GTD Colloquium: ‘Between Rootedness and Rootlessness: Liberia, Migration and Dual Citizenship’

Topic: ‘Between Rootedness and Rootlessness: Liberia, Migration and Dual Citizenship’ Participant: Robtel Pailey (University of Oxford) When: Wednesday February 6, 2019, from 15:30-17:00 Where: Spiegelzaal, GG 80-82 (Soiron building) Abstract:Within the last decade alone, large-scale emigration has emboldened approximately half of all African states…

GTD Colloquium: Agriculture as Financial Asset: Global Money and the Making of Institutional Landscapes

Topic: ‘Agriculture as Financial Asset: Global Money and the Making of Institutional Landscapes’ Participant: Stefan Ouma (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) When: Wednesday January 9, 2019, from 15:30-17:00 Where: Spiegelzaal, GG 80-82 (Soiron building) Abstract:Finance has gone farming. Since the financial and food…

GTD Colloquium: ‘Heineken in Africa. A Multinational Unleashed’

Topic: ‘Heineken in Africa. A Multinational Unleashed’ Participant: Olivier van Beemen (University of Cambridge) When: Wednesday Oct 17, 2018, from 15:30-17:00 Where: Grote Gracht 80-82 (0.039) Abstract: Heineken in Africa. A Multinational Unleashed is published in 2018 at Hurst Publishers. It is a critical case study about the…

GTD COLLOQUIUM: Executing and analysing fieldwork

Topic: Executing and analysing fieldwork When: Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 3.30 p.m. Where: Spiegelzaal, GG 80-82 Participants: Daan Hovens, Pomme van de Weerd & Areesha Banglani In 2017, Daan Hovens participated as an ethnographer in the production work of a metal foundry…

GTD Colloquium: ‘Comparing Sending States’ Social Protection Infrastructure for Nationals Abroad: An Analysis of Diaspora Institutions and Consular Services’

Topic: Comparing Sending States’ Social Protection Infrastructure for Nationals Abroad: An Analysis of Diaspora Institutions and Consular Services Participant:  Jean-Michel Lafleur When: Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018, from 15:30-17:00 Where: Attic, GG 80-82 (Soiron building) Abstract: In recent years, there has been a growing interest among migration…

GDT Colloquium: ‘Finding Ways through Eurospace: West African Movers Re-Viewing Europe from the Inside’

Globalization, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium When: Wednesday Nov 21, 2018, from 15:30-17:00 Where: Spiegelzaal, GG 80-82 (Soiron building) Topic: ‘Finding Ways through Eurospace: West African Movers Re-Viewing Europe from the Inside’ Participant: Joris Schapendonk Abstract This presentation is about migrants, but it is not about migration….

18/04/2018 GTD Colloquium by Joost Oorthuizen

Globalization, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium When: April 18, 2018, from 15.30 to 17.00 Where: Spiegelzaal The topic of this lecture is: Working with international business for the SDGs: how well does that work?  Joost Oorthuizen Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)   Abstract IDH convenes companies, CSOs,…

21/02/2018 GTD Colloquium by Mathias Czaika

Seminar “Evaluating migration policy effects and effectiveness” by prof Mathias Czaika in the Globalization Transnationalism and Development Colloquium Date: Wednesday 21 February Time: 15:30 – 17:30 hrs Location: FASoS, Grote Gracht 80-82, first floor, Spiegelzaal Evaluating migration policy effects and…

14/03/2018 GTD Colloquium with Ruben Gonzalez Vicente

When: March 14, 2018, from 15.30 to 17.00 Where: GG76 room 0.16   The topic of this lecture is:  Modernization through a national prism: Legibility, development, and the public good in China’s global vision Ruben Gonzalez Vicente Leiden University Abstract China has become one…

24/01/2018 GTD Colloquium by Dr. Sara Kinsbergen

When: Jan 24, 2018, from 15.30 to 17.00 Where: Spiegelzaal Soiron building – Grote Gracht 80-82, Maastricht University The topic of this lecture is: The Coming of Age of small-scale, voluntary development organisations By Dr. Sara Kinsbergen Radboud University, Nijmegen Abstract Traditionally, as in other donor countries, three aid channels…