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Demography and the Challenge of Social Change in the African Sahel
September 20, 2014 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Sahel Research Group and the France-Florida Research Institute are hosting a one-day Symposium titled “Demography and the Challenge of Social Change in the Sahel”.
Career Resource Center Library
Reitz Union, first floor
Speakers come from different disciplines including demography, public health, geography and anthropology.
8:00-8:30 Coffee
8:30-8:45 Welcome and Introduction
8:45-10:15 Panel 1: Population Growth and Climate Change
Malcolm Potts, UC Berkeley, OASIS Initiative
Alisha Graves, OASIS Initiative
10:45-12:15 Panel 2: The Livelihood Challenge: Farmers and Pastoralists
Matt Turner, University of Wisconsin
Leif Brottem, Grinnell College
12:15-1:15 lunch break
1:15-2:45 Panel 3: Gender and Climate
Sarah McKune, University of Florida
Arame Tall, IFPRI
3:00-4:00 Roundtable: What Agenda for Research and Action?
The symposium will be followed by a series of workshops and lectures in Grinter as follows:
– Monday Sept. 22 (1-3pm Grinter 404): “Pastoral livelihoods and vulnerability to climate change” led by Dr Sarah McKune (UF, Epidemiology and UFIC)
– Tuesday Sept. 23 (11-1pm Grinter 471): “Demography, girls education and women’s empowerment in the Sahel” led by Alisha Graves (Associate Director, OASIS Initiative)
– Wednesday Sept.24 (1-3pm Grinter 404): “Development, food security and environmental change” by Renata Serra (UF, Center for African Studies)
– Friday Sept. 26 (11:45-1pm Grinter 471): “Managing Salafi Activism in areas of limited statehood: Evidence from Mali and Niger” presented by Sebastian Elischer (University of Lunenburg and GIGA, Germany).
The symposium and workshops are part of a wider initiative called Development, Security and Climate Change in the Sahel, which involves cooperation between UF, Sciences Po (France) and UCAD (Dakar, Senegal). Five graduate students (two from Sciences Po and three from UCAD) will be visiting UF between Sept. 20-26.
For more information, please contact Dr Renata Serra (rserra@ufl.edu), Prof. Leonardo Villalon (villalon@ufl.edu), or Dr Sarah McKune (smckune@ufl.edu).