Every country has had a different policy response to the crisis; and within countries different political parties have championed various approaches. How has COVID-19 affected politics and social life in …
Money, Politics & Social Conflict in the Age of COVID with Thomas Ferguson Read More »
First regional meeting of rapporteurs from the East, West, Central and Southern African regions. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss: the project deadlines; questionnaires; and answer any questions …
10am BRT / 6 June Thank you for amazing and thought provoking discussions in the past sessions. In this meeting, anyone who participated in the project so far is invited …
Organizational Meeting: brainstorming next steps Read More »
Lena Song, PhD candidate from NYU, will present her work: *The Role of Culture and Competition in Media Diversity: Historical Evidence from U.S. Radio Stations * If you wish to …
YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar: Lena Song Read More »
Esther Dweck served in the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, as Head of Economic Advisory and as Secretary of Federal Budget between 2011 and 2016. After reading Valsa Brasileira, …
Discussion with Esther Dweck — Reflections on the Policy-Process Read More »
Paper title: "Empirical research within an accepted value framework Dasgupta versus Sen: the example of education as a developmental goal."
Camila Franco Restrepo ( Fellow, Overseas Development Institute) will present her paper "Empirical research within an accepted value framework, Dasgupta vs Sen: the example of education as a developmental goal." …
The world grapples with gender relations on a daily basis. Issues of gender equality and gender equity are contentious in any society, and arguably even more so in Africa where …
Gendered humour: Discoursing Playful Engagements Around COVID-19 Read More »
UPDATE: due to some technical issues, the webinar had to be postponed. It will now happen Tuesday, June 16th, at 12:00. Following up the two previous webinar on the Economic …
--- Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the workshop has been cancelled. --- At the leading edge of studies in social sciences and the humanities is the growing field of digital …
Digital humanities and quantitative methods in the history of economics Read More »
Update: Owing to the local development of Coronavirus, this event has been postponed. A new date will be announced later. Young Scholars Initiative Pre-Conference Workshop @The Politics of Finance – …
The Politics of Finance – Creditworthiness, Credibility and Reputation Read More »
Thea Don-Siemion PhD student at LSE, will present her work: Interwar Poland’s Late Exit from Gold: A Case of Government as ‘Conservative Central Banker’ If you wish to attend, please …
YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar: Thea Don-Siemion Read More »