News and events
Here you will find an overview of current issues and events organised by LEVE.
Some relevant Poverty and Development (PAD) seminars at the Centre for Development and the Environment are also included.
We have also published podcasts from some LEVE seminars that you can play/download.
Welcome to a presentation of the Lancet Commission on 'Investing in health', marking the forthcoming 20th anniversary of the World Bank's 'World development report for 1993'. March 18th, 2013.
Paul Farmer will lecture on When Investments in Health Equity Pay Off: Avoiding False Debates in Health and Human Rights, March 20th, 2013.
Here you will find podcasts and presentations from the LEVE Conference 'Livelihoods in transition and the quest for human well-being', December 6th - 7th, 2012.
Norwegian Research Council’s GLOBVAC Young Scientist Grant Awarded to SUM Postdoctoral Fellow Katerini Storeng for “Advocacy and policy change for health equity in low-income countries” Project
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A new research project explores the ways in which ritual acts, gestures and performances help people and communities to respond to crisis, and to seek out alternatives for the challenges they face.