Land use, poverty and the environment : Research workshop with Bina Agarwal

This event is co-hosted by the LIEPP research groups "Discriminations and category-based policies" and "Environmental policies". 

March 20th 10.15 am - 12.15 pm
Sciences Po - Salle du Conseil
13 rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris

Bina Agarwal is a Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the Global Development Institute of the University of Manchester. She is the author of pioneering work on gender inequalities, environmental governance, feminist environmentalism and environmental inequalities. Among her notable books are the award-winning, A Field of One’s Own (CUP, 1994); Gender and Green Governance (OUP, 2010); and Gender Challenges (OUP, 2016), a three volume compendium of her selected papers. 

Professor Agarwal will discuss these topics with Charlotte Halpern, senior researcher at Sciences Po CEE & LIEPP and director of the Institute for environmental transformation, before engaging with Sciences Po and Université Paris Cité research students and the AIRE faculty, and discussing presentations by two Sciences Po PhD researchers : Elisa Soyer-Chaudun (PhD programme in sociology at CSO) and Manon Deguet (PhD programme in political science at CERI) (titles TbC). 

Bina Agarwal will give another seminar during her stay at Sciences Po, "A Feminist Lens on Forests and Fields: A Conversation with Bina Agarwal", hosted by PSIA and the Sciences Po’s Gender Studies Programme March 18. Details here.