General Theme

The global crisis takes place against the background of substantial shifts in the modern world including the emergence of new key players in the international arena, such as India, China, Brazil and Indonesia. More than ever the development of global flows of capital and trade determine the wealth and well-being of the poor as well as the rich. The crisis points out many new and challenging interdependencies that go well beyond the domain of economics. It changes the quantity and quality of aid relations, it creates political conflict (amongst others about burden sharing and external effects of national policies), it generates new sets of priorities (both in the developed and the developing world), it threatens food security and it illuminates the need for global governance frameworks. From an era in which laissez-faire capitalism seemed to have gained dominance, now the role of the state as a leading actor in fostering and guaranteeing economic growth and well-being emerges as a new paradigm. Many effects of the crisis will not be observable through usual statistical sources and actually many will not be easy to measure. An interdisciplinary approach that combines quantitative and qualitative research is thus warranted.

Against this background the theme of the CERES Summer School and Annual Meeting 2010 ‘Global Governance, The Crisis and Development’ is timely and offers a good basis for an interdisciplinary approach. The CERES network focuses on asymmetric relations and recognizes inequality, instability, and insecurity as basic conditions created by global transformations. Its research agenda focuses on analyzing and exposing these conditions not only to excel in academia, but also with an eye on influencing global, national policy agendas. CERES therefore seeks not only to foster scientific discussion, but also to promote dialogue with policy makers, practitioners and civil society.

The CERES Summer School/annual meeting offers

• insights in current research issues related to development
• a professional platform of policy makers and development practitioners.
• a network event for young and innovative researchers on development themes

Keynote speeches

Duncan Green gave the keynote speech entitled 'Shocks, Poverty and Resiliance - the impact of the global economic crisis in poor countries'.

Duncan Green is Head of Research at Oxfam GB and author of From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World (Oxfam International, June 2008). His daily development blog can be found on http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/.

Keynote speech by Alejandro Portes - Migration and Development: How can Opposite Views be Reconciled?

Organizing Committee

Peter van Bergeijk, Bram Buscher and Frances Morris
Contact: ceressummerschool@remove-this.iss.nl