External Event
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Eduardo Zegarra joins APEC meeting on the challenges for water and food security, in Vietnam
Our senior researcher, Eduardo Zegarra, will be panelist at the First APEC Water Resources Authorities Meeting “Challenges for Water and Food Security in the context of climate change”, held by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Partnership on Food Security and the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Peru, on August, 18 and 19, Can Tho, Viet Nam. Eduardo will be part of […]
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Vanessa Rojas joined 4th International Conference on Ethnography and Education, in Barcelona
Our Adjunct Researcher, Vanessa Rojas, shared “The role of the Peruvian State for Children and Adolescents. Thoughts from their School Experiences”, as part of the 4th International Conference on Ethnography and Education. The event, from July 11 to 14, was held by EMIGRA Research Group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The conference was a space for discussion based […]
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Hugo Ñopo will be a discussant at the book launch of Cleverlands, at University of the Pacific
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, will be a discussant at the book launch of Lucy Crehan’s Cleverlands on Thursday, June 1, at the University of the Pacific. This issue, considered one of the 2016 best books according to The Economist, recounts Crehan’s findings in classrooms of the world’s most celebrated education systems: Finland, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai and […]
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Ricardo Fort joined The Safe & Inclusive Cities Exchange 2017, funded by IDRC and DFID, in Nairobi
Our senior researcher, Ricardo Fort, discussed the first findings of his study “Community based organization and spontaneous urban planning: keys for a rational urbanization process in the absence of the state” at The Safe & Inclusive Cities Exchange 2017 SAICx17, en Nairobi. The meeting is the main event of The Safe and Inclusive Cities (SAIC) initiative, funded by […]
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María Balarin will join a public forum on the participation of private sector in public investment
María Balarin, senior researcher at GRADE, will discuss the functioning of the private education market at the public forum “The participation of the private sector in public investment: the public-private partnerships”, on Monday, May 22. The event is held by the Congresswoman Marisa Glave. Together with María, the will be discussants: Germán Alarco (Universidad del Pacífico), Camilo Carrillo (Ministerio […]
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Hugo Ñopo will be speaker at Oxford University “A Better Future for Women at Work: Legal and Policy Strategies” International Conference
Despite numerous legal and policy interventions women continue to face significant disadvantage in both formal and informal work. The law, as currently conceived, has been unable to fully achieve women’s equality in the labour force. However, while it is important to question whether we can rely exclusively on the law to fully address the continuing and […]
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María Balarin will participate in Rankings and Higher Education Roundtable at the University of British Columbia
Our senior researcher, María Balarin, will participate in a 4-day roundtable at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, entitled: What do rankings tell us about higher education? International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. The Roundtable will take place from May 13 to May 17 2017 at the Peter Wall Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. University […]
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Manuel Glave at the 3rd International Congress on Mining Law, in Brasilia
Our senior researcher, Manuel Glave, is joining the 3rd edition of the International Congress on Mining Law from May 8 to 10, 2017 in Brasília (DF). The event is held by the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM). The central objective of the Congress is to outline the outlook and debate perspectives of the mining industry, as […]
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Hugo Ñopo will discuss on natural resources, redistribution y human capital, at Buenos Aires Seminars in Economics
On May 5, Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, wil discuss “Natural Resources, Redistribution and Human Capital Formation“, paper conducted together with Jorge M. Aguero, Carlos Felipe Balcázar and Stanislao Maldonado, as part of the Buenos Aires Seminars in Economics (BASE). BASE is a seminar series jointly organized by CAF’s Research Department, BCRA’s Economic Research and the Departments of Economics […]
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Santiago Cueto will discuss research findings on visual acuity and children´s educational achievement in Peru, at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
Our Research Director and Coordinator of Young Lives Peru, Santiago Cueto, will be part of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), in San Antonio, Texas, on April 30rd to May 1st. Cueto will discuss the research findings of the study Is visual acuity related with children´s educational achievement? Evidence from Peru, as part of the session “Inclusion of […]
