A World United: Allies in Ethical Development

Bordeaux, France June 25th – 27th, 2018

Organized by :

IDEA
and
GRETHA UMR CNRS 5113 University of Bordeaux
and
UMI Resiliences  IRD
with support from  FREE

Invite scholars, practitioners, government policy makers, and other interested parties to submit proposals for presentations at a conference with the theme

The conference theme A World United: Allies in Ethical Development  was chosen with the hope of inspiring thoughtful conversations about the important relationships that can both frustrate and facilitate development. Although we are primarily concerned with questions of personal relationships in which individuals and groups of people ally themselves with one another to bring about ethical development, this theme is also meant to capture alliances at every level of development, including alliances between and across nation states, corporations, multinational groups, NGOs, etc. Thus, we are interested in considerations on the following dimensions of the theme as they apply to ethical development:

• Foundational issues of alliances: What does it mean to be allied with another? What makes for a good ally? How might we respond to harmful alliances? Does privilege itself create a particular responsibility to ally with those less privileged?
• Alliances within and across social categories and identities, including religion, gender, race, ability, economic status, caste, tribe, etc.
• Alliances within and across professional roles including aid workers and stakeholders, agricultural economists and farmers, health care providers and patients, scholars and practitioners, political leaders and citizens, corporations and consumers, shareholders and stakeholders, etc.
• Allies across borders: private citizens, refugees, immigrants, trade agreements, issues of fair trade, development aid, and international political agreements such as the Paris Accord on Climate Change, etc.
• •Allies beyond humanity: allies with non-human animals, allies with the environment, etc.

Presentations should examine these issues from diverse theoretical and conceptual perspectives including philosophical argument, empirical analysis, examinations of policy, and action strategies. The conference will engage scholars and practitioners from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines and activities (including philosophy and other humanities, social sciences, policy studies, development, social work, NGOs, local and global agencies and organizations, government officials and policy makers). IDEA particularly welcomes submissions from scholars and practitioners in the global south.

Conference language: English. All paper submissions and presentations should be in English.

An optional field visit to DARWIN is planned for Wednesday June 27th in the afternoon. DARWIN is an alternative space shared by 100 companies and 30 associations united around common goals including the reduction of their companies’ environmental footprints, creating new economic synergies and promoting urban cultures.

Plenary and concurrent sessions with arranged panels and individual presentations composed into panels.

To initiate a submission you should create a new account at “easychair”:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ideagretha2018 (see first link on the page). 
Or log into your pre-existing “easychair account” after pointing your browser to that link. 
Unsure whether you have an “easychair account” (you may find out using the second link on the page).

1.  Title and abstract of up to 500 words, and five keywords. Please do not provide author information within the abstract (set for blind submission).
2. Name, affiliation (if applicable), and contact information
3. A biography of under 100 words for each presenter (for the conference program)

Individual paper presentations: Proposals should include presentation title and abstract of up to 500 words, plus five keywords. Co-authored and multiple-authored papers are permitted.

Practitioner presentations: Practitioners in non-governmental organizations, government agency, religious communities and other civil society groups may similarly propose presentations that need not pertain to academic research. Please specify all presenters in the proposal.

Young scholar meets senior sessions: Graduate students can present their research plans or work in progress. IDEA stalwarts will provide feedback and chair the discussion. Graduate students can also submit paper abstracts and paper proposals for regular sessions.

Panel proposals: IDEA invites proposals of panels that address themes or sub-themes mentioned above. Panel proposals should include three or four paper abstracts (500 words each) plus a description of the panel theme (500 words).

Submissions are due 1 December 2017.
Decisions will be announced by 1 February 2018.

For further information and conference updates see: https://developmentethics.org/2018conference/ (the page you are on currently)

Lori Keleher: lkeleher@nmsu.edu
Jerome Ballet: jballetfr@yahoo.fr

Morten Fibieger Byskov (Wageningen University, Denmark), Andrew Crabtree (Copenhagen Business School), Nigel Dower (University of Aberdeen), Jean-Luc Dubois (UMI Resiliences, IRD), Stephen Esquith (Michigan State University, USA) , Rebecca Gutwald (University of Munich), Jean-Marcel Koffi (UMI Resiliences, University AOB, Côte d’Ivoire), Alice Kouadio-Odounfa (UMI Resiliences, University AOB, Côte d’Ivoire), Pierre Morand (UMI Resiliences, IRD), Eric Palmer (Allegheny College, USA), Carlos Zorro Sánchez (Universidad de los Andes, Bogota), and Asun St. Clair (University of Oslo).

Jerome Ballet, Eric Rougier, Tanguy Bernard, Julie Vissaguet, Catherine Pasquier

Any Questions? Please contact conference convenors:

Lori Keleher: lkeleher@nmsu.edu
Jerome Ballet: jballetfr@yahoo.fr