Ben OsborneNext week York is hosting a major conference focusing on scarcity of resources in the coming age, sustainability in both the developed and the developing world, and what determines a ‘good society’ and how we can make progress towards this goal.
It is estimated that there are over a billion people in poverty world-wide (with more than 13 million in the UK alone) and so aid organisations such as Oxfam, NGOs, academics and business associations will look to work together to discuss not only why a new world is needed but how it is possible to achieve.
The ‘Rethinking Development in an age of Scarcity and Uncertainty’ conference subtitled ‘Crises – What Crises?’ will attract over 800 delegates from all over the world to The University of York next week. Thinkers, leaders and decision-makers will be debating major issues on world development and this joint EADI-DSA conference will be a landmark in development thinking.
The conference is jointly hosted by The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) and the Development Studies Association (DSA) who hope the packed schedule of discussions, key note speakers and working groups will result in a renewed fighting spirit from the international development community.
The hope is that discussions will enable them to challenge the established dogmas and lobbies with the aim of reinventing the existing pattern of development to allow for a sustainable programme of world development and ultimately improve the societies we live in the world over. The conference will run from 19th to 22nd September and for more information click here.
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