{"674214":{"#nid":"674214","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Development Studies Takes Center Stage at SEEDS Conference ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDevelopment and labor economist Francisca Antman of the University of Colorado Boulder will be the plenary speaker for the fourth annual Southeast Exchange of Development Studies (SEEDS) Conference, scheduled for April 25-26 conference at Georgia Tech\u0027s Exhibition Hall.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe will speak on \u201cWater Quality, Alternative Beverages, and Economic Development.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference, now in its fourth year, has grown from 15 scholars to nearly 50 researchers from across the country and around the world.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants work in fields including economics, international affairs, political science, public policy, and sociology. More than half of the participants are junior scholars, and they will discuss topics such as educational outcomes in children, Latin American economies, productivity and agricultural markets, drivers of conflict, gender and beliefs, and more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event will also feature lightning talks given by graduate students.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis conference provides an important platform for junior scholars to present their research and receive mentoring advice,\u201d said Dhongde, who is also the associate dean for academic affairs in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. \u201cIt also highlights the work being done at Georgia Tech\u2019s master\u2019s program in Global Development Studies, which is about to graduate its first students.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the Georgia Tech participants are Dhongde; conference co-organizer Anjali Thomas, associate professor and director of the Global Development program; Associate Professor Olga Shemyakina, and Assistant Professor Robert Gonzalez of the School of Economics; School of Economics postdoctoral researcher Muchin Bazan;\u0026nbsp; and School of Economics Ph.D. students Roshani Bulkunde, Ryan Ellis, Chunting Lyu, Lin Yang, and Ioanna Maria Spyrou.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference is made possible by generous support from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, the School of Economics, and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe conference will feature nearly 50 scholars.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The conference will feature nearly 50 scholars."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2024-04-16 17:50:48","changed_gmt":"2024-04-16 17:56:35","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673725":{"id":"673725","type":"image","title":"Attendees at the 2023 SEEDS Conference","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAttendees at the 2023 SEEDS Conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1713290067","gmt_created":"2024-04-16 17:54:27","changed":"1713290067","gmt_changed":"2024-04-16 17:54:27","alt":"Attendees at the 2023 SEEDS Conference.","file":{"fid":"257154","name":"2023 seeds 169.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/16\/2023%20seeds%20169.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/16\/2023%20seeds%20169.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":449911,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/16\/2023%20seeds%20169.jpg?itok=A8zQTkxC"}}},"media_ids":["673725"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}