UPCOMING SID ACTIVITIES
1 June 2011 at 10:34 | Posted in Aankondiging | Leave a comment27 January 2012 | 8th Knowledge for Development Conference ‘New Donors – New Investments – New Development?’
The 8th Knowledge for Development Conference will focus on the contemporary transformations that is shaking up the ‘world of development’, such us the growing importance of new donors (China, India) and new investors, emerging South-South relations, large-scale land acquisition, and migration. From these starting points, the conference will critically assess the meaning of development in light of current attempts to define new global poverty agendas for the post-MDG period. During the day-long conference there will be speeches, including presentations of current trends in China, Mozambique and Ethiopia. Participants include Stephen Ellis (ASC/VU), Yongjun Zhao (RUG), Alda Salomao (CTV), Maru Shete (FAC), Parvati Raghuram (UU) etc.
The maximum number of participants has been reached and it is no longer possible to register for this event
Conference paper and programme: 8th Knowledge for Development Conference(pdf).
13 February 2012 | SID Lecture by Ummu Salma Bava ‘Regional Cooperation: The Case of Europe’
In February, Ummu Salma Bava, Professor of European Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, will focus on consequences for the role of the national state in Europe, of the crises of the past years. The European Union, once seen as a successful process, appears to be weak, with a lack of supranational power to align economies and welfare arrangements. Will Europe speed up its economic integration, inevitably implying the handing over of more decision-making to Brussels?Find the invitation HERE.
This lecture series is organised in cooperation with NCDO and VU University
Logistical details: Monday 13 February 2012, 18:00-19:30 / VU University – Auditorium, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam / English / admission free / Please register through registration[ @ ]sidnl.org
On Tuesday 14 February, Ummu Salma Bava will speak in LUX Nijmegen, during a programme organized in cooperation with SID, CIDIN and Lokaalmondiaal. More information will follow soon on www.lux-nijmegen.nl
14 February 2012 | Jan Kregel ‘Six Lessons from the Euro Crisis for Completing the European Project’
On Tuesday 14 February Jan Kregel (Levy Economics Institute, Bard College) speaks at the ISS in The Hague during an event organised in cooperation with SID. What can the EU learn from the Euro Crisis, and what are its global implications? Kregel argues that the current crisis may represent a crucial turning point if the lessons of the crisis are not interpreted appropriately. The crisis provides lessons about the difficulties involved in dealing with economic imbalances, whether at the regional or the global level. This has implications for international reform proposals, but also for the kind of International Financial System that would provide support for developing countries.
Kregel will speak at 17:00 at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague. His lecture will be followed by a panel-discussion. Click here for the invitation.
SID Student Essay Contest
Are you a student and currently enrolled in a Bachelor or Master’s Programme at an Higher Education Institution for 2011-2012? Join the SID Student Essay Contest!
The Essay Contest is organized together with VU University and is open to students from all universities and is integral to the SID Lecture Series 2011-2012 on “The State in a Globalizing World”. You can write an essay for up to three of the nine SID Lectures and we are now welcoming essays written for the SID Lecture with James Cameron on 26 March 2012. Interested? Please click HERE, to learn more about the essay contest and the three lectures that are included.
RECENT SID ACTIVITIES
18 April 2011 at 9:40 | Posted in 1 | Leave a comment16 January 2012 | SID Lecture by Alcides Costa Vaz ’Multipolarity of States or Regions?
In the first SID-lecture of the new year, Alcides Costa Vaz (Professor International Relations at the University of 
Brasilia) addressed the implications of a multipolar world. He discussed whether it is in the interest of emerging individual countries to seek regional alliances in order to strengthen their position and he talked about the implications of multipolarity for current power relations, for individual states and for global governance. Click here for the powerpoint presentation of Prof. Vaz, the report on the lecture will follow soon.
This lecture series was organised in cooperation with NCDO and VU University
15 December 2011 | Lunch meeting on ‘The Role of the State in Development: The Case of Fragile States’
Succeeding the series’ inaugural lecture ‘The Role of the State in the Development Process: notes from Africa’, SID continued the debate with a panel discussion on the role of the state in development, focusing on fragile states. Members of the panel included Ruud Treffers (Worldbank), René Grotenhuis (SID/Cordaid) and Seth Kaplan (NYU, author of Fixing Fragile States(2008)). Click here for the summary report on this discussion.
12 December 2011 | Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur gave final lecture in series ‘Agriculture, Rural Employment and Inclusive Growth’.
After three interesting lectures in the SID/ISS Series ‘Agriculture, Rural Employment and Inclusive Growth’ with representatives from PLAAS, IFAD and IIED, the series closed on Monday 12 December with the lecture ‘A Tale of Four Hungers’, delivered by United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier de Schutter. His lecture proposed a diagnosis on hunger and malnutrition, based on the human right to adequate food. It described the transitions that are required in order to both improve the incomes of the producers and improve access of consumers to fresh and nutritious foods. De Schutter argued that governance issues are key in making these shifts that are at once urgent, vital, and possible. Click here for the summary report on the lecture and discussion.
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