DSA Rising Powers Study group
With a number of countries emerging as key players in international development the study group seeks to provide information and support to scholars and practitioners concerned with the many aspects and issues raised by the rising powers as development actors. While much of the debate so far has been the rising powers as state actors we are also interested in the diverse range of non-state actors from these countries that also play increasing roles in international development.
Convenors
Rory Horner (University of Manchester), Lidia Cabral (IDS)
E: rory.horner(at)manchester.ac.uk, l.cabral(at)ids.ac.uk
Upcoming events
Rising Powers Study Group One Day Workshop - “Rising Powers in 2018”
Date: 23 April 2018
The final schedule is now available to see here. Anyone wishing to attend should contact the organisers to register your attendance. Please email Lidia Cabral (l.cabral(at)ids.ac.uk), Kathy Hochstetler (k.hochstetler(at)lse.ac.uk) or Rory Horner (rory.horner(at)manchester.ac.uk).
News
A podcast of Lord Jim O'Neill's talk, "Are rising powers really rising?", given at the final conference of the ESRC Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures programme in Manchester in June, is now available here.
Previous meetings
Meeting at DSA 2017 Conference - Bradford
Thursday 7th September from 12:30 - 14:00.
Anyone interested in the Rising Powers study group is welcome to attend.
Public lecture series in June 2017
The ESRC Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures research programme will be hosting a public lecture series in Manchester, including lectures by:
- Professor Raphael Kaplinsky - Do standards in global value chains support or undermine the sustainable development goals? 20 June, 16h00.
- Lord Jim O'Neill - Are the Rising Powers really rising? 21 June, 17h00.
- Professor Alan Winters - 'Taking inter-dependency seriously: Brexit and the Rising Powers' 23 June, 14h00.
Details here.
Workshop sponsored by Newnham College, Cambridge and the DSA Rising Powers Study Group, May 2015, Cambridge
Looking ahead: South-South Development Cooperation in the next decade
Keynote speaker: Professor Peter Kragelund (Roskilde Universitet)
Although certainly a contested phenomenon, it could be said that the last decade has been in many ways largely successful for South-‐South development cooperation (SSDC) partners. Long-‐standing and more recent flows and relationships for international development efforts have grown substantially. Just as important as expanding financial and technical resources, the ideas, practices and narratives of SSDC have been increasingly visible and validated by the 'international' development community and partner countries. Moreover, while to different extents open to various forms of dialogue, cooperation and collaboration with the 'traditional' donors, Southern partners have by and large successfully defended their identity, autonomy and interests within global institutions. What then lies ahead in the following decade?
Contributions were invited on the future of SSDC. Relevant topics included: emerging issues and trends; changing domestic and international contexts; continuities and changes in partnerships, modalities, identities and interests; and the challenges, opportunities, risks and uncertainties confronting South-South partners.
