Global Development Day


We are delighted to invite you to our flagship event hosted by the Global Development Network at the University of Copenhagen.

Global Development Day is a unique initiative, organized once a year to mobilize both students and staff around the global development agenda.

This year the event will take place on November 30th at Forskningskolletivet, Room 4.1.18, City Campus - University of Copenhagen.

 

 

 

 

Activities

 

Will human migration alter and challenge current landlocked-based territories and borders? What might the future of human migration look like when we focus on development, cities, and/or islands? Join us for thought-provoking and pioneering talks on development, islands, cities, and migration, where diverse 'futures' meet the present.

Programme

Invited speakers

  • Tim Bunnell, Professor of Geography and Director of the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore
  • Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London, England and a Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
  • Adam Grydehøj, Professor, Research Center for Indian Ocean Island Countries, South China University of Technology, co-director of Zhejiang University's Island and Coastal Zone Institute and affiliated associate professor at University of the Faroe Islands
  • Ana Mosneaga, Senior Strategic Liaison Assistant with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Sub-Regional Office for the Nordic Countries
  • Dosol Nissi Lee, MA Student, Centre for Advanced Migration Studies, University of Copenhagen

See list over invited speakers, biography and presentation titles here

 

Get ready for an exhilarating day of collaboration, innovation, and empowerment as we tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) together! 

At this dynamic and interactive event, dive into a fast-paced hackathon where you and your peers will brainstorm, ideate, and prototype innovative solutions to pressing global challenges. 

What to Expect:

  • Unleash your creativity!
  • Collaborate with like-minded youth!
  • Prototype solutions to SDGs!
  • Guided by expert mentors!
  • Shape a sustainable future in just a day!

Why Join?

  • Win amazing prizes!
  • Contribute to positive change!
  • Be a part of a global movement!

Don't miss out on this opportunity to be a force for change! Join us on 30/11/2023, from 13:00 to 18:00, and let's hack the change together! 

 

 

In an interactive panel discussion with experts from the IFRC PSS reference center the important subject of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing will be in focus. You will learn from the insights and experiences of the expert panel and have the opportunity to ask questions.

Invited speakers

  • Shona Whitton, Technical Advisor for the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support
  • Joshua Lee, Technical Advisor for the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support
  • Cátia Matos, Technical Advisor for the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support

Read more about the invited speakers here.

 

 

Meet professionals and organisations from the Global Development field (Red Cross, Tana Consulting, UN, and many more...) - for a dialogue on career paths, opportunities and good advices.

Invited Speakers:

  • Thomas Augustinus - Program Manager at Access2innovation 
  • Erik Bryld - Managing Director and Partner at Tana Copenhagen
  • Jonas Devantier - MENA Coordinator and Program Advisor at Oxfam Denmark
  • Mark Latona - Fundraising and Partnership Advisor at IFRC PS Centre
  • Katinka Bach - Advisor on Strategic International Partnerships  at DanChurchAid
  • Ingrid Mikkelsen - Public Mobilisation Lead at Oxfam Denmark

Read more about the invited speakers here.

 

 

 

 

 

This dynamic activity will explore topics surrounding Development, where you and your peers will have to state your opinion by placing yourselves along the Spectrum.

Invited moderator

Ezio Di Nucci 

Ezio Di Nucci is a philosophy professor at the University of Copenhagen, with special responsibilities in bioethics.

 

 

In this activity, the Degrowth Thematic Solution in the Green Solution Centre, will make us reflect on a utopian society. Join the conversation to explore a different way to transform society and achieve environmental justice for all!

The topic will revolve around the concept of “degrowth” as a theoretical presentation on ecological economics and utopian thinking. The participants belong to the Degrowth Thematic Solution in the Green Solution Centre (Thematic solutions – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk), where different researchers or staff from KU explore the intersection of degrowth, decolonization and decarbonization as paths to a just transition. The format proposed by the participants (coming from different areas, such as economy, natural sciences, or history) is an initial theoretical exposition followed by an informal conversation with the room about thoughts on the topic and in the concept of an “utopian” world within degrowth.

More information coming soon...

 

 

What is GD Day?

The Global Development Network at the University of Copenhagen mobilizes students and staff around the global agenda by initiating a joint student-driven event to take place once a year ‘Global Development Day ’.

Contemporary global challenges can only be solved by uniting multi-disciplinary approaches and solutions, hence this event aims to bring students and staff of different disciplines together.

You(th) as Change Agents - For A Sustainable Future

This year's theme will be focused on the power of Youth in changing the global development agenda around the topics of Sustainability, Degrowth, Mental Health, SDGs, and many more!

What to expect this year

  • Engage in a wide range of activities, workshops, and challenges centered around Global Development and Youth.
  • This event is meticulously crafted and convened by our students, ensuring a fresh and dynamic perspective.
  • Keep updated on the full programme for the day.

Student-led activities

The event is open to all students and staff and encourages all formats and types of activities suggested and lead by students – this could be workshops, seminars, debate fora, talks, key notes, roundtables, a cinema, political debates, discussion clubs, role-plays, art and photo exhibitions etc.

All students and staff at UCPH are welcome to submit a proposal for activities. Each proposal may be granted a budget that will help provide the resources needed to make the proposed activity come into fruition.

Student Ambassadors will be chosen as volunteers that help with the practicalities of the event and be the ‘student voice’ for the event and the important global agenda.

Student writing on post-it at GDD 2022
Student writing on post-it at Global Development Day 2022
Students discussing
Students discussing

Debate GDD 2022
Debate, Global Development Day 2022