"Trends and Prospects in Development"

Trends and Prospects in Development

A Conference organized by the Institute for the Study of International Development

Thomson House Ballroom

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30 March 2023

Opening Remarks

3:15pm

 

Roundtable – Trends and Prospects in Development

3:30pm-5:00pm

• Bart Edes, Professor of Practice, ISID, McGill University
• Christian Novak, Professor of Practice, McGill University
• Neil Buhne, Professor of Practice, ISID, McGill University
• Timothy Hodges, Professor of Practice, ISID, McGill University
• Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, Professor of Practice, ISID, McGill University
• Chair: Professor Mehri Ghazanjani, Course Lecturer, ISID, McGill University

 

Reception to Follow

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31 March 2023

 

Breakfast

8:30am-9:00am

 

Panel 1 – Migration and Displacement

9:00am-10:30am

 

• “The Afterlives of Refugeehood: Transgender Refugees, the Politics of Refusal, and the Sex Worker Movement of 1970-1990 in Kolkata, India”. Sarah Nandi, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, McGill University
• “Paradox of ‘Alternatives’? Illiberal Effects of ‘Alternatives to Immigration Detention’ in Japan”. Kazue Takamura, Senior Faculty Lecturer, ISID, McGill University
• “Through the Localization Looking Glass: Seeing Subaltern Power in the Refugee Regime”. Merve Erdilmen, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, McGill University; Megan Bradley, Associate Professor, ISID and Department of Political Science, McGill University; James Milner, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University
• Chair and Discussant: Luna Vives, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Université de Montréal

 

Coffee Break

10:30am-10:45am

 

Panel 2 – Politics and Development

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

• “Small Parties, Big Organization: Islamic Political Parties and Mobilization in Pakistan (1947-2023)”. Bilal Shakir, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, McGill University
• “Pro-Abortion and Anti-Gender-based Violence Movements in Argentina: The Politics of Feminist Coalition-Building”. Rose Chabot, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, McGill University
• Chair and Discussant: Professor Erik Kuhonta, Director, ISID

 

LUNCH

 

12:15pm-1:30pm

 

Panel 3 – Forms of Presence: Living Archives of Palestinian Displacement

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

• Diana Allan, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and ISID; Cynthia Kraichati, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology; Ariane Lorrain, M.A. Candidate, Department of Anthropology
• “Decolonising Humanitarian Action: An Applied Approach”. Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, ISID Professor of Practice, McGill University
• Chair and Discussant: Malek Abisaab, Associate Professor, Department of History

 

Coffee Break

3:00pm-3:15pm

 

Panel 4 – Economy, Land, and Development

3:15pm-5:00pm

 

• “Collaborative Learning between Impact Investors and Small and Medium Enterprises: Sustainability-Driven Knowledge Creation in Global Value Chains”. Tommaso Ferretti, Assistant Professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa; Paola Perez-Aleman, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
• “Sending Money Home: The Mixed Impact of Remittances on Development and How Policy can Empower Remittance-Receivers”. Charlotte Mines, DSO M.A. Student, Department of Political Science, McGill University
• “Mapping Changing Access to Land and Water in Deforestation Frontiers of the Gran Chaco”. Olivia del Giorgio, Ph.D. Student, Department of Geography, McGill University; Patrice Matthews, M.Sc. Student, Department of Geography, McGill University; Yann le Polain de Waroux, Assistant Professor, ISID and Department of Geography, McGill University
• “Norm Shifting Interventions and Beliefs about Gender Norms: a Behavioral Study in Paraguay”. Sonia Laszlo, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, McGill University; Carolina de Miranda, Fundación Capital; Franque Grimard, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, McGill University; Tania Insfrán, Independent Researcher; Thomas Kokossou, Department of Economics, McGill University; Laura Mor’inigo, Fundación Capital; Jim Warnick, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, McGill Uinversity
• Chair and Discussant: Juan Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University

 

Reception to Follow