2013 1 March 2013: Guest Lecture - "Methodological introduction to randomized control trials. Application and lessons learned from a productive safety net RCT in Nicaragua" 22 March 2013: O*Platform Aid Effectiveness - Small Reflections on Big Aid Questions 29 March 2013: Seminar: "The Conflict in the Great Lakes region and the role of the UN Group of Experts 29 March 2013: Political settlements and the politics of industrial policy: african experiences (by Lindsay Whitfield - Roskilde University) 23 April 2013: Spectres of the State: Problematics of Government after State Collapse in Somalia (Tobias Hagmann, Associate Professor, Dept of Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University) 23 April 2013: Seminar: "Peace and Justice in the European Union Foreign Policy" (Dr. Laura Davis) 25 April 2013: Issues and conflicts of current Arab political transition - Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Awad (American University in Cairo, Egypt) 29 April 2013: Seminar: "Civil-military relations after violent conflict. The principle of civilian supremacy" (Drs. Elizabeth Mc Clintock) 2012 27 April 2012 - Rethinking State, Economy and Society: Political settlements and transformation potential of African States. 15 May 2012 - Critical institutionalism, bricolage and polycentric water governance (pdf-file - presentation) 22 May 2012 -  "South Sudan almost one year after independence: the world's newest country and its latest failed state? 30 May 2012 - Building Research capacity in the South: challenges and experiences 29 - 30 June 2012 - Rwanda from Below 13-14 September 2012 - Open for Development: EADI IMWG conference 2012 21 September 2012 - Operning Academic year 2012-2013 - Presentation: the Millenium Development Goals post 2015 12-13 November 2012 - Microfinance and new left in Latin America / Microfinanzas y nueva izquierda en América Latina 2011 Seminar and Masterclass 'The Practical Norms of real governance in Africa' - March 25, 2011 Seminar by prof. Agarwal on 'Gender and Forest Conservation: Does Women’s Presence Make a Difference?' - April 6, 2011 Award 'Doctor Honoris Causa' degree in Development Studies - April 7, 2011 4x4 Ontwikkelingssamenwerking anders bekeken! - Jan-Apr 2011 PhD Defence Gert Van Hecken - May 17, 2011 Seminar 'A new land law in Burundi. Prospects for change and challenges ahead' - June 9, 2011 Technical workshop on the implementation and use of the Community-Based Monitoring system (CBMS) - June 15 & 16, 2011 2010 New issues in the struggle for access to land and the governance of land and natural resources in the context of globalization and agro-ecological crisis anno 2010 Lezingenreeks: 4x4 Ontwikkelingssamenwerking anders bekeken Great Lakes Conference: People and power in Transition The Bottom Billion. Paul COLLIER Emeritaatsviering Prof. Dr. Philip Nauwelaerts - De NATO en de nieuwe nucleaire spelers Emeritaatsviering Prof. Dr. Stefaan Marysse - Contradictions of Local Government in Post Apartheid South Africa Debating development 2010 'Revisiting the Millenium Development Goals. Counting down to 2015' 2009 4 x 4 - Ontwikkelingssamenwerking anders bekeken (Dutch only) Adrian Leftwich - The Role of Leaders, Elites and Coalitions in Economic Growth and Political and Social Development. Meine Pieter van Dijk - “Emerging Donors: The Presence of China in Africa” PhD Defence An Ansoms PhD Defence Stef Vandeginste 2008 The First Millennium Development Goal: Progress by Gimmickry - Prof. dr. Thomas W. Pogge Is Africa missing the points or is the world missing the targets? by Jan Vandemoortele The electoral process and truncated democratization in Kenya The Institutionalization of Evaluative Practices in Public Policy:Issues and Challenges Aid effectiveness and donor incentives: the rocky road to Accra - Paolo de Renzio La survie de l’Etat et l’état de la survie en RDC Maturing microfinance and the challenge of rural development in Central America: perspectives from the Fondo de Desarrollo Local in Nicaragua Special chair - Peasants and indigenous people - Access to Land and Persepectives for Inclusive Rural Development by Peter Marchetti Development Evaluation from a Comparative Political Economy Perspective - Sebastian Dellepiane 2007 Seminar on the Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region - December 2007 IMF Seminar - November 2007 Conference/conferentie : "Companies and Corporate Responsibility: Public/Private Responsibility", "Overheids- en Bedrijfsverantwoordelijkheid voor Verantwoord Ondernemen" The Local Relevance of Human Rights - October 2007 Deepening democracy in fragmented societies - September 2007 III Seminario Centroamericano de Microfinanzas Rurales y Ambiente: Retos y Oportunidades para un Desarrollo Sostenible - June 2007 2006 IOB Conference November 2006