Paper Session: Gender

Chair: Nichole Georgeou

Exploring Men’s perspectives on women’s involvement in Local governance in the Wenchi Municipality of Ghana
Charles Gyan, McGill University;
Ata Senior Yeboah, KNUST; Enunice Abbey, University of Ghana;
Vyda Mamley Hervie, University of Ghana

Strategy and vernacularisation of the concept of gender equality in women's empowerment programs in Indonesia (a case study of informal women's schools in villages of the Spermonde Islands in South Sulawesi, Indonesia)
Ulya Jamson, Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, School of Social and Political Science, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne

How Indian NGOs use the 'Doing Good' narrative to under-compensate women's (emotional) labour.
Pranjali Das, Australian National University

Panel: Recognising knowledge gaps: Indigenous Solomon Islanders’ experiences and contributions to natural resource management and development debates

Chair: Gordon Nanau, University of the South Pacific

Logging versus alternative development in rural Solomon Islands
Jerry Siota, Solomon Islands National University

Community based fisheries management  and indigenous governance systems in Solomon Islands
Senoveva Mauli, University of Wollongong

Interactions between the Oil Palm Industry and indigenous rural communities in the Solomon Islands
Lincy Pendeverana, Solomon Islands National University

Panel: Re-imagining partnership for mutual respect and locally-led development

Chair: Charles Mphande

PNG's National Development Goals and Directive Principles and locally led development.
Elizabeth Cox

Un-doing colonial hierarchies in the development aid sector in Papua New Guinea
Mercy Masta, RMIT

Unpacking the Partnership: Research into a 20-year community to community friendship with Timor-Leste
Ann Wigglesworth, Victoria University

Paper Session: Displacement & Resettlement

Chair: Kearrin Sims

Development-Induced Resettlement and Intangible Losses: Revealing Gaps In Policy Making and Praxis.
Joshua Matanzima, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Planned relocation or in situ management? Comparing the justice outcomes of two state-led climate change adaptation responses in the Philippines
Brooke Wilmsen, La Trobe University;
Justin See, University of Canberra

Understanding complexities around Gender, Climate change adaptation, and Cultural Sustainability: Insights from Bangladesh
Sajal Roy, Centre for Social Impacts, UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales
Utsab Bhattarai, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

Panel: Reframing Inclusive Enterprise Development through Critical Cross-Cultural Lenses

Chair: Matthew Mabefam

Robyn Eversole, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
Cindy Reese Mitchell, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
Deanna Hutchinson, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
Juliana Lobo de Queiroz, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology

Paper Session: Economic Development

Chair: Nidhi Wali

Postcolonial Perspectives on Nationalism, Growth, and Development
Marjorie Muyrong, Manila, Philippines/ La Trobe University

Financial Inclusion as a Strategy for Economic Equity and Poverty Alleviation within Indonesian Households)
Joseph K. Assan, Brandeis University,
Suhendi E. Saputro, Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia
Dinar D. Kharisma, Brandeis University
Ryan Lansing, Brandeis University

Creating a renewables giant: the rise of national champions in India’s solar sector
Simran Keshwani, Macquarie University

Paper Session: Gender & Development

Chair: Nichole Georgeou

Feminist or economic approaches to empowerment: why do we keep focusing only on women’s “financial skills”?  
Annabel Dulhunty, Australian National University

"Better practice": Principles for 'decolonised' research on Violence Against Women
Sarah Homan, The Equality Institute
Loksee Leung, The Equality Institute

Reflections on gender transformative approaches and feminist participatory action research in agricultural development in Northern Vietnam
Rochelle Spencer, Murdoch University

Paper Session: Indigenous Approaches

Chair: Francesca Earp

Alternative development actors and philanthropic giving from a Papua New Guinean (Melanesian) development perspective
Cathy Bolinga, University of Auckland

Harnessing Māori knowledge in development to address the problem of plastic
Siaan Mackie, The University of Auckland

The Malaita LABU: Learning about and from Indigenous Solomon Islands sacred spaces of people-encounters
Kabini Sanga, Wellington, New Zealand/ Victoria University of Wellington

Panel: Understanding Diaspora Development - Lessons from Australia and the Pacific

Chair: Philippa Smales

Transnational Economic Engagements: The Africa-Australia Nexus
Muhammad Dan Suleiman, University of Western Australia

Pacific Diaspora Humanitarianism: Diasporic Perspectives
Jeevika Vivekanathan

Diaspora Peacebuilding Through Inter-Ethnic Harmony: The South Sudanese and Sri Lankan Diasporas in Australia
Atem Atem, Australian National University

Diaspora Policy: A Missing Plank in Australia’s Multicultural Policy Portfolio
Melissa Phillips, Western Sydney University

Panel: Crisis and Change in Un/Doing Development

Chair: Brooke Wilmsen

Redoing development: Belt and Road as Cognitive Empire
Kearrin Sims, James Cook University

More Debtfare than Healthcare: Business as Usual in the Multilateral Development Banks' COVID-19 response in India
Susan Engel, University of Wollongong
David Pedersen, University of Wollongong

Kabalen Lipata: the Gendered Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Microfinanciers in Sri Lanka
Nedha de Silva,  Monash University

Paper Session: Aid Approaches

Chair: Charles Mphande

Persuasive Role of the ‘Singapore Model’ as Neoliberal Urban Imaginary in Post-Bifurcated State of Andhra Pradesh, India
Siddhartha D Arla, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Decolonising International Development: The view from the Majority World
Salmah Eva-Lina Lawrence, IWDA (International Women’s Development Agency)

Paper Session: Health & Development

Chair: Nidhi Wali

Microfinance and Health improvements: Alternative development case studies from India and Pakistan
Seemab Khalid, University of Canberra
Danish Ahmad, University of Canberra

Framing Global Health Justice: The Case of the TRIPS Waiver
Jae-Eun Noh, Australian Catholic University

COVID-19 in the Pacific Islands
Gordon Nanau, University of South Pacific
Charles Hawksley, University of Wollongong
Edward P Wolfers, University of Wollongong

Panel: Dismantling power: People with disabilities as active researchers and research participants

Chair: Elisabeth Jackson

Speakers:
Ekawati Liu
Mataafa Faatino Utumapu,  
Annika Tierney Lemisio
Elena Jenkin
Nelly Caleb

Paper Session: Indigenous Approaches

Chair: Charles Hawksley

'Destroying Nature to Save it? Tracing Development and Resource Extraction in Northeast India (55)
Binita Kakati, Humboldt University

Sankofa? An Appraisal of development approaches in and of Africa (39)
Matthew Mabefam, University of Melbourne

The Free Papua Movement and recent developments in West Papua’s struggle for liberation (35)
Julian McKinlay King, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong

Workshop: Third Space Arts-based Youth Development Work: Towards Decolonising Praxis

Sarah Williams, Deakin University
Greg Morriss, Mahana Culture

Plenary Panel: Doings and Undoings in Communication for Development and Social Change: how this field is shaping development work through creativity, engagement and content creation

Panel co-Chairs: Valentina Baú & Heather Horst

Creative approaches for designing and understanding impact in international development
Verena Thomas, Queensland University of Technology
Jackie Kauli, Queensland University of Technology

Voice, Participation and Sustainability: C4D&SC challenges and solutions through the pandemic
Jo Elsom, ABC International Development
Vipul Khosla, ABC International Development
Prashanth Pillay, ABC International Development

Doings and Undoings in CSC teaching and research—experiences of the UQ Centre for Communication and Social Change
Pradip Thomas, Centre for Communication for Social Change, University of Queensland
Elske van de Fliert, Centre for Communication for Social Change, University of Queensland

Storytelling technology rewrites the development game
Rebekah Kofoed, ChildFund Australia
Aiyana Merlo, S1T2

Paper Session: Aid Approaches

Chair: Nidhi Wali

Decentralisation and Provision of Pro-poor Services in Ghana: Has the Promises of Decentralised Governance been Delivered?
Seregious Be-ere, RMIT University, Melbourne

The unsung heroes of development: Understanding university-community engagement in the protracted refugee situation in Kenya
Valentine Mukuria, Western Sydney University

Value of Stakeholder Engagement in International Aid and Development
Muchiri Machuki, Excelsia College
Ian Eddie, Excelsia College
Jane Njuru - KCA University
Fredrick Githui – KCA University
Michael Gathiri, Palladium International

Paper Session: Localisation

Chair: Kearrin Sims

Localisation and collaboration of research in practice
Aiden Craney, La Trobe University

Add communities and stir? Community engagement in international development discourse and practice
Deborah Cummins, Bridging Peoples

Discussion Round Table: Leadership in Hidden Spaces: Sharing stories of Disability Activism in Indonesia (UK)

Chair: Claire Mcloughlin, Developmental Leadership Program

Speakers:
Ekawati Liu, Bandung Independent Living Center
Nur Syarif Ramadhan, Foundation for Indonesia’s Differently-Abled Movement for Equality (Yayasan PerDIK)
Antoni Tsaputra, Padang State University
Laura Lesmana Wijaya, Pusbisindo (Indonesia Sign Language Center)

Workshop

Wellbeing and Indigenous communities- What can we learn?
Binita Kakati, Balipara Foundation

Paper Session: Arts-based Research Methodologies

Chair: Nichole Georgeou

"Diaspora"- A poetic expression
Jeevika Vivekananthan, Deakin University

Using Intersubjective Fiction to imagine alternative futures in Sri Lanka: collaborative storytelling as a pluralist approach to transitional justice
Cymbeline Buhler, Western Sydney University

Paper Session: Climate & Disaster Recovery

Chair: Susan Engel

Enduring the cost of living with floods: Traces or tales of displaced faces from eroding island: A case study of Brahmaputra valley
Chetry Bikash, University of Cape Town

Patriarchal Bargaining in Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: Women’s Experiences from the Macapaya Community in the Philippines
Niki Graziella Baroy, University of New South Wales
Joyce Wu, University of New South Wales

Role of collaboration in building the adaptive capacity of NGOs to manage humanitarian crises: a case study from Nepal
Nirupama Ghimire, Nepal/Independent Researcher
Sristi Shrestha
Kaushal Sapkota

Panel: Development, Progress & Freedom in Bangladesh

Chair: Mubashar Hasan

Charting the Economic Progress and Political Regression in Bangladesh
Jyoti Rahman, Australian National University

Politics and Narratives of Mega Development Projects in Bangladesh
Maha Mirza, independent researcher

Manufacturing Consent, Silencing Dissent: The Case of Academic Freedom in Bangladesh
Kajalie Shehreen Islam, University of Dhaka

Paper Session: Peace, Security & Development Nexus

Chair: Charles Hawksley

Grappling with decoloniality in peacebuilding: the local, traditional hierarchies, normativity and transformation
Anthony Ware, Deakin University
Vicki-Ann Ware, Deakin University

Policing and gender transformation in Pakistan: Empowering women in establishing peace and security: Assessing the critical role of women in establishing peace and security
Muhammad Abbas, RMIT University
Vandra Harris, RMIT University
Raymond Shuey, Strategic Safety Solutions

Human Rights and Development Nexus in Iran
Mehdi Zakerian, Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

No session

Discussion Round Table: Humanitarian Engineering: Weaving Engineering and Development for Impact

Chair: Jeremy Smith, Australian National University

Speakers:
Jeremy Smith, Australian National University
Scott Daniel, University of Technology Sydney
Andrew Dansie, University of New South Wales
Aaron Opdyke, University of Sydney

Paper Session: Agriculture Policy

Chair: Joyce Wu

International donors as drivers of agriculture policies in Ghana and impacts for local smallholder farmers
James Boafo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kristen Lyons, University of Queensland

Complex policies for complex issues: Policy convergence for women’s empowerment in agriculture in West Bengal
Sophie Lountain, University of South Australia
Bethany Cooper, University of South Australia
Lin Crase, University of South Australia
Michael Burton, University of Western Australia

Food security and small holder farming in Pacific Island countries and territories: vulnerabilities and adaptation
Nichole Georgeou, Western Sydney University
Charles Hawksley, University of Wollongong
Nidhi Wali, Western Sydney University
Sophie Lountain, University of South Australia

Panel: Checking the Overseas Development Aid Agendas: Evidence from Ghana

Chair: Charles Hawksley

Sajal Roy, Centre for Social Impacts, University of New South Wales
Noble Narteh Tagoe, University of New South Wales
Ashish Kumar Singh, National Research University
Arunima Kishore Das, Western Sydney University

Paper Session: Development Practice

Chair: Valentine Mukuria

Critical reflections on attempts to decolonise practice in Rakhine State Myanmar
Anthony Ware, Deakin University

Unlearning conventional fieldwork practices and its implications for meaningful community-based research through online engagement
Kirstin Kreyscher, Deakin University
Nabreesa Murphy, University of Melbourne

Decolonising Asset-based CD? Tensions, trials and successes in “handing over the stick” in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Vicki-Ann Ware, Deakin University

Paper Session: Communication

Chair: Valentina Baú

Towards a new strategic communication framework in development
Bhupesh Joshi, University of New South Wales

Rethinking Development Communication in the time of Pandemic: Reflections on Community Radio Strategies for Community Engagement
S M Shameem Reza, University of Dhaka

The use of community radio to promote adoption of Climate Smart farming technologies among smallholder farmers in Kenya
Enock Mac'Ouma, University of New South Wales

Paper Session: Disability & Development

Chair: Nichole Georgeou

Localising disability inclusive practice: challenges, achievements and levers of change
Helen Fernandes, Tearfund Australia
Phakhinda Khanthavilay, RMIT

A Qualitative Exploration of the Social, Economic, and Political Dimensions of Disability within Primary Education: The Case of Inclusive Development in Uganda
Rebecca Tamusuza Nalwanga, University of Melbourne

SDGs and disability inclusive development: what should we be thinking about on the next round?
Retselistsoe Monne, University of Capetown
Karen Soldadic, Western Sydney University

Paper Session: Humanitarian Practice

Chair: Garry Stevens

Flood and Renewable Energy Humanitarian Engineering Research: Lessons from Aggitis, Greece and Dhuskun, Nepal
Spyros Schismenos, Western Sydney University
Garry J. Stevens, Western Sydney University
Nichole Georgeou, Western Sydney University
Surendra Shrestha, Western Sydney University

Humanitarians at home
Daniel McAvoy, Deakin University
Luke Bearup, Deakin University
Annie Ingram

No session

Paper Session: Development Practice

Chair: Valentine Mukuria

A reflection on faith and religion as a key asset in development: lessons from HIV/AIDS and Ebola as applied to the COVID-19 pandemic
Sonja Krivacic, University of New South Wales
Anthony Zwi, University of New South Wales

Laudable Relations: some reflections on working with international NGOs
Patrick Kilby, Australian National University

A case study on blended reporting phenomenon: A comparative analysis on application of contemporary voluntary reporting frameworks and standards: GRI, IR, SASB, and CDP
Kuntal Goswami (CQU, CDU & ACSDRI)
Md Kazi Saidul Islam (CQU)
Winton Evers, EcoProfit

Paper Session: Lessons Learned

Chair: Izabela Watts

Developments in the Global South Countries: How much have we learned?
Salma Ahmed, Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies (VISES), Victoria University

"Amartya Sen and Paulo Freire - What can emancipatory development learn from them?"
Bill Walker, Deakin University

Panel: Market-led development in Cambodia: tensions in transition to “long term development”

Chair: Isaac Lyne

The human right to water and safe drinking water for all: problematic tensions manifest within a social business approach in Cambodia
Isaac Lyne, Western Sydney University Institute for Culture and Society

Estimation of Pollution Load in Cambodia’s Garment Industry
Vibol San, Royal University of Phnom Penh Faculty of Development Studies

Pathways to Advance Agroecology Towards Market-Driven Development in Cambodia
Dr Phanith Chou, Royal University of Phnom Penh Faculty of Development Studies