DSA Ireland Conference Programme 2015 Available Now

Issued on 04 November 2015

9. 45 - 10.15	Opening Keynote Address:
	"War on Poverty: What Next?" - Heydi Foster-Breslin, Misean Cara Introduction: Dr. Sean Farren, DSA Ireland Chair
10.15 - 11.30	Keynote Debate “ Debating Measurement”:
	“The Role of Randomized Controlled Trials in International Development Research” - Prof. Carol Newman, Trinity College Dublin “Why the Evidence Paradigm is Bad for International Development” - Prof. Flora Cornish, London School of Economics and Political Sciences Chair: Dr. Enida Friel, DSA Ireland Steering Committee Member
11.30 - 12.00	Coffee Break
12.00 - 13.30	Parallel Sessions:
	General Development I Civil Society & Development I Gender & Development I Education and Development
13.30 - 14.30	Lunch and AGM
14.30 - 16.00	Parallel Sessions:
	Humanitarian Action I Water & Environment & Development I Child Health & Nutrition I DSA Ireland Sustanaibility Project I
16.00 - 16.45	Invited Speaker:
	“Building Evidence in Emergencies: Nutrition Lessons from the Syria Crisis” - Mary McGrath, Emergency Nutrition Network Introduction: Jacinta Greene, DSA Ireland Nutrition Study Group Convenor
16.45 - 17.15	"Pre announcement of new development funding call under the New Foundations Programme" - Peter Brown, Irish Research Council Introduction: Prof. Honor Fagan, DSA Ireland Gender Study Group Convenor
17.15-19.30	Buffet Reception

9.45 - 10.30	Invited Speaker:
	“Life and Capital: Development and Change in the 21 ^stCentury” Introduction: Prof. Pádraig Carmody, DSA Ireland Steering Committee Member - Prof. Bram Buscher, Wageningen University
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 -12.30	Parallel Sessions:
	Child Health & Nutrition II Civil Society & Development II Gender & Development II DSA Ireland Sustanaibility Project II
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 15.00	Parallel Sessions:
	Humanitarian Action II General Development II Water & Environment & Development II Research in Action
15.00 - 16.20	Plenary Roundtable : “Reliability and Validity in Development Research”
	Speakers: Prof. Carol Newman, Trinity College Dublin Dr. Mary Goretti Nakabugo, Twaweza East Africa Prof. Lyla Mehta, Institute of Development Studies Finbar O’Brien, Irish Aid Chair: Prof. Ronaldo Munck, DSA Ireland Secretary
16.20 - 16.30	Closing Remarks: Dr.Sean Farren, DSA Ireland Chair