Events

Week/Date

The series kicks off on Friday 9^th October with renowned Indian economist Jayati Ghosh on the Pandemic and the Indian government’s response – expect fireworks. John Harriss, a leading figure in development studies, will provide a short response from Kingston Ontario. From then til mid-February, we’ll have an equally stellar speaker every Friday from 4-6. 

Check them out

Week 2; 
9 th Oct

Jayati Ghosh
New Delhi

The Pandemic and the Indian government’s response 
Discussant: John Harriss

Week 3; 16th Oct

Danny Quah
Singapore

Global Power Shift to Asia: Great Power Competition in the Marketplace for World Order
Discussant: Robert Wade

Week 4; 23th Oct

Saleemul Huq
Dhaka

Human Induced Climate Change: Dealing with loss and damage
Discussant: Kathy Hochstetler

Week 5; 30th Oct

Deborah Brautigam; Folashade Soule-Kohndouand Shirley Ze Yu 
Baltimore, Oxford and London

Panel on China in Africa
Chair: Duncan Green

Week 7; 13th Nov

Branko Milanovic
New York

Capitalism Alone: The Future of the System that Rules the World
Discussant: Duncan Green

Week 8; 20th Nov

Jimi Adesina
Pretoria

Why Transformative Social Policy and Development Matter: lessons of COVID-19 in Africa (provisional title) focused on South Africa and Nigeria. A Lecture in honour of Thandika Mkandawire
Discussant: Kate Meagher

Week 9; 27th Nov

Nora Lustig
New Orleans

Inequality in Latin America: Markets,Covid-19 and Policies
Discussant: Jean-Paul Faguet 

Week 10;    4 th Dec

Clare Short
London

Reflecting on the demise of DfID
Discussant: James Putzel

Week 11; 11th Dec

Alcinda Honwana
London

Whose Politics? Youth Social Movements in Times of Pandemic
Discussant: Eyob Balcha Gebremariam

Lent Term   

Week 1; 22th Jan

Ha-Joon Chang
Cambridge 

Building Pro-Developmental Multilateralism – Towards a ‘New’ New International Economic Order'
Discussant: TBC

Week 2; 29th Jan

Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Accra

Decolonizing Academia
Discussant: Rishita Nandagiri

Week 3;   5th Feb

Yuen Yuen Ang
Michigan

Does Corruption Impede Growth? Lessons from Chinese and Western Capitalism
Discussant: Mushtaq Khan

Week 4; 12th Feb

Kate Raworth
Oxford 

Doughnut Economics: turning a radical idea into irresistible practice
Discussant: TBC

Please check back for upcoming events. Thank you for your interest.