and Future Risks' Workshop
On July 11 and 12th, the IGDC and Africa Network at York will host a workshop, ‘Cyclone Idai: response, recovery and future risks.’ focusing on disaster planning, climate adaptation and energy infrastructure networks.
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Proposing new LEGS framework for equitable and efficient allocation of healthcare resources in Africa
Professor Mfutso-Bengo proposes the new LEGS framework for equitable and efficient allocation of healthcare resources in Africa as a complementary framework to the WHO building blocks for health systems strengthening.
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Workshop: The Natural Resources Economy in South America: Extraction, Sustainability and Citizenship
This workshop will focus on the political-economic and environmental impacts of the expansion of the natural resources economy in Latin America by bringing together academics and civil society representatives from the UK, Europe and Argentina.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Philanthrocapitalism, power and economic justice
Examining the roots and social implications of the “new” philanthrocapitalism, exploring how it diverges from earlier approaches to philanthropy during the late nineteenth century.
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High Modernism, Extraversion & Conflict at the Frontier: Ethiopian Developmental Ideology in a State of Emergency
In Ethiopia, the confluence of an extractive regime, high-modernist vision and state transformative agenda have brought into sharp focus the capacity of governments to enforce such visions unhindered.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Interdisciplinary research at the interface of environment and development
Roger Few and Mark Tebboth, from the School of International Development, University of East Anglia share their experiences of undertaking interdisciplinary research on environment and development issues.
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IGDC Seminar: The problem of haze in Northern Thailand from a global food systems perspective
This case study speaks to policy issues of global significance; the increasingly complex networks of production, exchange and consumption that shape local agricultural practice, and that generate multi-scalar environmental impacts.
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Health in Urban Environments Series: The role of religion and communities in urbanisation in Africa
Part of the series 'Health and Urban Environment', co-hosted with YESI and SEI.
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IGDC Research Seminar: ‘Charity begins at home’ - The University and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals
Come join us to discuss the role of The University in conceptualising, driving and achieving the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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IGDC Finance for Development Network's Focus Group: Systemic Failure in Finance For Development
Come join the IGDC Finance for Development Network Focus Group kickstart the horizon scanning process to define the key research questions to explore "systemic failure in finance for development".
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Infrastructural misfits - Chinese roads and rail in Kampala and Addis Ababa
Guest speaker from Sheffield, Dr Tom Goodfellow will be presenting some of his research findings from his ESRC-funded project entitled 'Urban development amid the 'new scramble' for Africa'.
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Joint IGDC-ASTRA Research Seminar: The real size of the illicit tobacco market
Please join us for a joint IGDC-ASTRA Research Seminar by Professor Hana Ross, from the University of Cape Town (South Africa).
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Women in Politics
A panel of Politics academics discussing their experience working in higher education and the challenges they have faced as women.
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Air Network Exhibition
The Stockholm Environment Institute is leading a new partnership bringing together African and European researchers, practitioners and community members interested in air pollution in low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Exploring sustainability, resilience, security and complexity within the water-energy-land-food nexus.
Exploring sustainability, resilience, security and complexity within the water-energy-land-food nexus.
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Twitter for Research Workshop
Tools, tips and tricks to use Twitter more effectively and efficiently for research
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: The perils and possibilities of human rights advocacy in Africa: Experiences from Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe
Discussing the difficulties of translating the discourse of human rights across contexts.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Inclusive Societies, Accessible Workplaces: Disabled People in the Public and Private Sphere
An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on Disabled People in the Public and Private Sphere
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Learning from NGOs for Inclusive Development
What can we learn from research partnerships between researchers and NGOs?
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IGDC Photography Competition Award Ceremony: 'Celebrating People and Places Globally'
Celebrating international diversity and global development here at the University of York, featuring international entertainment, an expert judging panel, guest speakers and the opportunity to view all of the shortlisted photographs.
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Inclusive or Exclusive Global Development? Scrutinizing Financial Inclusion
A workshop on financial inclusion will take place at the University of York on the 21st November 2018.
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Blurred lines between brokers and refugees
Join the IGDC in a debate around the political and psycho-social interventions for lives disrupted in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond.
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Career Development Network (CDN) Networking Event
We would like to invite you to be part of an interdisciplinary networking event.
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Health governance and regionalism in east, central and southern Africa
The University of York is delighted to host an event on Monday 8 October 2018 with senior officials from the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community
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IGDC Research Seminar Series: Behaviour and development: implications for health, wellbeing and social norms
Join the IGDC in a debate around the psychology of social norms: implications for the ontogeny and institutional development of prosocial behaviour
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GCRF QR Application Support Drop-in session
GCRF QR Internal Funding Application Support Drop-in Session
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Land and Natural Resource Management in Africa
The IGDC and YESI are co-hosting a lunchtime seminar featuring visiting scholars, Anthony Nwajesus Onyekuru, Esther Oluwafunmilayo Makinde, Jon Ensor and Joanne Morris from the Stockholm Environment Institute.
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Learning for Action Across Health Systems
Generating recommendations for external funders on strategic interventions that could help the spread and use of information about international health systems experience – with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
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Development Pathways
To discuss ways in which the IGDC and Development Pathways can work together, looking at key Thematic Areas for Collaboration
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Exploring Interdisciplinary Connections in the Field of Global Health Workshop
Strengthening research synergies in global health and international development
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Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC) Summer Launch
The Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC) invites you come and particate in an afternoon of activities and a debate about interdisciplinary research for development
Contact us
Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre
igdc@york.ac.uk
01904 323716
Department of Politics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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