Debating new directions in a time of crises, an interdisciplinary, international conference hosted by the Department of Development Sociology.

Keynote speakers include:

Patrick Bond: Professor in the School of Development Studies and Director of the Center for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos: Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.

Michael Goldman: Associate Professor and McKnight Presidential Fellow in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota.

Tayyab Mahmud: Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Global Justice at Seattle University School of Law.

Judith Tendler: Professor of Political Economy in the International Development Group at MIT