The University of Sheffield
Sheffield International Development Network

Events

Below is a list of upcoming events within the Sheffield International Development Network.
Autumn 2010
Seminar 8: The Role of "Aid for Trade" in the Global Politics of Development Dr. Tony Heron
Department of Politics		 18th November
13:00- 14:00
ICOSS Board Room		 All Welcome
Seminar 9: Knowledge, power and transferability in strengthening health systems Graham Jones & Amy Barnes
School of Health and Related Research		 14th December
13:00- 14:00
ICOSS Board Room		 CANCELLED
EVENT: The Age of Scarcity: what do resource constraints on land, water and carbon
mean for development		 Duncan Green
Director of Research
Oxfam		 St George's Church Lecture Theatre
217 Portobello, Sheffield
3rd December, 6.30pm		 Invited speaker
Event coordinated by SIDNET and The Exchange, SUSU. CANCELLED

RESCHEDULED FOR 6:30 on March 7th 2011
EVENT: 2nd SIDNET Postgraduate Conference - The Future of Development Studies Contact:
development-studies@sheffield.ac.uk		 7th March 2011
All day
ICOSS		  
EVENT: Constructing citizens and criminals in 'clean, green Delhi' through the politics of water Dr Emma Mawdsley
Newnham College, Cambridge		 9th March 2011
15:30-17:00
room D9, Geography and Planning Building.		 Joint Town and Regional Planning/SIDNet paper

       
Seminar 1: Embedding poor people's voices in local governance: participation and political empowerment in rural India Dr. Glyn Williams
Town & Regional Planning		 20th October 2009
13:00- 14:00
Jessop West Exhibition Space		 All welcome
Geography seminar: Managing Poverty and Performing Citizenship - Gender, Politics and Power in Kerala's Kudumbasree Programme Dr. Glyn Williams
Department of Town and Regional Planning		 27th October
16:15-17:00
Room B8, Geography Building on Winter Street		  
Geography seminar: Committees, witch doctors and taverns: politics and everyday life in a South African city Dr. Paula Meth
Department of Town and Regional Planning		 10th November
16:15-17:00
Room B8, Geography Building on Winter Street		  
Seminar 2: World Regional Social Policy: a book launch Prof. Bob Deacon
Sociological Studies		 24th November
13:00- 14:00
Jessop West Exhibition Space		 All welcome
Geography seminar: Kibera: Life, Death and Politics in Nairobi’s notorious slum Dr. Dan Vickers
Department of Geography		 1st December
16:15-17:00
Room B8, Geography Building on Winter Street		  
Geography seminar:Angola 2025: the future of the richest poor country in the world as seen through a Chinese rear-view mirror. Dr. Marcus Power
Department of Geography
University of Durham		 8th December
16:15-17:00
Room B8, Geography Building on Winter Street		  
Seminar 3: Neo-developmentalism in Latin America Prof. Jean Grugel and Prof. Paul Mosley
Departments of Politics & Economics		 19th January 2010
13:00- 14:00
Jessop West Exhibition Space		 All Welcome
Seminar 4: Adaptation to climate change and variability in Southern Africa Dr. Chasca Twyman
Department of Geography		 23rd February
13:00- 14:00
Jessop West Exhibition Space		 All Welcome
Seminar 5: Macrofinance from Sheffield to Shanghai Prof. Paul Mosley
Department of Economics		 27th April
13:00- 14:00
ICOSS conference room		 All Welcome
Seminar 6: Facing Up to Children’s Rights? State Policies and Practices for
Children ‘outside' Childhood in Brazil		 Prof. Jean Grugel
Department of Politics		 4th May
13:00- 14:00
ICOSS conference room		 All Welcome
Seminar 7: Deliberation in the face of power: Stakeholder planning in Egypt Dr. Stephen Connelly
Department of Town & Regional Planning		 1st June
13:00- 14:00
ICOSS conference room		 All Welcome