Workshop
Workshop Information
To strengthen the links between young scholars in high- and low-income countries working in the rapidly growing field of entrepreneurship and private markets research, the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) programme, the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development and the Centre for the Study of African Economies are organising a matchmaking and project development workshop.
This workshop aims to bring together pre-dissertation PhD students (from year two onwards) from institutions in high-income countries with PhD students and young scholars (no more than three years beyond of their PhD) from institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Over the course of five weeks, we will combine online and in-person meetings with the aim of fostering new ideas and developing projects, grant proposals, and, importantly, collaborations across these groups for research on the frontier of private enterprise development in Africa and South Asia. The workshop will begin with a virtual keynote highlighting open questions and opportunities for possible contributions. Participants will then come together for a virtual Ideas Fair, where they will pitch research interests and ideas that are open to collaboration. Based on this initial virtual meeting, participants will be grouped according to their interests. Over the following weeks, groups will collaborate virtually to explore and develop project ideas before coming together for an in-person, intensive Capstone week in Oxford, UK. Workshop facilitators will help the matched groups to identify, develop and present joint projects that may lead to fundable grant proposals. We expect that small seed grants will be available from PEDL to continue collaboration and develop proposals after the workshop. Note that the week in Oxford is timed to coincide with the CSAE Annual Conference and attendees to the matchmaking workshop will be expected to stay to attend CSAE Conference as part of the matchmaking workshop. The final session of the matchmaking workshop will take place on 25 March at the end of the CSAE Conference.
Organising Institutions
This workshop is co-organised by the PEDL initiative, the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development, and the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE). PEDL is a joint research initiative of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). PEDL pursues a research agenda focusing on private-sector development in low-income countries (LICs). The Initiative is motivated by the need to better understand what determines the strength of market forces driving efficiency in these countries. More information about the Initiative can be found on the PEDL website. The Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development is a research initiative at the University of Oxford. It focuses on low- and middle-income countries and works on labour markets, human capital, entrepreneurship and technology adoption in small and medium-sized enterprises, and the green energy transition. The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) is an economic research centre at the University of Oxford which has been researching economic and social development in Africa since 1986.
Applications closed on Monday, 9th December 2024 at 23:59 GMT
We aim to inform accepted applicants by mid-January 2025. Any queries about the event or application process can be sent to [email protected].