Date: Tuesday, 5 November 2024 | 5-6.30pm Location: Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2HW Please register by 4pm on 4 November 2024. The university experience can differ greatly for both educators/academics and learners. Race is one of many influences that can impact on academic experience alongside other dimensions such as sexuality and gender,... Continue Reading →
This year's symposium will delve into the theme of foreign investment. In the morning, our panel will examine the ramifications of third-country investment in European ports, focusing on the cases of Piraeus, Hamburg and Southampton ports. We'll explore contrasting perspectives: some argue that these investments represent strategic asset sales and efficiency gains, while others highlight... Continue Reading →
Walaa Bakry is interested in transitioning economies, public economics, and the economics of education. He is currently the Director of Executive Education at Westminster Business School. He has more than 25 years of academic and research experience. He completed his Doctorate in Higher Education Management at the University of Bath. He lectures on Project Finance,... Continue Reading →
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic rocked the world, spurring the collapse of national commerce, international trade, education, air travel, and tourism. The global economy has been brought to its knees by the rapid spread of infection, resulting in widespread illness and many deaths. The rise in nationalism and isolationism, ethnic strife, disingenuous governmental reporting,... Continue Reading →
What was the turning point in the world's largest and deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus disease? Public health interventions tend to focus on supply-side provision of public health goods. These goods are clinical resources such as medicine or equipment. However, no nation has enough resources to ‘treat’ its way out of a widespread epidemic.... Continue Reading →
The National Centre for Social Research together with the University of Westminster and the Busara Centre for Behavioural Economics attracted a large grant of £200,000 to investigate EU Asylum policies, migration trends and their linkages to the Integration Fund. The project was titled “Asylum Seeker Decision Making” and took place between March 2022 to October 2022.... Continue Reading →
Italy was among the first countries in the world to experience the devastating consequences of the COVID-19 emergency and suffered its consequences to an unprecedented level. Understanding how the country got there, in spite of a relatively well-resourced public and private health system in at least part of the country, is imperative to be able... Continue Reading →
This study builds on long-term fieldwork focusing on the Ghanaian construction industry and the governance of labour standards prevailing in this less-studied yet rapidly globalising sector in the country. The authors argue that while incorporation into international production networks undoubtedly generates a number of opportunities for workers, adverse incorporation outcomes also originate in parallel and... Continue Reading →
Based on a case study of a waste management services provider in India, this paper sets out to investigate how an ecopreneurial organisation balances the competing demands of environmental mission and profit generation. Results indicate that two internal organisational mechanisms, namely Leadership, and Organisational Processes, are instrumental in achieving the dual goals. The paper highlights... Continue Reading →
When: 1st March 2022, 2-3pm GMT UK Dr Serena Masino (WDPN Profile ~ University Webpage) will present insights on the current challenges in the governance of labour standards in Global Production Networks (commonly known as GPNs) and transnational production networks around the low and middle-income world. The event will be in collaboration with the Indian... Continue Reading →
When: 8th March 2022, 2-3pm GMT UK In the panel co-organised by the University of Westminster's Development Policy Nextwork and Covenant University's CEPDeR, the speakers will explore the often linked and interdependent roles of Trade and FDI in Africa with specific attention placed on export diversification, on the one hand, and the role of regional... Continue Reading →
Dr Serena Masino, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Development and Economics, was invited to give the Raleigh Lecture at the Company of Entrepreneurs’ major event of the year to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week on 9 November. The lecture, titled ‘Globalisation: Opportunities and Threats’, explored the global opportunities and threats that globalisation creates. It examined,... Continue Reading →
Source: Business Insider Africa Under what conditions do we find a positive link? Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to African countries have grown exponentially in recent decades, bringing with them much sought-after expansion in industry and services. Employment has also often increased as a by-product. However, while undeniably positive, such features are far from being... Continue Reading →
Inflamed - Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, Rupa Marya and Raj Patel by Serena Masino Rupa Marja and Raj Patel have recently published a book that explores the deeper causes of inflammation-related disease. Inflammation is increaseingly seen as the root cause of several diseases involving all systems in the human body, from Alzheimer to... Continue Reading →
Final Report for the Department for Education:Traineeships are an education and training programme that provide young people aged 16-24 with an intensive period of work experience and work preparation training, as well as offering them support in improving their English and maths, to give them the best opportunity of entering an apprenticeship or employment. This... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday 8 October, the University’s Marylebone Campus welcomed two internationally renowned speakers, Dr Dirk Willem te Velde (Overseas Development Institute, ODI) and Dr Peter Holmes (University of Sussex) to discuss the future of UK trade and investment with China and Africa, in the aftermath of a potential Brexit. The event was jointly organised by... Continue Reading →
We welcomed speakers from across the globe to the Westminster Development Studies Symposium on May 17. Our keynote speaker for the event was Professor Kunal Sen, Director of the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research and Professor of Development Economics at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. He is a leading... Continue Reading →
Venue: Regent Boardroom, University of Westminster- 309 Regent St, London W1B 2HW Join us on 17th May 2019 for the Westminster Development Studies Symposium organised by the University of Westminster's Development Policy Research Network at its Central London Regent Campus. The workshop will provide a forum to explore the issues, challenges and responses to conflicting trends of... Continue Reading →
The Westminster Development Policy Research Network and the Westminster Economics Research Seminar Series will jointly host a panel discussion on 11th February 2019, between 4:00 and 5:00 pm. Attendance is free and open to all. Refreshments will be provided. 11th February 2019, 16:00-17:00pm , Room C278, Westminster Business School, Marylebone Campus. • Dr Jun Hou Senior... Continue Reading →
Globalisation – between achievements and the road to isolation May 17, 2019 University of Westminster, London UK Organized byUniversity of Westminster Development Policy Analysis Research Network (London, UK) Organising Committee: Dr. Karen Jackson and Dr. Serena Masino Keynote Speaker: Professor Kunal Sen (Director of UNU-WIDER) This workshop will provide a forum to explore the issues, challenges and... Continue Reading →
- Exploring the economic questions facing us today and their societal implications - The Westminster Economics Research Seminar Series brings together scholars with a wide array of expertise on the economy. The talks are 30 minutes followed by a discussion. The seminars are free and open to everyone. Coffee/tea will be provided. Date/TimeTopic/SpeakersMonday 11 February... Continue Reading →
This study contributes to the health policy debate on medical systems integration by describing and analysing the interactions between health-care users, indigenous healers, and the biomedical public health system, in the so far rarely documented case of post-conflict Burundi. We adopt a mixed-methods approach combining (1) data from an existing survey on access to health-care,... Continue Reading →
Pippa Catterall has been Professor of History and Policy at Westminster since 2016. Her research expertise and interests are wide-ranging and include the history and theory of public policy and public administration; aid policy; international relations and Commonwealth relations; development and heritage; national identities; identity politics and conflict resolution. Position: Professor of History and Policy,... Continue Reading →
Parviz Dabir-Alai is Professor of Economics at Richmond University in London. He is a former Dean of the School of Business & Economics at the University. He has extensive international academic experience having lived and worked in the US, the Caribbean and in South Asia. The research he has done spans several areas within the... Continue Reading →
Sabine Franklin earned her PhD from the School of Organisations, Economy and Society at the University of Westminster. Her thesis examines the local governance of 2014 Ebola Epidemic in a comparative case study of Sierra Leone and Liberia. She has research interests in international development, global health governance, and qualitative fieldwork methods. Her work can... Continue Reading →
Ioannis Glinavos is an expert in investment treaty arbitration (ISDS), law and economics, law and development. Ioannis has written for The Independent, Forbes, Newsweek, HuffPost and The Conversation. He is the author of two books and multiple peer-reviewed academic papers in high impact journals. His books have examined the role of law in systemic economic... Continue Reading →
Sumita Ketkar is a Senior Lecturer at University of Westminster. Her research interests are in the area of Ecopreneurship, that cuts across the domains of social entrepreneurship and sustainability, and Gender Pay Inequity . She teaches Reward Management on a specialist Master's course in Human Resource Management, and is a co-course leader for the largest... Continue Reading →
Jane Li’s research experience has been in international economics, global trade, and foreign direct investment. Her recent work focuses on the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative – especially in the context of Europe. She has expertise in quantitative research methods and gravity model analysis. Position: Graduate University Teacher, University of Loughborough Regional focus:... Continue Reading →
Bakhrom Mirkasimov has been appointed as a Rector of Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) from September 2020. Previously he held the position of the Deputy Rector on Research and Innovation and a Principal Lecturer at WIUT. He is the Managing Editor of the newly launched international peer-reviewed open-access journal - Silk Road: A Journal of... Continue Reading →
Catherine Pédamon’s main research interests are in the areas of international trade law with a focus on comparative commercial contract law, business and human rights, corporate social responsibility and international corporate governance. She is particularly interested in researching policies and frameworks for corporate sustainability and responsible business practices. She has published a monograph and articles in... Continue Reading →
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