DSA Ireland were delighted to host our annual conference 'Bridging the Gap: Translating Development Research into Practice on 27 and 28 November 2014. The annual conference is a fantastic opportunity to bring together researchers, pracitioners and policy-makers working the in the sphere of international devleopment for 2 days to provide a space to present cutting-edge research, practice and policy and also facilitate debate, critique and new ways of thinking about some of the most critical issues in development. Our conference report will be available early next year, however in the meantime, the presentations from our Annual Conference are now available as follows:
Day 1 DSA Ireland Information and Consultation Meeting
- Deirdre Healy, Kimmage DSC - 'Mapping Study of Development Researchers 2014'
- Dr. Vanessa Liston, DSA Ireland - 'Research into Action' Presentation Launch
Conference Opening
- Bronagh Carr, Irish Aid - ‘Mind the Gap’: Opportunities and Trade-offs in Translating Development Research into Practice’
Conference Opening Address
- Dr. Robert Chambers - ‘Redefining Professionalism: A Brilliant Time to be Alive’
Conference Keynote Address
- Dr. Charles Gore - ‘The Idea of Global Goals’
Day 2 Session 1 - Parallel Study Group Panels
Civil Society Panel 1 - ‘Contested Civil Society: Positioning in a Time of Economic and Social
Crisis’
- Dr. Kevin O`Sullivan, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Tanja Kleibl, Independent Consultant - 'Interrogating Civil Society' (presentation)
- Dr. David Nyaluke, Dublin City University
- Suzanne Keating, Trocaire
Education and Development Panel 1 - ‘The Challenges Ahead’
- Dr. Su-Ming Khoo, National University of Ireland Galway & DSA Ireland
- Elaine Mahon, Irish Development Education Association - 'Challenging the Crisis' (presentation)
- Prof. Paul Conway, University of Limerick
Gender and Development Panel 1- ‘Reinvigorating a Gender Agenda and Restoring a
Feminist Approach’
- Dr. Fenella Porter, Ruskin College Oxford & Birbeck College, University of London - ‘What’s wrong with empowerment?’ (presentation)
- Daniel Morchain, Oxfam UK - ‘The case for...really...making women’s participation count in development planning’ (presentation)
- Dr. Aura Lousnasma, University of East London - ‘Women, religion and development: the case of Morocco’ (paper)
Humanitarian Action Panel 1 - ‘Contemporary Issues in Humanitarian Action’
- Dr. Walt Kilroy, Dublin City University - ‘Current Humanitarian Emergencies: An Overview’ (presentation)
- Brian Casey, University College Dublin - ‘Irish and World Humanitarian Summits: Preliminary Findings from a consultative process’ (presentation)
- Réiseal Ní Chéilleachair, Trócaire & Dominic Crowley, Concern Worldwide - ‘A Summary and Recommendations on the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid’ (presentation)
- Breda Gahan, Concern Worldwide - ‘HIV and Resilience: A New Toolkit of the Dóchas HIV Working Group’ (presentation)
Day 2 Session 2 - Parallel Study Group Panels
Civil Society Panel 2
- Enida Friel (et al.), Oxfam Ireland - 'Results frameworks in development NGOs: do they benefit the beneficiaries or they just for the donors?' (presentation) (paper available here)
- Niall O`Keeffe, Trócaire - 'Community mobilization - how local community groups can be supported by external actors?̍' (presentation) (paper available here)
- Orla Quinn, Trócaire - 'Limitations of professional environmentalism: a bottom up perspective'
- Sulagna Maitra, University College Dublin - 'Not Just a Water Crisis: A Comparative Study of Civil Society Initiatives in Intra-State Transboundary River Conflict Resolution Process in India' (presentation)
Education and Development Panel 2
- Linda Clarke (et al), University of Ulster - ‘A four-country evaluation of partnership support for student teachers on placement: ‘they believed in me’
- Niall Connors, Doctoral Student, University of Nottingham - ‘Education and Conflict: how might organisational education practices be improved for the humanitarian space?’ (presentation)
- Eilish Dillon, Kimmage Development Studies Centre - ‘Attitudes to global development in Ireland - challenges for development educators’ (presentation)
- Rosalind Duke, CICE & Aoife Titley, National University of Ireland, Maynooth - ‘The significance of interculturalism as a starting point for overcoming barriers to the active engagement of student teachers with development education issues’(presentation)
- Michael Kenny, National University of Ireland, Maynooth & Michelle Kinsella, National University of Ireland, Maynooth - ‘Is comparative education another form of colonialism?’ (presentation) (paper available here).
- Anne Matthews (et al.), Dublin City University - ‘Sharing the fruits of research through education: lessons from the COSYST-MNTH project in Malawi and Ireland’ (presentation)
- Dr. Su-Ming Khoo, National University of Ireland, Galway and DSA Ireland - ‘A new agenda for higher education and development: integrating scholarships for sustainable human development’
Gender and Development Panel 2
- Bernadette Crawford, Chris Pain, Maurice Sadlier, Concern Worldwide - ‘Engaging men on gender equality in Concern Tanzania’s women’s empowerment programme’ (presentation) (paper available here)
- Richard Asaba and Honor Fagan, Makerere University & National University of Ireland Maynooth - ‘Woman Waterkeeper? Women’s Troubled Participation in Water Resource Management’ (paper)
Humanitarian Action Panel 2 - ‘GBV in Emergencies: Linking Research, Policy and Practice’
- Capt. Gillian Collins, Irish Defense Forces (presentation)
- Cathal Reidy, Irish Aid
- Colm Byrne, Oxfam & Irish Consortium on GBV
- Siobhán Foran, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Day 2 Session 3 - Parallel Session: General Development Panel
- Michelle D`Arcy, Trinity College Dublin - ‘Everyone`s turn to eat: devolution and development in Kenya’ (presentation) (for queries regarding the paper, please contact the author at: darcym1tcd.ie)
- John Lannon, University of Limerick - ‘Bringing Stakeholders together to find solutions: a study of a system to address cross-border child trafficking in South Asia' (presentation) (paper available here)
- Padraig Carmody & David Taylor, Trinity College Dublin - ‘It is easy to rule a poor man: the political ecology of land grabbing and environmental change in Uganda’ (presentation)
- Jean Somers, University College Dublin - ‘Transnational debt campaigning: an examination of advocacy approaches’ (presentation)
- Kerstin Rieger, MSc Development Practice Student, Trinity College Dublin/University College Dublin - ‘Does the installation of a water pump affect the quality of life of families and individuals in villages in Northern Malawi?’ (presentation)
- Derina Johnson, PhD Student, Trinity College Dublin - ‘Seeking a shared vision from research to practice: a case example from the Thailand-Burma border' (presentation)
Final Roundtable: Challenges to Research for Development
- Dr. Rob Kevlihan, Kimmage DSC & DSA Ireland
- Dr. Lorna Gold, Trocaire & DSA Ireland
- Elizabeth Colucci, European Universities Association - 'University collaboration for development: Making the case – A European perspective' (presentation)
- Dr. Fenella Porter, Ruskin College Oxford & Birbeck College, University of London - 'Putting Research into Practice: Contributions from Feminist Epistomology' (presentation)
Please note that we were unable to include some papers and presentations as the research they are based on is currently being published, which prohibits publication in other spheres.