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Conference programme
Changes in the programme might occur
All plenary sessions will be taking place in Auditorium B (see maps of the venue)
Time | 25 January |
15:30 – 17:00 | Registration (Canteen) |
18:30 – | Reception for all participants (Canteen) |
Time | 26 January |
8:00 – 8:30 | Registration and coffee (Canteen) |
8:30 – 10:00 | Welcome address
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10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break (Rotunda, Level 3) |
10:30 – 11:30 | Keynote (Auditorium B) Deborah Potts; Reader in Human Geography , Department of Geography, King’s College London Labels and definitions: reflections on the rural and urban in sub-Saharan Africa |
11:30 – 11:45 | Coffee Break (Rotunda, level 3 and Auditorium C) |
11:45 – 12:45 | Paper session 1
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12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch (Canteen) |
13:30 – 15:00 | Paper session 2
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15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break (Canteen) |
15:30 – 17:00 | Paper session 3
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Time | 27 January |
8:00 – 8:30 | Registration and coffee (Canteen) |
8:30 – 9:30 | Keynote (Auditorium B) Claire Mercer; Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Environment, /> London School of Economics & Political Science |
9:30 – 9:45 | Coffee Break (Rotunda, Level 3 and Auditorium C) |
9:45 – 11:15 | Paper session 4
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11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee Break (Rotunda, Level 3) |
11:45 – 12:45 | Keynote (Auditorium B) Olivier J. Walther; Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, |
12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch (Canteen) |
13:30 – 15:00 | Paper session 5
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15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break (Canteen) |
15:30 – 17:00 | Plenary debate Rural-Urban transformations and the SDGs Convener: Cecilia Tacoli, Principal Researcher and co-Head, Human Settlement Group, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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18:30 – | Conference dinner |
Time | 28 January |
8:00 – 8:30 | Registration and coffee (Canteen) |
8:30 – 9:30 | Keynote Winnie V. Mitullah; Director and Associate Research Professor, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi Rural-Urban Connections: Addressing Disparities for Growth and Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa |
9:30 – 9:45 | Coffee Break (Rotunda, Level 3 and Auditorium C) |
9:45 – 11:45 | Paper Session 6
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11:45 – 12:00 | Coffee Break (Rotunda, Level 3 and Auditorium C) |
12:00 – 12:30 | Conference closure |
12:30 – | Lunch (Canteen) |