Investment for Development Research Square

A meeting place for policy-oriented academic research
in partnership with AIB, Graduate Institute-CFD, CEPR, NYU, UNU-WIDER
Date
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Event
8th WIF 2023
Session Type
Investment Village
Session Themes
Academic Track
Room number
Investment Village
Contact Email
Amelia.Santos-Paulino@un.org
Background Documents
Programme
18 October 2023
15:00 - 21:00 Abu Dhabi
Asia/Dubai

The Investment for Development Research Square, organized by UNCTAD in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, New York University - Abu Dhabi, Middlesex University-Dubai, Geneva Graduate Institute, and the Academy of International Business, is located in the Investment Village of the World Investment Forum 2023. It provides a platform for discussions and exchange of ideas between policymakers, academia, business representatives and professionals from diverse backgrounds. The platform offers a unique opportunity to understand current policy, industry and academic thinking in relation to the role of international investment and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

Programme 

13:00 - 14:00 Research-Policy Dialogue: A Conversation with Academic Publishers

14:00 - 15:00 Fireside Chat on Investment in Sustainable Development: Closing Gaps

18:15 - 19:00 Daily Wrap-up Session 

Speaker(s)

Prof. Sarianna Lundan
Chair in International Management and Governance, University of Bremen
Prof. Ugo Panizza
Prof. Ugo Panizza
Professor of International Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva
Prof. Rudolf Sinkovics
Prof. Rudolf R. Sinkovics
Professor of International Business, University of Glasgow
Prof. Heinz Tuselmann
Professor of International Business, Manchester Metropolitan University
Prof-ari-van-assche
Prof. Ari Van Assche
Professor, HEC Montréal
Prof. Roberta Rabellotti
Prof. Roberta Rabellotti
Professor of Economics at the Department of Political and Social Science, University of Pavia
Prof. Kunal Sen
Prof. Kunal Sen
Director, United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research and Professor of development economics at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
Kristin Brandl
Dr. Kristin Brandl
Associate Professor, University of Victoria and Copenhagen Business School
Prof. Robert Grosse
Prof. Robert Grosse
Professor of International Business and Director for Latin America, Thunderbird School of Global Management