Workshops & Plenary Sessions

Plenary 1: Bridging Research and Policy I (N C Saxena and Matthew Taylor)

Plenary 1: Bridging Research and Policy II (Masood Ahmed and Maureen O'Neill)

Papers and summaries from the 21 workshops will be added as they are received and several are already posted to the site. To access these please click on the title of the workshop which will take you to its own page.

To view a selection of photos from the day, go to our Conference photo page

Session 1 : 11 - 12.15

1.1 The Future of EU Development Policy
Coordinator: S. Dearden, Manchester Metropolitan University

1.2 HIV/AIDS: Bridging Research and Policy
Coordinator: Tony Barnett, LSE

1.3 Global Accountability: from research to practice
Coordinator: Monica Blagescu, One World Trust

1.4 Corruption and Development
Coordinator: Ed Brown, Loughborough University

1.5 Promoting Evidence-based Development Policy
Coordinator: John Young, ODI

1.6 Poverty Reduction: Have researchers answered the 'big' policy questions?
Coordinators: Andy Sumner and Meera Tiwari, University of East London

1.7 Institutions and Livelihoods
Coordinator: Anna Toner, University of Bradford

Session 2 : 2 - 3.15

2.1 New models for using radio with other media for development communication: learning from current research
Coordinator: Monica Janowski, University of Greenwich

2.2 Domestic Research and National Poverty Reduction Strategies
Coordinator: D. McNeill, University of Oslo

2.3 Development Financing: Global Policy Agendas
Coordinator: George Mavrotas, Tony Addison and Mark McGillivray, UNU/WIDER

2.4 Commission for Africa
Coordinator: Simon Maxwell, ODI

2.5 Participation: From tyranny to transformation?
Coordinators: Giles Mohan, DPP, The Open University; Dr Sam Hickey, IDPM, University of Manchester

2.6 Bridging Research and Policy on Education and its Enabling Environment
Coordinator: Kenneth King and Rachel Hayman

2.7 Global Sourcing and Corporate Codes of Conduct - Perspectives on opportunities and challenges 
Coordinator: Stephanie Barrientos, Institute of Development Studies

Session 3 : 3.45 - 5

3.1 NGOs in Development: Evidence and the Policy Process
Coordinator: Oliver Bakewell, INTRAC

3.2 The Concept of Development Studies (special session)
Coordinators: Mike Tribe and Andy Sumner

3.3 Rights in Action
Coordinator: Ursula Grant and Laure-Helene Piron, ODI

3.4 Security and Development
Coordinators: Roger MacGinty, University of York & Tim Shaw, ICS, London

3.5 Social Protection for Development: The Way Forward?
Coordinator: Armando Barrientos and Jasmine Gideon, IDPM, University of Manchester

3.6. Temporary worker schemes in the UK: impacts on pro-poor policy
Coordinator: Richard Black, University of Sussex

3.7 Making Trade Policy: From Community Organisation to World Trade Organisation
Coordinator: Becky Buell, OXFAM

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