Development Studies Seminars to kick off on 26 February with a series of presentations, workshops, a book launch and international scholars
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/ISEG RESEARCH/ISEG/Universidade de Lisboa), in collaboration with the coordination of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI/ISEG) and the PhD in Development Studies (PDED/Universidade de Lisboa), invites you to the Development Studies Seminars 2025 — a series of eight sessions featuring four seminars, four workshops, and a book launch, delivered by international scholars. These sessions aim to foster reflection on various topics within the field of Development Studies. Since 1991, the DS Seminars have been promoting research conducted in the areas covered by the MDCI and PDED programmes.
The sessions will be held with free admission at ISEG (Rua do Quelhas 6, Anfiteatro 23, Francesinhas 1, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal), from 26 February to 23 June 2025.
Details on the dates, times, venues, topics, and presenters can be found below:
26 February, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Auditorium 3-Quelhas Building, ISEG
Theme: 30 Years of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Through the Lenses of Self-Reliance and South-South Cooperation
Presenter: Dr Pedro Raposo (CEsA and Kansai University, Japan)
11 March, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m., Room 006-Francesinhas 1 Building, ISEG
Theme: A Competitividade e a Sustentabilidade Turísticas em Cabo Verde: 2 caminhos, 1 destino
Presenter: Dr José Luís Mascarenhas (Universidade de Santiago, Cape Verde)
8 April, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., Room Novo Banco-Quelhas Building, ISEG
Theme: Workshop on Environment, Climate Change and Development
Presentations: 1. Conservação da Biodiversidade vs Desenvolvimento Local: uma abordagem para a integração da biodiversidade no sector da agricultura em Moçambique (presenter: Máriam Abbas, CEsA and Observatório do Meio Rural, Mozambique); 2. Climate Change, Environment, and Public Health. Understanding the morbidity and mortality circle in Southeast Nigeria (presenters: Vincent Agulonye, CEsA, and Daniel Adayi, CEsA); and 3. Entre Clima e a Terra: Percepções e práticas dos pequenos agricultores de Santo Antão (presenters: Sónia Frias, CEsA and ISCSP, and Arlindo Fortes, CEsA)
24 April, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Room Novo Banco-Quelhas Building, ISEG
Theme: Workshop on Conflict and Development
Presentations: 1. The Aid-Security Nexus in Times of Polycrisis: Slashing foreign aid to boost militarism and defense spending (presenter: Marcos Farias Ferreira, CEsA and ISCSP); 2. Reclaiming Agency: Navigating situated dilemmas and building resilience in post-conflict development contexts (presenter: Asif Dawar, National Defence University, Paquistan and CEsA); 3. Moving Beyond Humanitarian Handouts: A study of the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) farmers’ beans market, Auta Balefi, Nasarawa state, Nigeria (presenter: Cosmas Ba-Ana-Itenebe, CEsA); 4. The Implications of the Conflict in Cabo Delgado Province for the Sustainable Development of Pemba City, Mozambique (presenter: Sílvia Amaral, CEsA); 5. Violence and (Under)Development: The Colombian case (presenter: Fabian Garzón-Cuervo, CEsA); 6. Winning Hearts and Minds Through Dialogue: Experimental evidence from Mozambique’s Islamist insurgency (presenter: Henrique Pita Barros, CEsA).
15 May, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Anfitheatre 1-Quelhas Building, ISEG
Theme: Workshop on Ecocritic: theories and practices
Presenter: Dr Elena Brugioni (Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, Brazil)
Organisers: Jessica Falconi (CEsA and FLUL) and Ana Mafalda Leite (CEsA and FLUL)
27 May, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Room Novo Banco-Quelhas Building, ISEG
Theme: Economic Development as a Concept: An age of diminished expectations?
Presenter: Alice Nicole Sindzingre (CEsA and Paris-North Economics Centre, University Sorbonne-Paris-North, France)
5 June, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Room Novo Banco-Quelhas Building, ISEG
Book launch: Jihad Inevitável? Muçulmanos e Política em Moçambique depois da Independência (Tempos e Espaços Africanos), with a seminar held by the author Éric Morier-Genoud (Queen’s University Belfast, UK) and a presentation by Dr Sandra Araújo (ICS)
23 June, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Anfitheatre 24-Francesinhas 1 Building, ISEG
Theme: Slow Down or Perish: The Economics of Degrowth
Presenter: Dr Thimothée Parrique (Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Discussants: Dr Susana Peralta (Nova-SBE), Dr Irina Castro (CES, Universidade de Coimbra), and Dr Alexandre Abreu (CEsA and ISEG)
Read more:
Development Studies Workshops 2025 | Ambiente, Alterações Climáticas e Desenvolvimento
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
Images: CEsA/Reproduction
