Conference Themes:
These are the tentative themes and topics to be addressed in ICIRD 2012.1) Economic Integration and Regionalization of Development
- Trade liberalization and regional economic integration
- New forms of economic regulation
- Transnational enclosure of natural resources
- Regional conglomeration of rural and urban spaces
- Risk of and vulnerability to environmental hazards
- Riparian resource management
2) State and Non-State Relations and Governance
- Territoriality and conflicts
- Democratization
- Privatization
- People-centered governance
- Transnational mobility and citizenship
- Civil society and grassroots movements
3) Human Rights, Justice and Non-Traditional Security
- Rights of non-citizens
- Health, food safety and sovereignty
- Identity crises
- Feminization of labor
- Human trafficking
- Environmental security and justice