Security, Development and Democracy Seminar Series
Semester One
Holding people accountable in International Relations
Wednesday 14th October, 3pm - 4.30pm, Room 11.14 Social Sciences Building
Speaker: Jamie Gaskarth, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Plymouth
European democracy promotion and human rights in the Middle East
Workshop co-hosted by the University of Birmingham
Friday 16th October, 9.45am - 3.30pm, Beech Grove House
Africom, Obama and the Militarization of Africa
Wednesday 4th November, 3.30pm - 5pm, Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Daniel Volman, Director of the African Security Research Project in Washington D.C. and a member of the board of directors of the Association of Concerned African Scholars
The paradoxes of (Neo) Liberalism: How the Financial Crisis is being framed for Public Consumption
Wednesday 2nd December, 3pm - 4.30pm, Room 11.14 Social Sciences Building
Speaker: Grahame Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, Open University
Democratization in Africa: Retrospective and Future Prospects
4th - 5th December
Two-day workshop POLIS & LUCAS with EADI, ROAPE, Taylor and Francis
Semester Two
Global Justice and Climate Change
Wednesday 10th February 2010, 3pm - 4.30pm, Room 11.14 Social Sciences Building
Speaker: Simon Caney, Professor in Political Theory, University of Oxford
Security, Development and Democracy
Research in this area is crucial to the ongoing process of rethinking how governments respond to the human and international security challenges posed by globalisation and its consequences.