Online via Zoom
Lebanon’s crisis of economic and political instability has led to severe deficits in infrastructural provision and essential public services, from electricity cuts and fuel shortages, to new pressures on water systems and waste management. This raises a number of important questions about current and future possibilities for post-crisis recovery: What happens to infrastructures and public services in times of economic decline and political instability? What possibilities are there to create social and material infrastructures for essential service delivery in the context of severe resource constraint? And what are the kinds of research, innovations and interventions that are needed to deliver positive change on quality of life? ‘Infrastructural Solutions for Lebanon’s Turbulent Times’ is a symposium that begins to address these questions in a transdisciplinary way – not just from the perspective of university academics but also from the point of view of entrepreneurs, NGOs, and citizen social scientists.
Schedule
Introduction - 1:30 - 1:45 pm GMT by Professor Henrietta Moore
Panel 1 - 1:45 - 2:45 pm GMT
Discarding Infrastructures: Waste Politics in Lebanon and Beyond
Speakers: Elizabeth Saleh (AUB and IAS, Princeton), Hanna Baumann (IGP), Nikolett Puskas (IGP and RELIEF Centre)
Chair: Nikolay Mintchev (IGP and RELIEF Centre)
Panel 2 - 2:45 - 3:45 pm GMT
Water and Energy Synergies and Policies
Speakers: Marc Ayoub (Issam Fares Institute AUB ), Hassan Harajli (UNDP), Suzy Houayek (Ministry of Energy and Water)
Chair: Nadim Farajallah (Issam Fares Institute AUB)
Panel 3 – 3:45 - 4:45 pm GMT
Citizen-led interventions for Lebanon’s infrastructural challenges
Speakers: Mayssa Jallad (RELIEF Centre), Batoul Yassine (Beirut Urban Lab), Ghadir Ghamrawi (Khatib & Alami, RELIEF Centre), Joana Dabaj (Catalytic Action)
Chair: Mariam Daher (RELIEF Centre)
Conclusion 4:45 - 5:00 pm GMT by Professor Henrietta Moore
UCL East Marshgate
<strong>Join us in celebrating the work of our Prosperity Co-Lab for the UK (PROCOL UK) led by Dr Saffron Woodcraft</strong> Our ...
G06, Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre, Roberts Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/apathy-politics-and-anxiety-tickets-881861921747?aff=oddtdtcreator">Register HERE</a> ...
Lecture Theatre 1.02, Malet Place Engineering Building
Many authors have discussed ‘polycrises’ – multiple overlapping shocks in different domains. But what are the consequence for our economi...P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton St, London NW1 1JD
Don't Stop Drawing - Visual diaries of solidarity with Gaza is a linear timeline-based exhibition of works by the two Le...