Changing Global Development Agenda? Registration is open

9 weeks to go before the 3rd Joint Nordic Conference on Development Research Nordev15, hosted by the School of Global Studies (SGS), takes place in in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Nordev conference is meant to make researchers and practitioners from Scandinavia and beyond discuss emerging issues and how to tackle them together. This year’s theme is ‘A Changing Global Development Agenda?’ As we shift from Millennium (MDG) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) there are questions that both researchers and practitioners could ask themselves. Firstly, what lessons are learned. Secondly, how to translate them into post-2015 agenda. Thirdly, how various stakeholders react to global trends and how these global trends affect local changes.

Nordev2015 aims at answering these questions by creating discussions on, for instance, the following themes:

• Nordic Development Policies
• African Crossroads: the politics of development and conflict
• Re-politicising ‘Gender’ in the Global Development Agenda
• Making Development Sexy, Funny, and Cool? The Challenges of New Public Engagements in North – South Relations
• Education in the Post – 2015 Agenda: Critical perspectives on post – primary provision and development

Nordev is jointly hosted by the the School of Global Studies (SGS ) and the associations for development research in Denmark (FAU), Finland (FSDR) and Norway (NFU). First two conferences took place in Copenhagen in 2011 and Helsinki in 2013. Now SGS opens its doors on 5-6 November for all those involved in development research as well as for students interested in the field. The full program of this year’s conference and description of working groups  are available on the official website. Deadline for registration is 15 September.

Meanwhile, don’t forget to register for Ørecomm’s seminar on social media and democracy that will take place on 14 September. Launched together with the Embassy of Denmark, Indonesia and Roskilde University, Ørecomm will gather international experts and create a transnational discussion with the help of digital technology. Would you like to be a part of our free seminar? Find out more and register here.

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