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WeD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2007 -
WELLBEING IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Conference Programme - Provisional (22 June)

Thursday 28 June 2007

11-13.00

Registration and coffee

No access to rooms until afternoon

3WestNorth(WN) foyer and 3WN 3.7

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch for all participants Level 1 Cafe
14.00 - 15.45 Possibilities and Pitfalls: Wellbeing in International Development Paper
Chair: Carole Rakodi (Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham)
Speakers:
Allister McGregor (WeD): Wellbeing in International Development, "Wellbeing and International Development: Promises and Pitfalls" Abstract
Barbara Harriss-White (Wolfson College, Oxford):" Development and Wellbeing Insecurities"
Discussant: Des Gasper (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague)

3WN 2.1

15.45 - 16.15 Coffee/fruit break 3WN
16.15 - 18.00 Country Findings
Chair: Shapan Adnan (University of Singapore)
Speakers: Voice from each WeD country study heard in the same forum. More evidence based country papers available in the conference packs.
Discussant: Ian Gough (WeD)

3WN 2.1
18.00 - 18.30 Collect baggage and accommodation keys  
18.30 - 20.00 Poster Session abstracts and Publishers Reception
19.00 Conference Business and Announcements

Claverton Rooms (2 West level 3)
20.00 Dinner Claverton Rooms
19.30 - 23.00 Cash basis casual bar use Claverton Rooms
Friday 29 June
08.00 - 09.00 Breakfast for participants resident on campus Level 1 Cafe
09.00 - 10.30 Parallel session 1: (click here for parallel session timetable)  
  Negotiating Capabilities, Needs and Resources for Wellbeing –
Session 1:
Abstracts and papers
3WN 2.1
  Wellbeing and Development Policy and Practice
Session 1: Development Policy and the Aid Relationship
Abstracts and papers

3 East 2.20

  Wellbeing, relatedness and collective action
Session 1: Wellbeing and Collective Action
Abstracts and Papers
3East 2.4
 

Wellbeing, quality of life and subjectivities
Session 1: Qualitative & mixed methods approaches to wellbeing Abstracts and Papers

3East 3.5
  Wellbeing and welfare regimes
Session 1: wellbeing and welfare regimes
Abstracts and Papers
3East 3.8
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/fruit break 3WN
11.00 - 13.00 Wellbeing as a Goal of Public Policy
Chair: David Walker (Social Policy Editor, The Guardian)
Speakers:
* Avner Offer, Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford. Author of The Challenge of Affluence: Self-control and Well-being in the USA and Britain since 1950 (2006) (unable to attend - panel place filled by Nic Marks, New Economics Foundation)
* Felicia Huppert, Professor of Psychology, University of Cambridge. Co-author of The Science of Well-Being (2005)
* Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development, Defra (UK Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, Chair of the Whitehall Wellbeing Working Group W3G) (unable to attend but represented by Isabella Earle and Arik Dondi of the Susatainable Development Unit, Defra)
3WN 2.1
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch for participants Level 1 cafe
14.00 - 15.30 Parallel session 2: (click here for parallel session timetable)  
  Negotiating Capabilities, Needs and Resources for Wellbeing –
Session 2:
Abstracts and papers
3WN 2.1
 

Wellbeing and Development Policy and Practice
Session 2:Wellbeing and development in practice (1)
Abstracts and papers

3 East 2.20

  Wellbeing, relatedness and collective action
Session 2: Wellbeing, Gender and Generation
Abstracts and Papers
3East 2.4
 

Wellbeing, quality of life and subjectivities
Session 2:Quantitative approaches to wellbeing
Abstracts and Papers

3East 3.5
  Wellbeing and welfare regimes
Session 2: Migration, informal labour markets and anti-poverty policies
Abstracts and Papers
3East 3.8
15.30 -16.00 Coffee/fruit break 3WN
16.00 - 17.30 Parallel session 3: (click here for parallel session timetable)  
  Negotiating Capabilities, Needs and Resources for Wellbeing
Session 3:
Abstracts and papers
3WN 2.1
 

Wellbeing and Development Policy and Practice
Session 3: Wellbeing and development in practice (2)
Abstracts and papers

3 East 2.20

  Wellbeing, relatedness and collective action
Session 3: Wellbeing and the Social Order
Abstracts and Papers
3East 2.4
 

Wellbeing, quality of life and subjectivities
Session 3: Wellbeing and Development
Abstracts and Papers

3East 3.5
  Wellbeing and welfare regimes
Session 3: Glabal comparative studies
Abstracts and Papers
3East 3.8
18.30 Coaches to Bath East Car Park
19.00 - 20.00 Civic reception Roman Baths
20.00 - 23.00 Conference banquet Guildhall, Bath
23:00 Coaches to campus Outside Guildhall
Saturday 30 June    
08.00 - 09.00 Breakfast for participants on campus Level 1 cafe
09.00 - 10.30 Wellbeing in International Development Policy
Chair: Pierre Landell Mills (Visiting Professor, University of Bath)
Speakers:
James Copestake (WeD)"Is wellbeing relevant to international development policy and practice?" Abstract | Paper
Yusuf Bangura (UNRISD)
Discussant: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Professor of International Affairs, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, New York)
3WN 2.1
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/fruit break 3WN
11.00 - 12.30 Does Wellbeing make a difference for poverty or inequality reduction?
Chair: Lawrence Haddad (Director, Institute of Development Studies)
Panel discussion
1 Santosh Mehrotra (Planning commission, Government of India)
2 Selim Jahan (Senior Adviser, Strategies and Policies for Poverty Reduction, Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme)
3 Luc Christiaensen (Senior Economist , Rural Development East Asia, World Bank)
3WN 2.1
CLOSE    

DEFRA: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DfID: Department for International Development
ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council
IDS: Institute of Development Studies
LSE: London School of Economics
tbc: To be confirmed
UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UoB: University of Bath
WeD: Wellbeing in Developing Countries research group

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