Programme
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Symposium welcome from Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Pro Vice Chancellor, Research.
Opening presentations from Dr Marta Tufet, Executive Director of UK Collaborative on Development Sciences, and Professor Stuart Taberner, RCUK.
Afternoon plenary sessions
Global Health I: Partnerships and interdisciplinarity in research
Led by Professor Helen Lambert, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Population Health Sciences
Mobility and migration
Led by Professor Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship
Thursday 12 April 2018
Morning plenary sessions
Conflict and development (Part I)
Led by Professor Matthew Brown, Professor in Latin American History
Energy access: Rural issues
Led by Dr Sam Williamson, Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Global health II: Delivering impact
Led by Dr Kristen Reyher, Senior Lecturer in Farm Animal Science
GCRF: Funders' perspectives
Representatives from UK research funders share tips, best practice and news of upcoming funding opportunities.
Afternoon plenary sessions
Conflict and development (Part II)
Led by Professor Matthew Brown, Professor in Latin American History
Poverty
Led by Professor David Gordon, Professorial Research Fellow in Social Justice
Evening
Buffet dinner, including the prizegiving ceremony for the winners of the Jean Golding Institute's global farming data competition, followed by a screening of documentary 'The Destruction of Memory' and panel discussion, hosted by the International Research Development
Friday 13 April 2018
Morning plenary sessions
Food security: 'Living off the land'
Led by Professor Michael Lee, Professor of Sustainable Livestock Systems
Natural hazards
Led by Dr Ryerson Christie, Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies
Closing plenary
Chaired by Professor Tim Cole, Director of the Brigstow Institute.
A screening of the short documentary ‘Quipu: Calls for Justice’, followed by a Q&A with the director, Rosemarie Lerner, and academic consultant, Professor Mathew Brown.
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