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Next meeting: 14/10/2011

Next meeting agenda:

DSA Scotland Study Group
(Development Studies Association of the UK and Ireland)

 Mini Conference - Friday 14th October 2011

Centre for Sustainable International Development (CSID)
University of Aberdeen

Preliminary Programme
Room 0.28 MacRobert Building
Travel Advice to follow

10.30 – 11.00
Refreshments and Preliminary Networking

Welcome to Participants – Dr Mozammel Huq (Convenor, DSA Scotland) and Dr Hilary Homans (Centre for Sustainable International Development, University of Aberdeen)
11.00 -  13.00 Chair – tbc
11.00 - 11.25
Mátyás Bódig (University of Aberdeen) – Human Rights based approach to development
11.25 -  11.50 
Nigel Dower (University of Aberdeen) – tbc 
11.50 - 12.15
Francesco Sindico (University of Dundee) – International law of Transboundary Aquifers – tbc
12.15 - 12.40
Lisa Avery (James Hutton Institute) -  The Potential of Small-Scale Biogas Digesters to Improve Livelihoods and Long Term Sustainability of Ecosystem Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
12.40 - 13.00
 Summary and discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Buffet Lunch and Networking with a few words by Michael Tribe on DSA Scotland
14.00 - 16.00
 Chair – tbc
14.00 - 14.25
 Mark Reed (University of Aberdeen) – Integrating local and scientific knowledge to monitor land degradation in drylands
14.25 - 14.50
 Natascha Mueller-Hirth (University of Aberdeen) – tbc
14.50 - 15.50
 Presentations and discussion based on presentations by doctoral research students (Muhammad Tariq Majeed (University of Glasgow) – International development economics,  Peter Oniemola (University of Aberdeen) – tbc) and Masters students
(Oluwabunmi Elizabeth Agoro, Joy Onubi (both University of Aberdeen) – details to be confirmed
15.50 - 16.15  
Discussion and vote of thanks by Dr Mozammel Huq (University of Strathclyde)
16.15 - 16.30
 Tea/Coffee, Networking, Depart

Please pass this announcement on to other people who you think might be interested either in this meeting or in future meetings

The organising group for the meeting consists of the following:

Dr Hilary Homans
Centre for Sustainable International Development
University of Aberdeen
(hilary.homans@abdn.ac.uk)

Dr Mozammel Huq                        Dr Michael Tribe
Department of Economics              Department of Economics
University of Strathclyde               University of Strathclyde
(m.m.huq@strath.ac.uk)               (michael.tribe@strath.ac.uk)


 



Previous meeting:

DSA Scotland Mini ConferenceDSA Scotland Mini Conference

Friday 20th May 2011
Economic Studies, School of Business
University of Dundee
10.30 am to 5.00 pm

Venue: Room 2.20, Carnelley Building
(No. 5 on campus map)
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN

VIEW THE CONFERENCE REPORT

 

Organising Committee

Programme

10.30 – 11.00 am 

Refreshments and Preliminary Networking

Welcome to Participants – Dr Mozammel Huq (Convenor, DSA Scotland) and Dr Sushil Mohan (Department of Economics, University of Dundee)


11.00 am to 1.00 pm  


Chair – Professor John Struthers (University of the West of Scotland)   


11.00 to 11.40 am 


11.40 am to 12.20 pm 


12.20 to 1.00 pm   


2.00 to 4.00 pm   

Chair – Dr Alberto Paloni (University of Glasgow) – to be confirmed

Sushil Mohan (University of Dundee) – Tariff Escalation in Tropical Beverage Products: Implications for Adding Value in Producing Countries – paper will be available before 20th May


2.40 pm to 4.00 pm 

Presentations by doctoral research students:

Vote of thanks by Dr Mozammel Huq (University of Strathclyde)

Scotland in International Development

DSA Scotland Mini Conference

Friday 14th May 2010
University of Glasgow

The meeting consisted of three parts:

  • a guest speaker – Sam Hickey from the University of Manchester** – on the ‘Rights Approach to International Development, NGOs and Poverty Reduction” – (note that Nick Roseveare, who had originally agreed to speak at the meeting, had to withdraw due to pressing engagements)
  • a discussion around Scotland’s Role in International Development following up the discussions at the March 2009 meeting of DSA Scotland
  • presentations based on recent development research

Papers from our 2009 meeting are still available from the DSA Scotland page in the DSA (Development Studies Association of the UK and Ireland) website (www.devstud.org.uk) – Study Groups section. Details for the May 2010 meeting will appear in the same location, and will be updated as and when additional information becomes available.

Participation in the meeting will include people from the university sector (staff and postgraduate students), from the NGO sector, from the Scottish Government and Parliament and from the Department for International Development.

Programme


10.00 – 10.30 am

Coffee and Preliminary Networking

Welcome to Participants – Dr Mozammel Huq (Convenor, DSA Scotland) and Dr Alberto Paloni (Department of Economics and Centre for Development Studies, University of Glasgow)

10.30 to about 11.30 am

Chair – Dr Michael Tribe, Honorary Secretary, Development Studies Association

Talk by Dr Sam Hickey, IDPM (Institute for Development Policy and Management) University of Manchester and Chronic Poverty Research Centre on Rights-based approaches to development, NGOs and Poverty Reduction followed by discussion

11.30 am – 1.00 pm 

Chair – Professor John Struthers, University of the West of Scotland

Scotland in International Development – follow-up to the discussion at the DSA Scotland meeting in March 2009

It is anticipated that the panel leading this discussion will include Mary Craig (Chief Executive, Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland); representatives from SCAID (Scottish Universities), NIDOS (Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland), and from the Scottish civil service.

2.00 – 4.00 pm 

Chair – Dr Alberto Paloni, University of Glasgow

Presentation and discussion of Research Papers on international development – anticipated to include:

  • Sacha Rawlence (University of Edinburgh) – “Integrating transaction cost and institutional theories in an emerging market context: the case of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, SW China”
  • Maurizio Carbone, University of Glasgow – “Does coordination enhance aid effectiveness? Rhetorical action and European donors in sub-Saharan Africa.”
  • Krishen Rana, University of Stirling – “Contribution of Scottish government initiatives to aquatic resource and aquaculture development in Malawi”
  • Anthony Clunies Ross (University of Strathclyde) – “Two approaches to costing a world social-safety-net”

** Sam Hickey is a Senior Lecturer in IDPM in the University of Manchester and is a member of  the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (linked to an international research consortium funded by the UK DFID). He has two recently published jointly edited books on issues directly relevant to his presentation, and further details about his recent activities may be found on the University of Manchester website: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/staff/hickey_sam.htm

The organising group for the meeting consisted of the following:

  • Dr Mozammel Huq, Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde – m.m.huq@strath.ac.uk
  • Dr Alberto Paloni, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow – a.paloni@lbss.gla.ac.uk
  • Professor John Struthers, UWS Business School, University of the West of Scotland – john.struthers@uws.ac.uk
  • Dr Girma Zawdie, David Livingstone Institute, University of Strathclyde – g.zawdie@strath.ac.uk
  • Dr Michael Tribe, Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde, and Development Studies Association – michael.tribe@strath.ac.uk


Convenor
Mozammel Huq
m.m.huq@strath.ac.uk
0141 552 4400