Given the increasing frequency of various crises, it is imperative that we understand how these unanticipated shocks impact people’s lives and livelihoods.
This resonates closely with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 1, which calls for bolstering resilience of the poor and vulnerable to shield them from the adverse impacts of shocks - especially since a significant proportion lack adequate social protection.
This has led to an increasingly active research area in economics and other sciences.
This two-day workshop aims to bring together experts from different fields to increase awareness of:
- current research on vulnerability, resilience, and insecurity that capture uncertainties from micro and macro perspectives
- methodological advances in estimating resilience and vulnerability
- future directions of research that highlight both theoretical gaps and open policy questions
The workshop is open to researchers, policymakers, and students interested in these issues.
It is funded by the University of Bath and Manchester School Journal.
Attend this workshop
This is an in-person workshop, with lunch and refreshments provided. For catering purposes, please register for the event by Wednesday 24th April.
There will be an opportunity to join some sessions online, if you would like to join remotely, please also confirm this when completing the registration form.
Schedule
This two-day workshop will take place in 1 West on our University of Bath campus.
Please note: some details may change, please check this page regularly for up-to-date information.
Day one - Thursday 2 May 2024
Location: 1 West Room 2.104
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am - 9.45 am | Registration and welcome | Professor Ajit Mishra (Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Bath |
| 9.45am - 11am | Session 1 - The UN Multidimensional Vulnerability Index: Concept and Challenges | Professor Lino Briguglio (University of Malta) |
| 11am - 11.15am | Coffee break | - |
| 11.15am - 12.30pm | Session 2 - The Importance of Being Early: Anticipatory Responses to Crisis | Professor Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford) |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | - |
| 1.30pm -2.45 | Session 3 - Measuring Vulnerability to Climate Shocks | Dr Ruth Hill (World Bank) |
| 2.45pm - 3pm | Coffee break | - |
| 3pm - 4.15 | Session 4 - Computational and Data Science Approaches to Measuring Vulnerability: The Case of Food Insecurity | Dr Elisa Omodei (Central European University) |
| 4.15pm - 4.30pm | Coffee break | - |
| 4.30pm - 5.45pm | Session 5 - An Overview of Approaches to Resilience Measurement: Insights from High-Frequency Data Collection in Southern Africa | Dr Joanna Upton (Cornell University, United States) |
Day two - Friday 3 May 2024
Location: 1 West Room 2.03
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9am - 9.45am | Session 6 - Comprehensive Risk Management for Climate Action | Dr Animesh Kumar (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Bonn) |
| 10am - 11.00am | Session 7 - Identifying the Vulnerable: Concepts and Measurement | Dr Indranil Dutta (University of Manchester) |
| 11am - 11.15am | Coffee break | - |
| 11.15am - 12.15pm | Session 8 - Predicting Poverty-Resilient Households Using Machine Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa | Dr. Nouréini Sayouti |
| 12.15pm - 12.30pm | Closing remarks | - |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch and end of workshop | - |