EADI 2017 Globalisation at Crossroads Rethinking Inequalities and Boundaries

NORRAG participated in the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) conference on 20-23 August 2017 in Bergen.

The conference was a joint partnership between EADI, NFU (Norwegian Association of Development Research), the University of Bergen (UiB) and the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI).

The conference was kindly sponsored by the Research Council of Norway, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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NORRAG was represented by Joost Mönks, Executive Director who contributed to the two following panel sessions as speaker:

21st August 11.30am- 1.00pm

In Search of a Revised Definition of Development Studies – The EADI Global Vision Paper (Academic Panel)

Presentation by Isa Baud, President of EADI and Elisabetta Basile, EADI Executive Committee member

Speakers:
Joost Mönks, NORRAG
Edith Phaswana, South African Development Studies Association
Tiina Kontinen, University of Jyvaskyla

Moderator:
Hans Dembowski, Development & Cooperation Journal

21st August 6.00-7.00pm

Postgraduate Programs in Development Studies: How to Stay Relevant in a Fast-Changing World? (Education-Oriented Panel)

Speakers
Dr. Joost Mönks, NORRAG / IAC
Dr. Willem Elbers, AMID, Radboud University

Chair
Dr. Lau Schulpen, CIDIN, Radboud University

Organizers
Dr. Willem Elbers, AMID, Radboud University
Dr. Lau Schulpen, CIDIN, Radboud University

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