Join Dr Robin Mearns, World Bank Group Director for Gender, for a knowledge exchange on gender, space and development.

Hosted by the Department of Geography at Trinity College Dublin, co-convened with the Development Studies Association Ireland and the World Bank Group, this afternoon session will explore gender, space and development through reflections, research inputs and facilitated discussion.

Dr Robin Mearns will open with a brief reflection on his own journey from studying geography and development to leading the World Bank Group’s gender agenda, before turning to the substantive focus of the session, the WBG’s gender research, strategy and impact, including its gender targets and the connection between gender equality and the jobs agenda. Two short research inputs and a facilitated discussion will follow.

Speaker

Dr Robin Mearns is the World Bank Group's Director for Gender, with a doctorate in Geography from the University of Cambridge and a career spanning social development, climate resilience, and poverty research.

Research inputs

Dr Nita Mishra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick. Her research interests include women's empowerment processes, and arts-based research methodologies.

Dr Tara McIndoe-Calder is a Senior Research Officer at the ESRI working on household income, wealth, and inequality, and Chair of the Irish Society for Women in Economics.

Chair

Dr Tara Bedi is an Assistant Professor in Development Practice in the Department of Geography at Trinity College Dublin, working on gender, climate change, and social protection.

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