Re-negotiating patriarchy in a challenging environment: Stories of change from Bangladesh
How do individuals and communities challenge deeply entrenched systems of patriarchy? What does it take to spark meaningful change insocieties where gender roles are tightly prescribed? These are the pressing questions at the heart of the upcoming talk with Professor Emerita Naila Kabeer from the Department of International Development and International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics. Drawing from her extensive research and fieldwork in Bangladesh, Dr. Kabeer will share stories of resilience, empowerment, and transformation in the face of structural barriers.
Speaker: Dr. Naila Kabeer
Date: 12th February 2025
Time: 12 - 1 PM
Venue: F301, Newman Building
Selecting the ‘Best’? Competing Dimensions of Politician Quality in the Developing World
What makes a politician truly effective? Is it their ability to follow through on promises, their vision for the future, or their knack for managing competing demands? Political leadership is all about making tough choices and earning public trust, but that's no simple answer to what makes someone the “best”-or is it? Join Dr Vegard Iversen, Head of the Department of Livelihoods & Institutions at the University of Greenwich, as he explains what truly shapes effective political leadership.
Speaker: Dr Vegard Iversen
Date: 22nd January 2025
Time: 12 - 1 PM
Venue: F301, Newman Building
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India - Ireland Relations
Speaker: H.E. Mr. Akhilesh Mishra
Date: 14th November, 2024
Time: 11 AM
Venue: F301, Newman Building
Advancing SDG2- Agricultural Commercialisation, nutritional status, and food security of smallholder cassava farming households in Southwestern Nigeria
Speaker: Dr. Olutosin Otekunrin
Date: 14th May, 2024
Time: 2.00 PM
Venue: SPIRe Boardroom, F301, Newman Building
Entrepreneurial Alliances at the Edges: How Collective Credit Dynamics in Microcredit Groups Empower Marginalised Women
Speaker: Supriya Garikipati, Full Professor in Sustainable Development, University College Dublin
Date: April 19, 2024
Time: 10AM-12PM
Venue: University of Bradford
UCDVO: Quality and Impact in International Volunteering
Speaker: Hilary Minch, Manager at UCD Volunteers Overseas
Date: 27th March 2024
Time: 11:00 AM
Venue: G103 ART, Newman Building
Sustainable Development Goals
Speakers: Dr. Tara Bedi, Dr. Marta Talevi, Prof. Patrick Paul Walsh
Date: 28th February, 2024
Time: 2.00 PM
Venue: Lecture Hall Q, Newman Building