EVENTS

January 24, 2024

Lecture on ‘Durational Ethics: Finding the Courage to Place Development Efforts in Time’

  22 FEBRUARY 2023    An absence of historical context can undermine the effectiveness of development efforts, but recognizing the weight of the past can be […]
January 24, 2024

Lecture on ‘The Problems with Income Inequality’

  25 JANUARY 2023    Widening income disparities are leading many economists and policymakers to question some foundational elements of our current economic system. Indeed, income […]
January 24, 2024

Lecture on ‘Search for Cognitive Justice’

  21 DECEMBER 2022    Democracy has not taken knowledge seriously in its cognitive and epistemic sense. A citizen is a consumer of knowledge but never […]
January 24, 2024

Lecture on ‘Environment, Development and Alternatives towards Sustainability’

  23 NOVEMBER 2022    The world is going through unprecedented crises, including ecological collapse, climate change, growing inequality, war and conflict. There is an urgent […]
January 24, 2024

Book Launch and Panel Discussion on ‘Hope and Resilience: The Application of Spiritual Principles to Community Life’

  27 SEPTEMBER 2022    The Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development is had the Book Launch of its study titled ‘Hope and Resilience: The Application […]
January 24, 2024

Lecture on ‘How Will We Feed 11 Billion People?’

  23 AUGUST 2022    UN projections show global population reaching 11 billion—and the world economy growing by 500%—by the end of this century. But can […]
January 24, 2024

Webinar on ‘Reassessing the Place of the Informal Sector in India’s Development Story’

  28 JUNE 2022    In light of the acute precarity faced by India’s informal sector brought to light during the COVID-19 pandemic, the webinar sought […]
January 24, 2024

Lecture on ‘Dynamic Knowledge, Diminishing Language and Uneven Development’

  16 JUNE 2022    Drawing on illustrative examples from India and several other countries, the lecture will explore the links between knowledge, language and social […]
January 24, 2024

Lecture on ‘Understanding Human Security in India’s Context’

  12 APRIL 2022    The concept of human security emphasizes the strong link between human well-being and the achievement of peace and security. Challenging the […]