From 27 to 29 November 2014, the Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network (DevNet) and the University of Otago will host the biennial DevNet conference in Dunedin, New Zealand.
The conference theme – From Vulnerability to Resilience: Partnerships for Development – highlights the range of inter-related vulnerabilities people across the world experience today, encompassing poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, disasters, climate change and food security. New and innovative approaches to mitigating these vulnerabilities seek to ensure greater resilience for communities and individuals in the Global South. At the same time, development assistance is currently at a crucial juncture, as focus shifts beyond the Millennium Development Goals towards a post-2015 agenda and new donors assume greater prominence. Taken together, these overlapping issues provide a variety of challenges and opportunities for the development community at large.
The conference provides a forum for discussion and reflection on these pressing issues in an open and welcoming environment. A key feature of DevNet conferences is the mix of papers from academics, development practitioners and other stakeholders from all those sectors involved in development. The conference welcomes papers focused on all geographic regions. DevNet conferences also offer a great networking opportunity for development researchers, policymakers and practitioners alike.
Please submit paper abstracts via the online form by 15 August 2014. See the Call for Papers here, and other information here.
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