AGST Module 1 (Environmental policy & Rural development studies) invites Prof. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg (Wageningen University), Prof. Miguel Altieri (UC Berkeley) and Prof. Steven McGreevy (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature) to have the special lecture for “Agroecology and Peasant Agriculture as a Promise for the Future” on May 25, 2016.
[Sperakers]
Prof. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
(Wageningen University, the Netherlands)
Prof. Miguel Altieri
(UC Berkeley, USA)
Associate Prof. Steven McGreevy
(Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan)
[Date/Time]
25th May, 2016
13:15-17:45
[Venue]
Mizuho Hall (B1F), Faculty of Law/Economics East Bldg.
Main Campus, Kyoto University
[Co-hosted]
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto
[Programme]
12:45-13:15
Doors open
13:15-13:30
Opening
Prof. Shuji Hisano (GSE/AGST, Kyoto University)
13:30-14:15
Rural Sustainable Development in Japan: Will the seeds of transition take root?
Dr. Steven McGreevy (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
14:15-14:30
Break
14:30-15:20
Science and Politics of Agroecology
Prof. Miguel Altieri (UC Berkeley)
15:20-16:10
Revisit the Structure/Agency Debate and its Implications for Peasant Studies
Prof. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg (Wageningen University)
16:10-16:20
Break
16:20-17:30
Roundtable Discussions (moderated by Dr. Hart Feuer)
[Registration required]
First 50 applicants acceptable.
Please send an email the following information to International Affairs Office,
Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (See the below email address)
・Name
・Email address
・Faculty/Graduate shool or Affiliation
[Registration Deadline]
22nd May, 2016
[Contact]
International Affairs Office, Graduate School of Economics
iao.econ [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (please replace [at] with @)
