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Events

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27 January 2012, 8th Knowledge for Development Conference ‘New Donors-New Investments-New Development?’—> Location: Academiegebouw, Utrecht University/ Time: 09:00-17:30/ Language: English / Admission: Free /Find out how to register HERE 

13 February 2012, Lecture by Ummu Salma Bava - ‘Regional Cooperation: The Case of Europe’- within the 2011-2012 Lecture Series “The State in a Globalizing World”. —> Location: Auditorium, VU University, Amsterdam/ Time: 18:00-19:30/ Language: English / Admission: Free /Please register through registration[ at ]sidnl.org

12 March 2012, Lecture by René Cuperus -‘All politics is domestic politics!?’- within the 2011-2012 Lecture Series “The State in a Globalizing World”. —> Location: Auditorium, VU University, Amsterdam/ Time: 18:00-19:30/ Language: English / Admission: Free /Please register through registration[ at ]sidnl.org

26 March 2012, Lecture by James Cameron - ‘The State and global common goods: the challenge of interdependency’ - within the 2011-2012 Lecture Series “The State in a Globalizing World”. —> Location: Auditorium, VU University, Amsterdam/ Time: 18:00-19:30/ Language: English / Admission: Free /Please register through registration[ at ]sidnl.org  *Part of the SID Student Essay Contest, READ MORE…*

Activities explained:

SID Lecture Series

SID NL’s core activity is its annual lecture series of nine lectures on a theme both relevant and current for the area of international and development cooperation. These lecture cycles are organised in cooperation with VU University Amsterdam, Maastricht University, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), University of Utrecht, University of Groningen (RUG), and other partners such as NGO’s, (research) institutes, ministries and international organisations.

Following the lectures, a closing conference is organised in which the conclusions and recommendations of the lecture cycle are discussed by policy-makers, politicians, scientists, media, NGO’s and business. After both the lectures series and the final conference have taken place, the lectures and the report of the conference are published as a book. See our publication page for more information.

The current lecture series 2011-2012 is entitled The State in a Globalizing World. For more information on the current lecture series please click here. (For more information on previous series, please explore the Documentation)

Other activities

From May to December 2011 SID, in cooperation with ISS, is organizing a series of four lectures on the theme of ‘Agriculture, Rural Employment and Inclusive Growth’, aiming to bring together critical minds within the field of rural development studies to discuss key issues in the rural sector. More information on these lectures can be found here.

Aside from these lecture series SID NL organizes several other lectures and discussions in cooperation with, among others, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNDP, ISS, PSO, Partos and NCDO.

Past activities

All information, reports, presentations of the lectures and discussions organized by SID NL in the past can be found in Documentation. These past activities include the Vijverberg Sessies, on emerging global scarcities, the Population Lecture Series, with its aim to reopen the debate in the Netherlands on population issues, the Climate and Agriculture Strategy Meeting and the Kapuscinski Lecture with Prof. Daniel Bach.