Event Archive for January 2026

Seminar - Details to Follow

Wed, 2026-05-13 12:30 - Wed, 2026-05-13 14:00

Online - MS Teams

Seminar - Researching Climate Change and Development from the Bottom Up – Reflections from Current Practice

Wed, 2026-04-22 12:30 - Wed, 2026-04-22 14:00

Online - MS Teams

Abstract

This roundtable engages speakers from OU partner organisations across the global North and global South to reflect on current challenges and opportunities in researching and influencing climate change and development ‘from the bottom up’.

Seminar - This is Essential Work: Art, Social Theory and Activism

Wed, 2026-03-11 12:30 - Wed, 2026-03-11 14:00

Online - MS Teams

Abstract

Seminar - Social Protection and Coloniality: Learning from the Past and Present

Wed, 2026-02-11 12:30 - Wed, 2026-02-11 14:00

(online) MS Teams

Abstract

The historical influence of colonial powers and the continued, deep-rooted engagement of international development actors in shaping social protection systems is widely recognised across academic and policy arenas. Nevertheless, evidence of the role of coloniality in social protection remains limited.

This seminar looks a new research exploring the enduring impact of colonialism on contemporary social protection systems by considering the role of coloniality in social protection in the Global South, and Africa in particular.

Seminar - Under Pressure: Global Value Chains, Structural Asymmetries and the Political Economy of Industrial Policy

Wed, 2026-01-21 12:30 - Wed, 2026-01-21 14:00

Online - MS Teams

Abstract

Engaging global value chains (GVCs) strategically through industrial policy was and remain central to the experience of late and late-late industrialisers. Despite structural asymmetries, several countries managed to 'break into' the global economy by 'linking up' into GVCs and global markets. A smaller number succeeded in increasing domestic value addition by 'linking back' into the domestic economy; countries that managed to 'keep pace' with technological change are even fewer.