2014-2015 Discussion Series
New Spaces for International Engagement
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Find all reports, video interviews and media coverage on the lectures in this series below.
The SID monthly discussion series at the ISS welcomes anyone interested in discussing matters related to international cooperation and current global affairs. Students, representatives of (international) organisations, NGOs and representatives of the government come to listen to national and international speakers share their expertise in relation to international development and cooperation. After a round of questions and eventful debate, visitors are welcome to close the evening off with a refreshment and continue the discussions with the guest speaker on urgent matters in relation to finding new ways of engagement, and cooperation in our interconnected world.
Read more about the theme ‘New Spaces for International Engagement’ of our Discussion Series here
Listen and join our monthly heated discussions with intriguing speakers and relevant topics.
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Logistics:
Location | ISS, Aula, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague |
Time | 16:00 – 17:45 (doors open at 15:30) 18:00 Drinks |
Admission | €7,50 including a free consumption Free for members and students |
Register at | registration@sidnl.org |
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23 September 2014 | Ben Ramalingam | Output: |
Research Associate at ODI & Author of ‘Aid on the Edge of Chaos’ Lecture: Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World Further organised by SID NL
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21 October 2014 | Siemon Wezeman | Output: |
Senior Researcher Arms Transfers and Arms Production Programme at SIPRI Lecture: Weapons make the World go Round? Further organised by SID NL
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25 November 2014 | Dr. Shirin Ebadi | Output: |
Renowned human rights activist, former judge and the first Iranian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize of 2003 Lecture: No women, No peace! Further organised by SID NL
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9 December 2014 | Sir Richard Jolly | Output: |
Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Social Studies and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) & former Deputy Director of UNICEF Lecture: Time for a radical change, rethinking the Post-2015 MDGs Further organised by SID NL
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12 February 2015 | Carlos Lopes |
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Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Lecture: Emerging Africa: The middle class and development challenges’
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17 March 2015 | Sanja Kelly |
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Project Director of Freedom on the Net Lecture: Internet, the last bastion of unlimited freedom?
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7 April 2015 |Alan Fowler |
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Professor at the Institute of Social Studies Lecture: Effective development, a matter of finding the right interlocutor?
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28 April 2015 | Stephany Griffith – Jones |
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Financial Markets Director at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University Lecture: A Financial System that Serves the Real Economy – The Role of Development Banks
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12 May 2015 | Udan Fernando |
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Executive Director, Center for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Sri Lanka Lecture: New Spaces for Civic Enagement in Politics. From Arab Spring to a Sri Lankan Monsoon
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2 June 2015 | Yash Tandon |
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Author of the book ‘Trade is War’ and Honorary Professor at Warwick and London Middlesex University Lecture: The West’s War Against the World
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