Join the Cambridge Global Challenges Interdisciplinary Research Centre (CGC IRC) for a hands-on workshop aimed at fostering open dialogue between academics, research leaders, and institutional representatives from Cambridge and the Global South, particularly Africa.

Are you an early career researcher passionate about making a real-world impact with your work? Do you aspire to effectively communicate your research to policymakers and contribute to the health and environmental policy landscapes – both in the UK and internationally? Then this workshop is tailor-made for you!

Speaker: Dr Michiel de Haas, Wageningen University

Chair: Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, UK’s Minister for Development and Africa in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Panel:

Simon Bishop, CEO BBC Media Action

Madhav Chinappa, Media consultant and former Director of News Ecosystem Development at Google

Speaker: Dr Michiel de Haas,  Wageningen University

Co-authored with Tom Westland, Ewout Frankema and Tanik Joshipura

This talk is part of the African Economic History Seminar series.

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