Call for Applications: IDEAs Workshop on Development Policy in a Financially Integrated World: Addressing contemporary challenges December 13-17, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

(Applications accepted until 00:00 hrs UTC 10 October, 2024)

Introduction

The post-pandemic global economy has been grappling with multiple challenges, with the fallout in most parts of the Global South being particularly adverse. Addressing long-unattended development deficits, reflected starkly in the persisting shortfalls in realising the SDG goals and targets, is proving difficult because of structural obstacles to the mobilisation and deployment of global resources, the subordination of all else to the interests of global capital, the increase in extreme weather events that create new responsibilities even while the old persist, and the consequences of geopolitical tensions embedded in the same unequal world order. Creating the conditions for adopting and finding ways of implementing a development policy framework that replaces the current neoliberal regime is imperative. The workshop will focus on the myriad policy proposals that together can offer that alternative, attempt to understand why they can work, and deliberate on the structural obstacles to adoption of such policies.  The pursuit of a renewed reform agenda for development is of course predicated on many domestic and international factors including a responsive international financial architecture, mediated cross-border flows of capital, pre-emptive regulations to mitigate against systemic risks and institutional reform to deliver on a system of just multilateralism. The prospects for such shifts at the global level must be assessed.

To address these challenge at a conceptual level, IDEAs and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, are hosting a 5-day workshop for senior undergraduates and graduate students, primarily from the Southeast Asian region, focusing on global macroeconomic policy, uneven economic development, development finance, sovereign debt, wealth and income inequality and the role of labour markets in an era of climate change adaptation.

The workshop will expose participants to frontier areas of research in international political economy, macroeconomics, and finance. Expressions of interest from potential participants from elsewhere in Asia are welcome, but preference would be for students from Southeast Asia.  English would be the working language in all sessions.

Eligibility

Applicants should have completed at least two years of an undergraduate degree with some exposure to economics. Candidates who  have completed post-graduation in other social science disciplines, but are  keen to enrol in this workshop, are also welcome to apply. Candidates must have reasonable fluency and comprehension of the English language.

Application

Deadline: UTC 00:00 hrs 10 October 2024

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In your application, you would need to include:

1. Statements of grades/Marksheets of your under-graduate and postgraduate  degrees.

2. A statement of purpose explaining your academic background, your academic  interests and why you want to enrol for this workshop.
3. One letter of recommendation from a teacher, supervisor or anyone else you  have professionally worked with. The LoRs of candidates who are in  full-time jobs or are enrolled in full-time PhD programmes should be from  their employer/supervisor, and should include an affirmation that, in the  event of their selection, they would be able to devote necessary time to  travel and  participate in the workshop. LoRs should also confirm the candidate’s fluency in  the English language.

Travel and Lodging

Selected participants are expected to arrive on the 12th of December 2024 and check out on the 18th. The workshop will be held from 9 am to 6 pm on 13-17 December, except for a half day break in the afternoon of the 15th.

All travel, boarding and lodging costs will be fully covered by IDEAs for the dates specified.

Selection

An admissions committee constituted by IDEAs will review the applications and shortlist candidates. Selected candidates will be notified by 20 October 2024

Confirmation of Admission

Selected candidates will be required to confirm their acceptance of the offer of admission by email by 25 October 2024.

Contact

For any queries, email: response@networkideas.org