DevNet Conference 2008

This year's conference will be held on Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 December 2008 at Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

www.vuw.ac.nz

Keynote Speaker

Jan Pronk is Professor of Theory and Practice of International Development, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.
Professor Pronk was Minister for Development Cooperation as a Member of Parliament in The Netherlands in the 1970s and 90s, was Deputy Secretary General of UNCTAD in Geneva in the mid- 80s and has recently served as a Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Sudan.
www.janpronk.nl

Themes
By adopting the theme ‘Peripheral Vision’ the DevNet 2008 Conference intends to open up different ways of thinking about and practicing development. It will attempt to examine development of and from the ‘periphery’ – whether defined as the antipodes (Aotearoa and the South Pacific region), or those people who are often excluded from mainstream development. It also seeks to encourage discussion of different visions and expressions of development. We hope to promote critical thinking about development which occurs, or could occur, outside the often narrow view of conventional
institutions and practices.

Other theme ideas include:

Human rights and development
Issues of power
Gender and development
New Generation Pacific Leaders
African perspectives
It’s Not Easy Being Green: sustainable development
Mäori development

Disability, disadvantage and development

You are welcome to make suggestions for themes; email us with your theme ideas!

submitting a paper

You can submit an outline or an abstract of the paper you wish to present.

To submit a paper or make a query about submitting, contact Gayna at DevNet08@vuw.ac.nz

Final submission of abstracts will be 3 November.

Call for papers - for the flyer, click here.

Conference presentations will be 15 - 20 minutes.

Registration

To register, visit our online registration page

Registration fee details:

* Will require verification
± Booking for the dinner is optional. It will be at the Skyline Restaurant. Non-conference guests are welcome.

Currency quoted is in New Zealand Dollars.

Convention hosts

School of Geography, Environment & Earth Sciences
Te Kura Tatai Aro Whenua
PO Box 600
Aotearoa New Zealand

Conference organisers:
Alexa Funnell and Gayna Vetter

For more information, submissions or to make suggestions, email:DevNet08@vuw.ac.nz

More details about the conference will be added to this site as they emerge - WATCH THIS SPACE.

The 2008 DevNet Conference is funded by NZAID: