DERN Lectures

DERN has provided a series of lectures on various development topics to students in NUIG, including the following: 

Aid and Development:

• View Carol Healy's presentation on the Aid Industry. This was given to students who signed up to the Suas Global Issues Course in 2007.  This presentation covered the main debates and issues surrounding the aid industry and included some definitions and statistics; reasons for aid; aid policy; political and economic motives behind aid and also included case studies.

Development Education and Research

• View Carol Healy's presentation on Development Education and Research in Ireland. This is based on a paper published in the Centre for Global Education Policy and Practice Journal (Issue 5) and was presented at the Development's Futures Conference in NUI Galway.  This article examines some of the debates surrounding development education within the third level context in Ireland.

Development Ethics

• In November 2006, Dr Su Ming Khoo gave a lecture on Development Ethics to the MA in Philosphy: Ethics, Culture and Global Change class, in the Department of Philosophy. Click here to view Dr Khoo's lecture.
• View Carol Healy's presentation to the MA in Philsophy : Ethics, Culture and Global Change.
  Both lectures discussed the different meanings of development, the key ethical themes in the area of development and the contribution of philosophy in this area.

Environmental and Development 

• In June 2007, Carol Healy gave a presentation on the linkages between the Environment and Development at ECI's research day. In her presentation, Carol examined the relationship between development cooperation and environmental justice and discussed how environmental research and education creates synergy with development education through the “Education for Sustainable Development” framework. She also gave a brief synopsis of the work of DERN and highlighted some pertinent questions in relation to the integration of development education into the broader curriculum. Click here to view her presentation.

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

• View Carol Healy's presentation on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. This is based on a lecture she gave to 2nd year Geography Students. This presentation asked whether or not PRSPs are making a defference and looked at the background behind PRSps; the principles and goals of PRSPs; their positive aspects; and finally provided a critique of PRSPs, including the political issues surrounding them.

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