The Ford Program hosts the Discussions on Development series to encourage thoughtful discussion on the interdisciplinary nature of human development. Each discussion involves two to three Notre Dame professors from different disciplines to focus on a specific topic and its relation to development. All discussions are open to the public. Click on the titles to watch video of the discussions.
Academic Year 2012-13 |
Wednesday, November 28
Fr. Frank Quinlivan, CSC
Former Provincial of Holy Cross Priests in Bangladesh
"The Catholic Church, Holy Cross, and Human Development in Bangladesh"
7:00 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center |
Academic Year 2011-12 |
Wednesday, October 3
Paul Collier
Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies
Oxford University
"International Human Development: Has the US a Leadership Role?"
7:00 pm - Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Thursday, October 4
Paul Collier
Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies
Oxford University
Sean Callahan
Executive Vice President for Overseas Operations
Catholic Relief Services
"International Human Development and US Foreign Policy"
5:00 pm - JW Marriott Chicago, 151 West Adams Street
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Tuesday, April 3
Ford Program Discussions on Development Series
Discussion with Chelina Odbert, Co-founder and Principal of Kounkuey Design Initiative
"Sustainable Urban Alternatives through Productive Public Spaces"
7:00 pm - C103, Hesburgh Center |
 Wednesday, February 8
“Ford Program Community Development Partnerships: Nnindye, Uganda and Dandora, Kenya”
Apolo Kasharu
Coordinator, University Partnership for Outreach, Research and Development
Uganda Martyrs University
Juliet Nambuubi
Community Outreach Officer, University Partnership for Outreach, Research and Development
Uganda Martyrs University
Dorrin Wagithi
Community Outreach Officer, Dandora Law and Human Development Project
7:00 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center |
Wednesday, November 30
Carolyn Nordstrom
Professor of Anthropology
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
"Global Causes and Consequences of Human Trafficking"
7:00 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center |
 October 24, 2011
A Dialogue with
Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez, OP
John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Theology
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Dr. Paul Farmer
Kolokotrones University Professor, Harvard University
Cofounder, Partners In Health
7:00 pm - 101 Debartolo Hall
Cosponsored with the Center for Health Sciences Advising, the Center for Social Concerns, the Department of Theology, and the Eck Institute for Global Health |
 October 6, 2011
Winifred Fitzgerald '83
Madagascar Country Representative/Senior Resident Advisor, Better U Foundation
Clark Gibson '83
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Madeleine Philbin '81
Regional Director, Midwest, Catholic Relief Services
6:30 pm
Eck Visitor's Center Auditorium
Cosponsored by the Alumni Association |
Academic Year 2010-11 |
 Wednesday, March 30 - 7:00pm
Ford Program Discussions on Development
“Women and Political Representation: the Case of Uganda”
Eileen Hunt Botting
Associate Professor of Political Science
Robert Esuruku
Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Ethics and Development Studies, Uganda Martyrs University
7:00 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center |
 Wednesday, January 26 - 7:00pm
Discussions on Development - "Rebuilding Haiti: Challenges and Opportunities”
Discussion with:
Tracy Kijewski-Correa
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
Rev. Robert Loughery, csc
Notre Dame Haiti Program
C103 Hesburgh Center |
 Wednesday, November 17 - 7:00pm
Discussions on Development - "Microfinance, Entrepreneurship, and Fair Trade”
Discussion with:
Ann-Marie Conrado
Associate Professional Specialist, Industrial Design
Joseph Kaboski
Associate Professor of Economics
Greenfield's International Cafe, Hesburgh Center
Watch Ann-Marie Conrado's video "Fighting for Opportunity" here.
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 Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 7:00pm
Discussions on Development - "The Common Good, Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights"
Speakers:
Rev. Oliver Williams, CSC
Associate Professor and Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business at Mendoza College of Business
Douglass Cassel
Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the Notre Dame Law School
All are welcome
Greenfields International Cafe, Hesburgh Center
Cosponsored by the Notre Dame Forum.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 7:00pm
 “Alumni in the Field”
Matt McGarry (ND '00 College of Arts and Letters)
Country Representative, Afghanistan
Catholic Relief Services
John Polk (ND '97 College of Engineering)
Deputy Resident Country Director, Honduras
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Mary Claire Sullivan (ND '08, College of Business)
Formerly with Community Enterprise Solutions, Guatemala and Nicaragua
ND '12 MBA Candidate
7:00 pm – Greenfield’s International Cafe, Hesburgh Center
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Academic Year 2009-10 |
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 – 7:00pm
 "It's the Water, Stupid"
Discussed by
David Lodge
Professor of Biological Sciences and
Director of Notre Dame's Center for Aquatic Conservation
Molly Lipscomb
Assistant Professor of Economics and Econometrics and
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
7:00pm - LaFortune Montgomery Auditorium
Refreshments will be served |
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 – 7:00pm
 "Is Charity Bad for Human Development? Reflections on Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Caritas in Veritate"
Discussed by
Rev. Robert A. Dowd, CSC
Director, Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Maura Ryan
John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C. Associate Professor of Christian Ethics
7:00pm - Hammes Student Lounge, Coleman Morse Center (1st floor)
Refreshments will be served |
December 2, 2009 - 7:00pm
 “The Role of the University in Development”
Fr. Peter Kanyandago, Professor of Ethics and Development Studies at Uganda Martyrs Univeristy
Tamo Chattopadhay, Assistant Professor, Institute for Educational Initiatives
Coleman-Morse Lounge (1st floor)
Refreshments will be served |
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
 "Relief vs. Development: Conflicting pathways to economic growth and political stability?"
Rahul Oka
Assitant Professor, Anthropology
Larissa Fast
Assistant Professor, Sociology
7:00 pm - Coleman-Morse Lounge (1st floor)
Refreshments will be served
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Academic Year 2008-09 |
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 -7:30pm
Jeffrey Bergstrand, Professor of Finance
Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC, Professor of Political Science
Amitava Dutt, Professor of Economics and Policy Studies
Coleman-Morse Lounge (1st floor)
How is the global economic crisis affecting the developing world? Notre Dame Professors of international finance, economics and political science will discuss the genesis of the global economic crisis and its impact on international trade as well as the possible economic effects of the crisis in the developing world and how these consequences of the crisis may affect democratization processes.
During the discussion, speakers will address what should be done; how policy makers in the "developed world" or global north can prevent the global economic crisis from resulting in a spike in extreme poverty, political instability, and a resurgence of authoritarian regimes in the "developing world" or global south. |
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 7:00pm
Mary Ann McDowell
Notre Dame Professor of Biology
Steve Silliman
Notre Dame Professor of Engineering
Coleman-Morse Lounge (1st floor)
Abstract
This discussion will be devoted to exploring the great technological and scientific discoveries that have brought the "developed" world to where it is today and how these and other new innovations can help the "developing" world. Many, if not most, would argue that scientific progress and inventiveness is exactly what has led to development in much of the world and to the divergence between countries over the last 200 years. Why then have so many countries been left behind? How is it possible that we live in a world where some countries lack clean water, basic health care, and still cultivate by hand while others have complex water purification plants, do laser surgeries, and have elaborate industrial processes? Scientists who wish to make a difference for those living in extreme poverty must grapple not only with quandaries in the lab and the physical world but also with the complexities of the social world. |
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 7:00pm
Scott Appleby
Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Paul Kollman
Notre Dame Professor of Theology
Coleman-Morse Lounge (1st floor)
Abstract
This discussion is devoted to exploring the impact that religion has had and may have on development processes. This topic raises immensely important questions because there is reason to believe that religious values may influence how people define and measure development in the first place. How do the world's great religions, especially Christianity and Islam, invite us to conceptualize, define and measure development? How have Christianity and/or Islam affected development in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions of the global south? Is Western Christianity more conducive to development than Islam and other major world religions? What explains why Christianity and Islam vary across time and place in the extent to which they encourage the toleration, scientific inquiry and innovation that make development possible? Professors Scott Appleby and Paul Kollman will address these questions and many more. |
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 7:00pm
Amitava Dutt
Notre Dame Professor of Economics
Carolyn Nordstrom
Notre Dame Professor of Anthropology
Coleman-Morse Lounge (1st floor)
Abstract
This discussion is devoted to exploring whether we can agree on the meaning and measures of development. Some may argue that development is relative and that each society/community should be able to define development for itself. While this might be a nice idea and might have been possible before peoples in the global south were colonized by Western powers, others may argue that it's too late for that now. Communities and societies that define and measure development in a way that is significantly different from the way it is commonly defined and measured in the West are certain to isolate and impoverish themselves even according their own definitions and measures. While many argue that Westerners should promote development without imposing their definition of the "good life", others hold that this is impossible; Westerners cannot promote development without imposing at least some of their values. |
The Cost of the Crisis: The Outlook for International Development
Science, Technology, and Development
The Impact of Religion on Development
The Meaning and Measure of Development
