18 Jan

16-17.30

Raul Caruso, Institute of Economic Policy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano

• Towards an economic interpretation of terrorism, Al Qaeda and Jihadist terrorism in the light of contest theory
• mp3 Recording of Caruso Seminar (26.94 MB)
• Caruso powerpoint presentation (227.50 kB)

20 Jan

12-13.30

Sukhadeo K Thorat, Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Managing/Permanent Trustee of the Institute for Dalit Studies and Chairman of the University Grants Commission of India

• Overcoming Social Exclusion through Inclusive Policies to Reduce Poverty and Hunger

- Special Development Research Seminar

25 Jan

12-13.30

David Korten, Author, Lecture, Engaged Citizen

• Agenda for a New Economy: from Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth

- Special Development Research Seminar

25 Jan

16-17.30

Annette Pelkmans, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Economic Growth, structural transformation and the low-value specialisation trap: developing country trade dilemmas in a globalizing world
• MP3 recording of Pelkmans seminar (27.54 MB)

1 Feb

16-17.30

Howard Stein, University of Michigan & University of Leiden

• The World Bank and Institutional Development: Critical Reflections?
• Paper by Howard Stein (98.97 kB)

8 Feb

16.15-17.45

Terry Munyard, Barrister of Garden Court Chambers and Legal Counsel for the Defence in the Special Court for Sierra Leone

• Are these International courts, courts of Justice?
• MP3 recording of Munyard seminar (last 30 min missing due to technical difficulties) (28.10 MB)

15 Feb

16.15-17.45

Nico Schrijver, Professor of International Law, University of Leiden

• The Dutch Committee of Inquiry on the War in Iraq
• Summary of the Committee
• Conclusions of the Committee

mp3 of Schrijver seminar (starts after a few seconds) (31.66 MB)

22 Feb

16.15-17.45

Jeff Handmaker, International Institute of Social Studies

• Civic Actors and State accountability in Refugees Protection
• Mp3 of Handmaker seminar (29.42 MB)
• Background paper for DR Seminar (94.50 kB)

8 Mar

16.15-17.45

Cormac O Grada, Professor of Economics, University College Dublin

• Revisiting the Great Bengal Famine of 1943-44
• Concept paper (check with author before citing or duplication)
• OGrada Seminar Part 1 (21.63 MB)
• OGrada Seminar Part 2 (5.82 MB)

22 Mar

16.15-17.45

Karin Astrid Siegmann, International Institute of Social Studies

• Strengthening whom? The role of international migration for women and men in Northwest Pakistan
• Paper
• Powerpoint Presentation
• Mp3 Siegmann seminar (29.84 MB)

29 Mar

16.15-17.45

Alex MacGillivray, Head of Programmes, AccountAbility

• Country Climate Competitiveness: building capabilities for low carbon development
• Mp3 of MacGillivray seminar (6.55 MB)

12 April

16.15-17.45

John Weeks, Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

• Countercyclical Macro Policy for Low Income Countries in Africa
• Mp3 Weeks Seminar
• Paper by John Weeks

19 Apr

16.15-17.45

Rizwanul Islam, Former Special Adviser to the International Labour Organization

• Job destroying downturn, jobless recovery and the employment challenge in developing countries

3 May

16.15-17.45

Dennis Broeders, Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy

• Irregular Migration and the Digitalisation of Europe's Borders
• MP3 Broeders Seminar (27.04 MB)
• Read Broeders' recently-published book on this topic, which expands on the following: 2007 Article in International Sociology (177.12 kB)

7 May

16.15-17.45

Des Gasper, International Institute of Social Studies and Bernice Roldan, Researcher with the Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers, Amsterdam

• Analysing Discourses on Managing Migration: The Global Forum on Migration & Development and the 2008 World Migration Report
• ISS Working Paper 497
• ISS Working Paper 498
• MP3 Gasper and Roldan Seminar (29.32 MB)

10 May

16.15-17.45

Jing Gu, China and Development Policy, Institute for Development Studies, Sussex University

• What does China's Rise mean for African and International Development?
• MP3 Jing Gu seminar (28.11 MB)

17 May

16.15-17.45

Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California at Santa Barbara

• The great perplexity: Global rebalancing
• MP3 Pieterse Seminar (27.04 MB)

31 May

16.15-17.45

José António Pereirinha, Technical University of Lisbon

• Welfare gaps and the reform of the welfare system in Portugal
• Mp3 Pereirinha seminar (30.13 MB)

7 June

16.15-17.45

Dan Brockington, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester

• Celebrity and the environment
• Mp3 Brockington seminar (27.34 MB)
• SSRN Paper (221.69 kB)

14 June

16.15-17.45

Alice Sindzingre, CNRS, University of Paris and Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

• Is the poverty trap a relevant concept? Sub-Saharan African countries’ growth trajectories and their constraints
• Mp3 Sindzingre seminar (29.26 MB)
• Sindzingre paper (187.93 kB)
• Powerpoint presentation - Sindzingre seminar (1.58 MB)

27 Sept

16.15-17.45

Sarah Cook, director of UNRISD

Rolph van der Hoeven, Professor of Employment and Development Economics at ISS

• Combating Poverty and Inequality
• Read the full UNRISD poverty report by clicking on the link below.
  http://www.unrisd.org/publications/povertyreport

8 Oct

16.15-17.45

Chris de Wet, Professor of Anthropology, Rhodes University, South Africa

• The State, Involuntary Resettlement and Unintended Agency: Some Reflections from Southern Africa
• Summary of De Wet's presentation
• Background paper by De Wet