FAU Foreningen af Udviklingsforskere i Danmark
The Association of Development Researchers in Denmark
The Conference took place june 2019 in Copenhagen. Informaion on the conference will be included in FAUs newsletter FAU-nyt. FAU-Nyt will come out in August 2019.
‘Knowledge Production in North-South Collaboration: Challenges in an Era of New Global Divides’
27-28th June 2019, Copenhagen
The 5th Joint Nordic Conference on Development Research is hosted by the Copenhagen Business School from 27-28th June 2019. The conference is jointly organised by the associations for development research in Denmark (FAU), Finland (FSDR), Norway (NFU), and a Swedish committee (SDSN).
Asymmetric local and global power relations are on the rise. These include deepening divides between North and South. Politically, academically, socially and on a range of other fronts, Northern governments have increasingly returned to a narrow minded, self-oriented development path. Despite official rhetoric such as the SDGs and the Paris Declaration, the spirit and practice of solidarity is more remote than for years. Restrictions on academic movement, prioritization of North-centred issues and lack of interest in addressing key social and environmental challenges in the South are some of the worrying trends. However, divides and imbalances are not only observable between countries and regions, but emerging within societies across the planet. Elite projects and exclusivist populism are a global phenomenon and affect the well-being of people everywhere.
The 5th Joint Nordic Conference on Development Research aspires to address these trends and challenges through a format including keynote presentations, panels and working groups, roundtables and poster presentations, and to enable dialogue and networking between participants from all parts of the world. We welcome especially contributions that analyse and challenge global divides in the thematic areas of knowledge production; institutions of global governance; distribution of resources and wealth but also of risks; migration and climate change policies; or the formulation and implementation of the SDGs, to name but a few.
Program
The conference took place from 27-28th June 2019. The program can be accessed here.
Workshops and Panels
Information on the different workshops and panels can be accessed here.
Call For Papers
The deadline for abstract submission have been passed.
The deadline for final paper submission is on the 3rd of June. Read more here.
Keynote Speakers
Information regarding keynote speakers can be accessed here.
Resource persons
Information regarding resource persons will follow shortly.
Travel Bursary
Information on travel bursaries cane be accessed here.
Venue
Information regarding the venue can be accessed here.
Lodging &Transport
Information regarding lodging & transport can be accessed here.
Special Issue of Forum for Development Studies
Information regarding this special issue can be found here.
Contact
For any questions, please contact the FAU assistant Jeppe Skjaerlund at fau.msc@cbs.dk
More information on the conference will follow soon here on fau.dk
April 2019
Conference registration is now open - see here.
3. June
Deadline for submission of papers
Early June 2019
(Draft) Conference program circulates
June 2019
Deadline for registration
27.-28. June 2019
Joint Nordic Conference on Development Research
Best regards,
Randi Solhjell, NFU (the Norwegian Association for Development Research)
Ilona Steiler, FSDR (the Finnish Society for Development Research)
Henning Melber, NAI & EADI (Nordic Africa Institute & European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes)
Elin Bjarnegaard, (interim SDSN – Swedish Development Studies Network)
Fredrik Söderbaum (Global Studies, Gothenburg)
Sören Jeppesen, FAU (the Association of Development Researchers in Denmark)