Annual conference: 2012 DSA Annual Conference
November 2012
Institute of Education, London
the 2012 one day conference built on the last three DSA conferences (2009: Current Crises and New Opportunities; 2010: Values and Ethics; 2011: Rethinking Development in an Age of Scarcity & Uncertainty) plus the New Ideas Initiative launched in January 2012. We were also delighted to have as our Keynote Speaker, Ha-Joon Chang from the University of Cambridge, who opened the conference.
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Keynote Address
Professor Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge
Chair: Dr Charles Gore, DSA Council
| Parallel Sessions I - 11.00-12.30 | |||
| Panel Abstract | Presentations | Workstream | Convenor |
| PANEL 1: How Change Happens – reflections from theory and Oxfam practice |
Duncan Green, Oxfam Theories of change in developmental practice Dr Jean Boulton, Claremont Management Consultants Ltd Complexity and change in INGO theory and practice - the case of northern Kenya Carron Basu Ray, Oxfam Programme reflections: what use are theories of change in a child and youth health and education programme? |
1. Understanding Change and Impact | Duncan Green (Oxfam) |
| PANEL 2: Reviving the Debate: Capital Controls as Development Policy Instrument? |
Pablo Aguirre Carmona, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales, Spain Capital controls in Iceland. Does anybody know what is going to happen? Giovanni Cozzi, SOAS Macroeconomic and institutional effects of capital controls: revisiting the Malaysian experience Sacha Dierckx, University of Ghent, Belgium Towards postneoliberalism? The potential role of capital controls Oddný Helgadóttir, Brown University Pandora’s Box of Tricks: The IMF and the Move Towards Capital Controls in Iceland |
2. Crises and Responses | Annina Kaltenbruner, University of Leeds; Daniela Gabor, University of the West of England; Juan Pablo Painceira, Central Bank of Brazil |
| PANEL 3: Effective States and Inclusive Development |
Giles Mohan, Open University China in Africa and prospects for accountable development Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester Delivering effective social assistance: Does politics matter? Kunal Sen, University of Manchester The Political Dynamics of Economic Growth |
3. Effective States, Institutions and Governance |
Sam Hickey and Kunal Sen, University of Manchester |
| PANEL 4: Beyond Aid: Making Globalization Work for the Poor |
Owen Barder, Center for Global Development in Europe Assessing Europe’s Commitment to Development Alan Gelb, Center for Global Development Oil to Cash and Biometrics: Tools for Avoiding the Resource Curse in Uganda Kimberly Elliot, Center for Global Development Fair Trade Certification: What are Consumer and Producers Buying? |
4. New Forms of Development Partnership | Owen Barder, Center for Global Development in Europe |
| PANEL 5: Responses to violence: citizenship, resilience and resistance |
Zoë Marriage, SOAS Responses to violence: protect, engage, escape! Claudia Seymour, SOAS ‘That's just how it is’: submission and victimhood in coping with violence Francy Carranza, SOAS Demobilization, Disarmament & Reintegration (DDR) Process In Colombia 2002-2010: Building Citizenship, Building Security |
5. Security and Development | Zoë Marriage, SOAS |
| PANEL 6: The Millennium Development Goals: Social Engineering and Resistant Practices |
Suzan Ilcan, University of Waterloo, Canada MDGs, Partnerships and Calculative Practices in Namibia Maia Green, University of Manchester Assets, Enterprise and Economic Change: Realizing Poverty Reduction in Tanzania Japhy Wilson, University of Manchester The Millennium Development Goals and the Colonization of Everyday Life Clive Gabay, Queen Mary University London The Millennium Development Goals and Socio-Cultural-Spatial Engineering |
6. Global Poverty Issues | Clive Gabay, Queen Mary University London |
| PANEL 7: Re-thinking Co-operatives |
Sara Vicari, Co-operative College The co-operative as institution for human development: the case study of Coppalj, a primary co-operative in Brazil Sally Hartley, Open University Rethinking the role of co-operatives for youth engagement: case studies of Lesotho and Uganda Rowshan Hannan, University of Leeds The co-operative institutional form and good governance: the elephant in the room with rural poverty reduction |
7. Social Development through the Organisation of Production | Hazel Johnson, Open University; Linda Shaw, Co-operative College |
| PANEL 8: Happiness and Wellbeing: Going to Scale. Integrating Qualitative Methods in Wellbeing and Happiness Assessment |
Emer Brangan, University of Bath Using qualitative methods to challenge public health policy discourse: Physical activity, inactivity, and their relationship with wellbeing in a South African township Sarah White, University of Bath Putting the Quality into ‘Quality of Life’: the Contribution of Qualitative Methods to Assessing Wellbeing in Zambia and India Gabby Davies, University of Bath Picture this: visual explorations of wellbeing in a landmine contaminated landscape |
8. Wellbeing and Lifecourse Research |
Sarah White (University of Bath), Neil Thin (University of Edinburgh) |
| PANEL 9: New Research on Africa |
Simon Hartmann, Austrian Research Foundation for International Development, Vienna Political Economy of Development Crises. How History Matters in the Congo Tom Lavers, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath Food security and social protection in highland Ethiopia: Exploring the links between land and the Productive Safety Net Programme Bornwell Chikulo, North West University, South Africa Climate change, poverty and human security in South Africa Bobbie MacDonald, LSE: China’s impact on governance reform in Angola: Empirical evidence for an optimistic outlook |
9. Africa | DSA Africa |
| Parallel Sessions II - 13.45-15.15pm | |||
| PANEL 11: Appreciative Inquiry’ and Participatory Governance: Exploring appreciative approaches to research, practice and pedagogy in international development |
Richard Nunes & Angelique Chettiparambil, University of Reading The Potential of Appreciative Inquiry in Pedagogy. Melanie Lombard, University of Manchester Bridget Durning, Oxford Brookes University |
1. Understanding Change and Impact | Richard Nunes, University of Reading |
| PANEL 12: Eurozone crisis and Developing Countries: Macro-Finance Impacts and Policy Responses |
Isabella Massa, Overseas Development Institute Shock-watch Bulletin: Monitoring the impact of the euro zone crisis, China/India slow-down, and energy price shocks on lower-income countries Vinaye dey Ancharaz, African Development Bank The impact of the US credit rating downgrade and European debt crisis on Africa |
2. Crises and Responses | ISabella Massa, Overseas Development Institute |
| PANEL 13: The Accountability, Legitimacy and Credibility of International Development NGOs |
Angela Crack, University of Portsmouth Reversing the Telescope: Evaluating NGO Peer-Regulation Initiatives Celestine Krösschell, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Blurred lines between downward and public accountability Sean Conlin, Development and Evaluation Consultant Accountability and Credibility: the Luxembourg Government’s Framework Contracts with development NGOs Erla Thrandardottir, University of Manchester A Beethamite framework for NGOs |
3. Effective States, Institutions and Governance | Rachel Hayman, INTRAC |
| PANEL 14: The Rising Powers and Development: Relationships, Approaches and Impacts |
Alex Shankland and Lizbeth Navas-Alemán with Jennifer Constantine New paradigms and old practices: unpacking the paradox of the BRICS as development actors Giles Mohan Moving beyond 'China-in-Africa': new players, un-recognised agents, and evolving politics Balazs Szent-Ivanyi Premature donors? The new EU member states and development assistance Emma Mawdsley Goodbye aid effectiveness, hello development effectiveness? Paradigm shift in global development norms and governance |
4. New Forms of Development Partnership | Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge), Giles Mohan (Open University), Alex Shankland (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex) |
| PANEL 16: Multi-dimensional Poverty |
Sabine Alkire, OPHI; José Manuel Roche, OPHI; Andy Sumner, Kings College London Where do the world’s multi-dimensional poor live?: An update on the distribution of global multidimensional poverty and global severe multidimensional poverty José Manuel Roche, OPHI Monitoring progress in child poverty reduction: methodological guideline and illustration to Bangladesh Sabina Alkire (OPHI) and Suman Seth (OPHI) Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India Between 1999 and 2006: Where and How? |
6. Global Poverty Issues | José Manuel Roche, OPHI, University of Oxford |
| PANEL 17: Towards more responsible development? The evolving role of private corporations in social change |
Peter Knorringa, Erasmus University, The Netherlands Creating Social Legitimacy through Private Governance? Peter Edward, Newcastle University Business School Business as a political actor in an era of emergent social transformation |
7. Social Development through the Organisation of Production | Peter Edward, Newcastle University Business School; Anne Tallontire, SRI, University of Leeds |
| PANEL 18: Life course, wellbeing and development |
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, University of East Anglia Epidemiological and sociological models of life course research, and their relevance for development studies Louise Hampton, University of East Anglia “Just because I'm a mum doesn't mean I'm going to be a complete bum”: re-presenting teenage mums in the UK through life course analysis. Laura Camfield, University of East Anglia Chronic poverty in rural Ethiopia through the lens of life histories Catherine Locke, University of East Anglia Family life course transitions, social reproduction across the generations, and migration: conceptual approaches |
8. Wellbeing and Lifecourse Research |
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock & Laura Camfield, University of East Anglia |
| PANEL 19: 'What Constitutes Effective Research Capacity Building? - lessons emerging from a national-level initiative involving Irish HEIs |
View combined presentation: Dr. Ogenna Uduma, Trinity College Dublin North-South experiences of Doctoral Training for Development in Africa Mr. Peter McEvoy, Dublin City University North-South collaboration for development-focused research capacity: the Irish-African Partnership for Research Capacity Building (IAP) Dr. Suzanne Linnane, Dundalk Institute of Technology ‘Water is Life: Amazzi Bulamu’ multi-disciplinary collaborative project |
9. Africa | Dr Ogenna Uduma, Dr. Martina Hennessy, TCD, Dr Arleen Folan DKIT, and Prof. Ronnie Munck, DCU |
| PANEL 20: Using open data to define resources to end poverty |
N/A | 11. Live debates and workshops |
Georgina Brereton, Development Initiatives |
| Parallel Sessions III - 15.45-17.15pm | |||
| PANEL 21: Social Science Research and Development Impact |
Gina Porter, University of Durham; Albert Abane, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Children, transport and mobility in sub-Saharan Africa: developing a child-centred evidence base to improve policy and change thinking across Africa Pham Thai Hung, Ethnic Minority Underdevelopment in Vietnam Diana Mitlin, University of Manchester Social Movements and Poverty Elsbeth Robson, University of Malawi, Malawi Averting 'New Variant Famine' in Southern Africa: building food-secure livelihoods with AIDS-affected young people |
1. Understanding Change and Impact | James Smith, University of Edinburgh |
| PANEL 22: Farming at the Crossroads: join the Guardian's Global development site for a live debate |
John Vidal, Guardian Environment Editor | 11. Live debates and workshops | Claire Provost, the Guardian |
| PANEL 23: New Development Modalities: Institutions, Effectiveness and Accountability |
Brendan Howe, Ewha Womans University,South Korea Human Rights, Development and Good Governance Eun Mee Kim, Ewha Womans University, South Korea Beyond Busan: From Aid to Development Effectiveness and South Korea’s Challenges as an Emerging Donor Biya Han, UNCERF Evolution of China’s Humanitarian Assistance: From the Darfur Crisis to South Sudan |
3. Effective States, Institutions and Governance |
Brendan Howe, Ehwa Womans University |
| PANEL 24: Case Studies of New Development Partnership |
Sophie Brière, University of Laval, Canada International development through entrepreneurship: issues and challenges of a Canada NGO in south Africa Lauren Roussel, IDRC, Canada The Changing Donor Landscape in Nicaragua: The Impact of Emerging Donors on Development Cooperation Relationships and Practices |
4. New Forms of Development Partnership | DSA |
| PANEL 25: Militaries and Development |
Uma Kothari, University of Manchester Militaries as New Development Actors Nina Laurie, University of Newcastle Translating cultures: ex- military actors in development Matt Baillie Smith, University of Newcastle: Doing Development in the military: recruitment, education and development knowledges Rachel Woodward and K. Neil Jenkings, University of Newcastle British soldiers in Afghanistan: reflections on their roles as development actors |
5. Security and Development | Uma Kothari, University of Manchester |
| PANEL 26: Poverty dynamics and social mobility: new insights and understandings |
Heather Xiaoquan Zhang, University of Leeds Poverty Dynamics and the Linkages to Labour Market and Welfare Reforms in Urban China Solava Ibrahim, University of Manchester What the Poor value? A comparative analysis of Wellbeing perceptions and Aspirations in Egypt and the UK Meera Tiwari and Susannah Pickering-Saqqa, University of East London Understanding deprivation: a northern perspective using case studies in East and South London Discussant: Paul Dornan, QEH, University of Oxford |
6. Global Poverty Issues | Keetie Roelen, IDS, Sussex |
| PANEL 27: Capturing the Gains: Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains |
Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester, UK, Peter Knorringa, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, John Pickles, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina ‘Multiples and Standards: challenges for social upgrading in emerging economies’ Lone Riisgaard, Peter Gibbon, Danish Institute of International Studies A new convention of labour management in Kenyan cut flowers? |
7. Social Development through the Organisation of Production | Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester |
| PANEL 28: Gender, migration and the life course |
Jasmine Gideon, Birkbeck College Preliminary reflections towards an analytical framework Catherine Locke , Nguyen Thi Thanh Tam, and Nguyen Thi Nga Hoa Trying to ‘Make Money’, ‘Lead a Good Life’ and ‘Keep the Family Together’: Low-Income Migrant Men as Husbands and Fathers in Vietnam Kavita Datta Gendered Philanthropy: The Role of Life Course in Shaping Somali Migrant Women and Men’s Caring Across Space |
8. Wellbeing and Lifecourse Research | Katie Wright, University of East London; Jasmine Gideon, Birkbeck College London |
| PANEL 29: Environment, Development and Justice |
Vasudha Chhotray, University of East Anglia Justice at sea: Marine conservation and fishers' politics in coastal Odisha, India Subir Sinha, SOAS 'Rights', 'Justice' and the Politics of Excess in Indian Environmentalism: Reflections on the Struggles over Forests in India Caroline Upton, University of Leicester The new politics of pastoralism: identity, justice and global activism |
10. Environment, Development and Justice | Thomas Sikor, University of East Anglia |
| PANEL 30: Report on Proceedings from joint DSA / EADI Conference 2011 |
Discussants: Jürgen Wiemann, EADI Isa Baud, University of Amsterdam & President, EADI Geof Wood, University of Bath & President, DSA |
11. Live debates and workshops | Jürgen Wiemann, EADI |
The workstreams are as follows:
1. Understanding Change and Impact
2. Crises and Responses
3. Effective States, Institutions and Governance
4. New Forms of Development Partnership
5. Security and Development
6. Global Poverty Issues
7. Social Development through organisation of production
8. Wellbeing and Lifecourse Research
9. Africa
10. Environment, Development and Justice
11. Live debates and workshops