We’re back with the OICSD Research Showcase, where our scholars and affiliates present cutting-edge, interdisciplinary work in the fields of health, economics, ecology and politics. The showcase will begin with a keynote lecture by Emeritus Professor of Economics Judith Heyer, who will discuss her extensive work on the impact of economic development on villages in western Tamil Nadu, India, from the 1970s onwards.
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Introduction & welcome | 5-5:05 PM
Class, caste and gender in the Tamil Nadu countryside | 5:05-5:45 pm
The impact of industrialisation and economic development in the hinterland of Coimbatore and Tiruppur
Keynote lecture by Prof Judith Heyer, Somerville Emeritus Fellow in Economics, University of Oxford
Does everyone have an opportunity to be healthy? | 5:45-6 PM
Dr Anant Jani, Research Associate, Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
The Informal Democracy: Creation of Power and Public Policy in India | 6-6:15 PM
Smit Singh, Associate, Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Effect of climate change on Muscicapidae birds| 6:15-6:30 PM
Aavika Dhanda, DPhil candidate in Biology
Innovative Financing using Microequity Contracts : Evidence from an ongoing experiment in India | 6:30-6:45 PM
Sanghamitra Mukherjee, DPhil candidate in Economics
The event will be followed by a reception.
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