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Call for Applications: IDEAs-IIR Advanced Students’ Workshop on External vulnerability and the development challenge in the current conjunctur October 20-21, 2025, The UWI campus St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Applications to be accepted until May 15, 2025
Introduction
As part of the global effort to understand and seek alternatives to address these development challenges, IDEAs, a progressive, South-led network of development thinkers and practitioners, and the Institute of International Relations at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus (IIR/The UWI) is organizing a workshop on the topic “External vulnerability and the development challenge in the current conjuncture” for advanced students, research scholars and young academics in economics, IR or related fields in Caribbean small developing economies. The workshop is also open to those from the region who plan to pursue a career as research analysts, journalists or development practitioners in related areas.
The workshop will be offered in parallel with the IDEAs-IIR International Conference on “Caribbean Unorthodox Economic Thought” to be held in October 22-23, also at The UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Students selected to participate in the workshop will be able to participate in this international conference.
Workshop’s Outline
Monday October 20, 2025
9:15 am-10:30 am International inequality, cross-border financial flows, and the contemporary development challenge
10:30 am -10:5 am Coffee break
10:45 am-12:00 pm Unfit for purpose: The international financial architecture since Bretton Woods
12:00 pm-1:15 pm Constraints to economic diversification and vulnerability in small and low-income countries
1:15 pm-2:15 pm Lunch break
2: 15 pm-3:30 pm From extractivism to resource-leveraged development: Experiences in low- and middle-income countries
3:30 pm-3:45 pm Coffee break
3:45 pm-5:00 pm The development challenge in a time of climate crisis
Tuesday October 21, 2025
9:15 am-10:30 am Capital flows, external debt and macroeconomic management– The Latin American Experience
10:30 am-10:45 am Coffee break
10: 45 am-12:00 pm Addressing compounding vulnerabilities: Some Asian experiences
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch break
2: 15 pm-3:30 pm The state and economic development: Lessons from Africa
3:30 pm-3:45 pm Coffee break
3:45 pm-5:00 pm Multilateralism and the prospects for development cooperation today
Eligibility
Applicants should have completed post-graduation in economics. Candidates who have completed post-graduation in other social science disciplines, but are keen to enroll in this workshop, are also welcomed to apply.
Application
Deadline: May 15, 2025
Apply online at: https://forms.gle/V3F28JHZaUjeGC1r5
In your application, you would need to include:
- Statements of grades/Marksheets of your under-graduate and postgraduate degrees
- A statement of purpose (maximum 500 words) explaining your academic background, your academic interests and why you want to enroll for this workshop
- 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.
Travel and Lodging
Costs of travel and accommodation for 5 nights on a twin-sharing basis with check-in on October 19 and check-out on October will be taken care of by IDEAs.
Selection
An admissions committee constituted by IDEAs and IIR will review the applications and shortlist candidates. Selected candidates will be notified by May 31, 2025.
Confirmation of Admission
Selected candidates will be required to confirm their acceptance of the offer of admission by email by 15 June 2025
Contact
For any queries, email workshop.ideas.lac@gmail.com
