11:00 - 11:10 Welcome Remarks

 Prof. Dr. Inge Hutter, Rector, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

11:10 - 12:00 Opening Plenary - Achieving SDGs in an Era of Increasing Inequalities, Fragilities, and Vulnerabilities - Andrew Fischer in Conversation with Jan Pronk

 Prof. Emer. Jan Pronk, Professor Emeritus, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is the former Minister of Development Cooperation, serving two terms, and later Minister of Environment in The Netherlands. He has also served as an international civil servant in various capacities in the UN including Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Sudan leading the UN peacekeeping operation (UNMIS); and former President of the Society for International Development (SID). Currently Jan holds a Chair in the Theory and Practice of International Development at ISS, and is a lecturer at various universities.

 Dr. Andrew Fischer, Associate Professor of Social Policy and Development Studies, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Scientific Director of CERES- The Dutch Research School for International Development, The Netherlands.

12:00 - 13:00 Parallel Panels

Hall 1 - Disasters and Resource Management - The Politics of Resource, Access, and Use

60 Min

Chair: Dr. Natascha Wagner, Associate Professor of Development Economics, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Moderator: Gabriela Villacis, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Ms. Mausumi Moran Chetia - The Household Must Keep Running, Isn’t? Women as Frontliners in Disaster- Displaced Communities of Assam, India
• Ven Paolo Valenzuela - The Perceptions of the Middle-Class and the Poor on Disaster Risks, Climate Change, and Coastal Land Reclamation in Metro Manila, Philippines

Hall 2 - Agrarian and Environmental Politics - Resistance from Below

60 Min

Chair: Dr. Boaventura Monjane, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, PLAAS, UWC, South Africa

Moderator: Amod Shah, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Ana Victoria Portocarrero - The Food Sovereignty of Feminist Peasant Women
• Mokua Ombati - Climate Change Gender Inequality Traps in Pastoralist Education in Kenya

13:00 - 14:20 Parallel Panels

Hall 1 - Breaking Conventions - Challenging Normative Gender and Sexuality Through Everyday Struggles, Writing and Research

60 Min

Chair: Dr. Shohela Nazneen, Feminist Political Economist, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK

Moderator: Natalia Lozano, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Azucena Gollaz Moran - Bodies and Urban Geographies: Women´s Daily Trajectories in Guadalajara
• Brenda Rodriguez - Sensing-Thinking Our Sexuality(ies) through Drawing: a Feminist Collaborative Research for Social Transformation

Hall 2 - Power to the People - Activism for Change

60 Min

Chair: Prof. Dr. Beata Kowalska, Feminist Sociologist, Professor, Institute of Sociology, of the Jagiellonian University, Poland

Moderator: Dao Kim Tung, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Daniele Rossi Doria - Collective Action, Institutional Appropriation, and Local Development: The Case of Water User Associations in Ain Leuh, Morocco
• Ebba Tellander - Using a Comic to Tell the True Story of the Uffo Struggle for Justice in Somaliland

Hall 3 - Unpacking the Value Chains in the Global South - An Exploration into The Knots and Value Chain

80 Min

Chair: Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe, Professor, Head of Dept. Development & Sustainability, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Moderator: Gina Ledda, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Luciana Dos Santos Duarte - The Production of “Vegetal Leather” in the Amazon: Ethnographies in Dialogue With the Indigenous Worker, the Industrial Manager and the Businesswoman
• Tanja Matheis - Voluntary Sustainability Standards– a Fair Trade? Exploring Social Justice and Gender Equality in the Organizations that Govern Certification
• Vera Vernooij - The Mutuality of Formal and Informal Practices in the Economic Middle of Kenya’s Dairy Sector

14:00 - 15:30 EADI - Opening plenary

15:30 - 15:40 Welcome Back

15:40 - 17:00 Parallel Panels

Hall 1 - On the Move - Unravelling Migration, Refugee, and Border Crises

60 Min

Chair: Dr. Zeynep Kasli, Assistant Professor of Migration and Development, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Moderator: Maria Dafnomili, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Daniel Ofori Nyarko - Migration and Insecurity: The Case of Fulani Pastoral Nomads in the Agyaade Traditional Area of Nton-Aboma, Kwahu Afram Plains North District
• Franka Vaughan - The Nature of Liberia’s Engagement with its Diaspora

Hall 2 - Empowering Education - Participation, Learning, and Resistance

80 Min

Chair: Dr. Virginia Cawagas, Adjunct Faculty in Peace and Development Education, Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Canada

Moderator: Mausumi Moran Chetia, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Keith Phiri - Access to Formal Education for the San Community in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe: Challenges and Prospects 
• Rabbia Aslam - Gender Studies as an Academic Discipline: Discernments; Apologies and Contestations among Youth of Pakistan
• Sofia Österborg Wiklund - Educating for a Better World Historical Perspectives on Swedish Development Aid Education 1965-1995

17:00 - 18:20 Parallel Panels

Hall 1 - Indigenousness and Belonging - Perspectives on Opportunities, Rights, and Identities

60 Min 

Chair: Dr. Renzo Taddei, Faculty, Anthropology and Science and Technology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Moderator: Cynthia Bejeno, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Chairul Fahmi - Rights of Indigenous to Land Property under International Human Rights Regimes: A Case Study of Indonesia
• Pallavi Tyagi - Land, Gender, and State: an Exploratory Study on Struggle of Khond Tribal Women in Claiming Land 

Hall 2 - Healthcare For All - Dynamics of Local and Global Policy

80 Min

Chair: Dr. Kristen Cheney, Associate Professor, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Moderator: Sabna Ali, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Caroline Tshegofatso Wright - Inclusivity and Solidarity Key Factors and Correlates that Influence Quality of Life (QOL) of Older People in Botswana
• Lawal Afeez Folorunsho - Community-Based Health Insurance Programme in Rural Nigeria: Awarness and Interest
• Zsofia Szlamka - A Meeting Point of Development Studies and Global Health: Empowering Families Raising Children with Developmental Disorders Using Caregiver Interventions in Ethiopia and in Argentina

Hall 3 - In the Name of Justice - Governability through the Lens of Human Rights

80 Min

Chair: Dr. Mihir Kanade, Director of the Human Rights Centre, Academic Director and Head of the Dept. of International Law, Upeace, Costa Rica; and Adjunct Faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Long Island University (LIU Global Centre in Costa Rica), and Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia)

Moderator: Emma Cantal, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies- ISS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Amitava Gupta - Imagining a Nation, Collectively Jawaharlal Nehru's Idea of Distributive Justice and the Public Reasoning Toward Making It a Part of the Collective Consensus
• Dennis Mutua Ndambo - Towards Creative and Effective Domestic Enforcement of Human Rights through Transnational Judicial Dialogue- Localizing International Mechanism for Human Development?
• Johnson Oluwole Ayodele - Terrorism: Implications of Resocialization for Security and Development in Africa

18:20 - 18:30 Thank You and Agenda for July 6th, 2021