Development Studies Workshops 2025 | Conflict and Development
The Development Studies Seminars are an initiative that, since 1991, promotes research carried out in the areas of study of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MCDI) of ISEG and the PhD Programme in Development Studies of the University of Lisbon
Development Studies Workshops 2025
Topic: Conflict and Development
Date: 24 April de 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: Novo Banco Room, Quelhas Building – ISEG (Ed. Quelhas, 4th Floor, Rua do Quelhas 6, 1200-781, Lisboa, Portugal)
Presentation #1: The Aid Security Nexus in Times of Polycrisis: Slashing foreign aid to boost militarism and defense spending (speaker: Marcos Farias Ferreira, CEsA and ISCSP, Portugal)
Presentation #2: Reclaiming Agency: Navigating situated dilemmas and building resilience in post-conflict development contexts (speaker: Asif Dawar, CEsA e National Defence University, Pakistan)
Presentation #3: Moving Beyond Humanitarian Handouts: A study of the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) farmers’ beans market, Auta Balefi, Nasarawa state, Nigeria (speaker: Cosmas Ba-Ana-Itenebe, CEsA)
Presentation #4: The Implications of the Conflict in Cabo Delgado Province for the Sustainable Development of Pemba City (Mozambique) (speaker: Sílvia Amaral, CEsA)
Presentation #5: Violence and (Under)Development: The Colombian case (speaker: Fabián Garzon-Cuervo, CEsA)
Presentation #6: Winning hearts and minds through dialogue: Experimental evidence from Mozambique’s Islamist insurgency (speaker: Henrique Pita Barros, CEsA)
Free admission, in-person event
About the speakers
Marcos Farias Ferreira holds a Habilitation (Título de Agregado) in International Relations Methodology and a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Lisbon – School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP). He is an Assistant Professor at the same institution. His research focuses on the field of Social Sciences, particularly Political Science. His main areas of academic work include: foreign policy, global security, Russia, the post-Soviet space, Eurasia, international relations methodology, the audiovisual turn, documentary, and Latin America.
Asif Dawar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the National Defence University in Pakistan. He holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Lisbon. His research focuses on the complex nexus between security and development in South Asia and the Middle East.
Cosmas Ba-Ana-Itenebe is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, and a researcher at CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies. His doctoral research explores the structural barriers and coping strategies of internally displaced persons affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.
Sílvia Amaral is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, and a researcher at CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies.
Fabián Garzon-Cuervo holds a PhD in Development Studies from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon. He is an economist from the National University of Colombia and teaches undergraduate courses in Principles of Economics, Economic History, International Economic Policy, and Economic Development.
Henrique Pita Barros is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon. He holds a PhD in Economics from Brown University. His research investigates how disruption caused by migration, forced displacement, and conflict affects human behaviour.
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