The Centre for Law, Justice and Society (CLJS) is delighted to welcome DMU staff and students to join us on Wednesday 15 March at The Venue (Hall 3) for our international and interdisciplinary research networking symposium on the theme 'Developing Strong Institutions and Stable Societies: Perspectives from Law, Economics and Social Justice'.
This symposium showcases scholarship and projects currently in progress in our international law and social justice clusters, the newly formed developing economies and legal frameworks hub and across the Faculty of Business and Law. It is also a significant networking opportunity, bringing together senior academics, public sector actors and government bodies who represent multi-agency and interdisciplinary partnerships.
Through the panel themes we aim to explore new understandings of, and approaches to, the myriad formal and informal arrangements which together comprise the global legal and economic order. A range of core topical issues and the context in which various forms of power asymmetries are reproduced will be explored, with a view to developing new strategies and proposals for structural reform to support legal and economic advancement for vulnerable communities.
DMU is honoured to have been chosen as a United Nations Global Educational Hub for SDG-16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), and this symposium closely aligns with these goals and targets. The important work of our panellists and discussants also addresses the aims of SDGs 8, 10 and 17 in striving to meet the imperative of reconciling development wants with environmental, economic and social justice needs.
While this event has an international flavour, many of the problems and proposed solutions also relate to the domestic context, and to the wider remit of research being undertaken across the university, aligned to our core university themes. Through conversations with our network of scholars, external partners and policy makers, we aim to forge new collaborations and develop innovative projects in our commitment to diverse voices and viewpoints calling for global governance, social justice and economic policy reform.
Programme:
11–11.30am Registration and Refreshments
11.30am Welcome and opening remarks by Professor Raffaella Villa, Professor of Environmental Bioengineering and Associate Dean of Research and Innovation
11.40am PANEL 1: International and Regional Institutions Policy-Making in Economic and Legal Sectors
Dr Nicole Pierce, Senior Lecturer in Law (DMU) and CLJS Deputy Director
Dr Philippe De Lombaerde, Associate Professor of International Economics at NEOMA, Paris and Director of the Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)
Dr Troy Waterman, Director, Fair Trading Commission, Barbados
Dr Samantha Jn Paul-Samuel, International Policy and Legislative Drafting Consultant / Former Chief Parliamentary Counsel (St Lucia)
Dr Fuxue Yang, Associate Professor, Zhejiang Normal University, China and CLJS Visiting Researcher
Discussant: Dr Warren Benfield - Associate Professor in Economics, BMCC, City University of New York and Consultant - World Bank and other International Organisations on Donor-Assisted Development Projects
1–2pm NETWORKING LUNCH
2pm Welcome to the afternoon session by Mark Charlton. DMU Net Zero University Theme Director
2.15–3.30pm PANEL 2: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the development of stable societies and strong institutions
Dr Alwyn Jones, Associate Professor in Law (DMU)
Dr Conrad Nyamutata. Senior Lecturer in Law (DMU) and CLJS Head of Research Students
Dr Sarina Landefeld, Lecturer in Law (DMU) and CLJS Research Seminar Convenor
Dr Ekkehard Griep, Vice Chair UNA of Germany, University of Hamburg, and CLJS Visiting Fellow
John Agbaimoni, Lecturer in IT and Cyber-Technology (DMU)
Tim Hillier, Associate Professor and Head of DMU School of Law
Fred Mear, Associate Professor in Public Finance Management (DMU)
Discussant: Professor Julia Shaw, Professor in Law and Social Justice (DMU) and CLJS Director
3.30–3.45pm REFRESHMENT BREAK
3.45–5pm PANEL 3: Domestic Sovereignty, Regional and Global Economic Governance Models: Conflict or Cooperation?
Professor Frederik Söderbaum, Professor in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg and Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Dr Esh Trushin, Senior Lecturer (DMU) and Consultant - World Bank Development Economics Research Group and Chief Economist for USAID-BearingPoint Central Asia Economic Reform Project
Dr Simi Akintoye, Senior Lecturer in Law (DMU)
Dr Regina Frank, Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship and Social Justice (DMU)
Dr Paul Omar, Senior Lecturer in Law (DMU)
Discussant: Dr Philippe de Lombaerde, Associate Professor of International Economics at NEOMA, Paris and Director of the Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)
5pm Closing comments, thanks, and end of symposium