Events
Previous Events
Event: Ending pensioner poverty
November 7th, 2019
In an exciting panel discussion, researchers and NGOs will debate the challenges for financial inclusion and propose innovations for change.
Libreria Bookshop 65 Hanbury Street London E1 5JP
Event: Putting children first: new frontiers in the fight against child poverty in Africa
October 18th, 2019
On Friday 18 October, IDS, the DSA/EADI Working Group on Multidimensional Poverty and Poverty Dynamics, Global Coalition to End Child Poverty and the Impact Initiative, with support from the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP/University of Bergen/International Science Council), will bring together leading scholars and policy makers to discuss new frontiers in the fight against child poverty in Africa.
Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK
Event: UKFIET workshop: The opportunities and challenges of translating evidence into policy and practice
September 18th, 2019
How can evidence influence policy to raise equitable learning outcomes? Join the discussion at this UKFIET 2019 workshop.
The University of Oxford Examination Schools, Oxford, UK.
Event: All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Education ‘Quality Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities’
July 9th, 2019
To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 on leaving no one behind in education, children with disabilities must benefit from quality education without discrimination or exclusion.
Committee Room 12
House of Commons,
London
UK
Event: The power of partnerships: maximising the impact of the UK's investment in interdisciplinary research for development
July 8th, 2019
The UK's Department for International Development (DFID), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research Innovation (UKRI), UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and the Impact Initiative are jointly convening a one-day knowledge exchange event.
Wellcome Collection, London, UK
Event: Everyday lives and environmental change: Photographic exhibition launch and panel discussion
April 18th, 2019
In the research project Everyday Lives in the Maldives, people living in island communities took photographs depicting their experiences of everyday life and the changes that are taking place around them. An exhibition of these images will be launched in Malé, the Maldivian capital, on 18 April 2019.
National Art Gallery, Malé, Maldives
Event: Panel at CIES 2019: The role of evidence in advancing policy to raise learning outcomes equitably for sustainable development
April 16th, 2019
How can evidence influence policy to raise equitable learning outcomes? Are there ways in which researchers can boost opportunities for the uptake of their evidence? Join the discussion at this CIES 2019 side event.
Hyatt Regency, Level -1, Pacific D, San Francisco, USA.
Event: Security on the move: Exhibition launch and panel discussion
March 14th, 2019
Large scale migration and forced displacement are among the most dramatic consequences of war and political instability. In the research project ‘Security on the Move’, forty people who have been displaced to cities took pictures to document their experiences and everyday lives. An exhibition of these images and the photographers' testimonies will be launched on 14 March 2019.
The Arch at the Africa Centre 66 Great Suffolk Street London SE1 0BL
Event: Side event at CSW63: Does poverty stop at employment?
March 13th, 2019
As the nature of work has evolved for women, has social protection changed with it? Are we seeing the focus of social protection turn much more towards supporting women getting into employment, rather than keeping out of poverty?
United Nations Headquarters Conference Room A - Conference Building New York, NY 10017 United States
Event: ESRC-DFID Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems Research Programme Annual Workshop 2019
January 30th, 2019 to January 31st, 2019
The ESRC-DFID Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems (RLO) Programme aims to provide critical evidence on how education systems might work better to overcome the global learning crisis. At the fourth Annual Programme Workshop, the Programme Research Lead and Impact Initiative look forward to highlighting the early achievements of the programme and celebrating its unique features.
Oxford, UK