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Please click on the links below for the videos of the lectures given by John Cleland and by discussant Joris Voorhoeve on the subject of “Population and Generation” on the 18th of June.

Part I

Part II

Or watch the videos on YouTube:

Part I:

The provisional programme for the SID Lecture Series 2009-2010 is now online.  Click here to read the programme.

On Monday 15 June 2009, Ad Melkert (UNDP) gave a lecture on ‘The Global Relevance of European Social Values’. The lecture and the discussion afterwards were chaired by Ieke van den Burg (Europarlementarian). Click here for Ad Melkert’s speech.

Time and place: 18:00-19:30h | 15 June 2009 | Auditorium | VU University | Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam

For more information: 070 338 32 93, or sid-nl@socires.nl.

On Monday 15 June, directly after the tenth lecture in the SID 2008-2009 lecture series “Economic Growth and the Common Good”, SID Netherlands President Jos van Gennip will present the first copy of the new  book “Emerging Global Scarcities and Powershifts” to Ad Melkert.

The book contains the lectures that were organised by the Netherlands Chapter of the Society for International Development in the year 2007-2008. Several prominent academics and politicians have contributed to the publication and SID is proud to present the book to the public on the 15th of June.

The book presentation will start at 19.30/ Auditorium/ Vrije Universiteit/ De Boelelaan 1105/ Amsterdam

Book information:

Title: Emerging Global Scarcities and Powershifts

Author: Bernard Berendsen (et al)

ISBN:  978 90 6832 689 5

Price: € 26,50

Publisher: KIT Publishers

for more information: vijverberg.sid@socires.nl

It is now possible to view the videos that were made during the first two lectures in our Population Question and Development lecture series.  Please click on the links below to view the lectures by professor Tim Dyson and professor Nigel Harris.

Lecture Tim Dyson, “The Global Demographic Transition: its Consequences and Implications for Development” :

Part I

Part II

Lecture Nigel Harris, “Population, Migration and Urbanisation”:

Part I

Part II

On Thursday 18 June, John Cleland, Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Centre for Population Studies will give the third lecture in the lecture series “The Population Question and Development: The need for a debate in the Netherlands,” entitled: “Population and Generation”. Joris Voorhoeve from the World Population Foundation will give his commentary. Jos van Gennip, president of SID Nederland will chair the session. Click here for the invitation.

On the 3th of June, Mr. José Edgardo Campos from the World Bank Institute, gave the ninth lecture in the SID “Economic Growth and the Common Good” Lecture Series. To view the powerpoint presentation that accompanied his lecture, please click here.

On Monday 25 May 2009, Martin Wolf, associate editor and economic commentator for the Financial Times, will engage in an open panel discussion. The discussion will focus in particularly on the current global economic situation, also related to Wolf’s latest publication, Fixing Global Finance (2008). Click  here for the invitation.

Time and place: 18:00-19:30h | 25 May 2009 | Auditorium | VU University | Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam

For more information: 070 338 32 93, or sid-nl@socires.nl.

On Thursday 14 May, Nigel Harris, Professor Emeritus of Development Planning at University College London gave the second lecture in the lecture series “The Population Question and Development: The need for a debate in the Netherlands,” entitled: “Population, Migration and Urbanisation”. Mahmood Messkoub from the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague gave his commentary. Click here for their presentations.

On Thursday 23 April, Tim Dyson, Professor of Population Studies at the London School of Economics gave the first lecture for the lecture series “The Population Question and Development: The need for a debate in the Netherlands”. Michel Garenne from the Pasteur Institute in Paris gave his commentary. Click here for their presentations.