EQUALITY IN A TIME OF CRISIS

EQUA­LITY IN A TIME OF CRISIS

Regis­tra­tion is now open for an inter­na­ti­o­nal confe­rence at Univer­sity College Dublin orga­ni­sed by the UCD Egali­ta­rian World Initi­a­tive (EWI). The confe­rence will open on the evening of Wednes­day 5th May 2010, and will close at lunch­time on Friday 7th May 2010.



In the wake of the recent econo­mic down­turn we want to inform the debate about equa­lity in a time of crisis through profi­ling deve­lop­ments in rese­arch and prac­tice by renow­ned scho­lars on egali­ta­rian and social justice themes inter­na­ti­o­nally. This will be presen­ted through a lively mix of keynote lectu­res, invi­ted respon­dents and panel discus­si­ons. 



The confe­rence will mark the end of the EWI Marie Curie Trans­fer of Know­ledge Programme. It will also coin­cide with and mark the 20th Anni­ver­sary of the esta­blish­ment of the UCD Equa­lity Studies Centre, and the 5th Anni­ver­sary of the esta­blish­ment of the UCD School of Social Justice.



There will be keynote lectu­res by:



Profes­sor Sylvia Walby author of Globa­li­za­tion and Inequa­li­ties; Profes­sor Richard Wilkin­son co-author of The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Soci­e­ties Almost Always Do Better; Profes­sor Martha Fine­man (Emory Univer­sity), author of The Auto­nomy Myth: A Theory of Depen­dency; Profes­sor Andrew Sayer author of The Moral Signi­fi­cance of Class.



There will also be panel discus­si­ons on:



Econo­mic Crisis and State Reac­tion: Impli­ca­ti­ons for Equa­lity, chai­red by Vincent Browne; and Social Move­ments and the Response to the Econo­mic Crisis.



For further infor­ma­tion on the confe­rence, inclu­ding the programme, infor­ma­tion on regis­tra­tion and prac­ti­cal infor­ma­tion, please go to our confe­rence web page: http://www.ucd.ie/ewi/mari­e­cu­rie/confe­rence.html



For queries please contact Richard O’Le­ary: richard [ punto ] olearyucd [ punto ] ie (richard[dot]oleary[at]ucd[dot]ie)