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The 22nd Adelphi Scholarship and Creative Works Conference will feature a keynote address by renowned economist Jayati Ghosh.

Together, alongside Dr. Gita Surie, professor of management at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, who will explore how social sciences (and other disciplines) can conceptualize, research, engage with, and write about history, society, social change, ourselves and others. Professor Ghosh will provide insights into her far-reaching scholarship on issues such as women, gender and work; poverty and human development; her critiques of neoliberalism; and her perspectives on equitable and sustainable development.

This event is open to the public but registration is required.

Dr. Jayati Ghosh joins us live from India with her keynote streamed on the ballroom鈥檚 large screen. The session includes a virtual dialogue with Professor Gita Surie and an in-person Q&A moderated from the stage, ensuring a dynamic and engaging experience for all attendees.

This portion of the event is sponsored by the Bhis茅 Center for Global Understanding. For more information about this keynote address and the conference, please contact the Scholarship and Creative Works Committee at researchconference@adelphi.edu.

About the Speaker

Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. She has authored and/or edited 21 books and more than 220 scholarly articles.

Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021, she has been Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. She has authored and/or edited 21 books and more than 220 scholarly articles.

Recent books include:

• The Making of a Catastrophe: Covid-19 and the Indian Economy (Aleph Books, 2022);
• When Governments Fail: Covid-19 and the Economy (Tulika Books and Columbia University Press, 2021, co-edited);
• Women Workers in the Informal Economy (Routledge, 2021, edited);
• Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women鈥檚 Work in Globalising India (Women Unlimited, New Delhi, 2009);
• Co-edited Elgar Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development (2014);
• Co-edited After Crisis (Tulika, 2009);
• Co-authored Demonetisation Decoded (Routledge, 2017).

She has received several prizes, including:

• The John Kenneth Galbraith Award (2023) from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 鈥渋n recognition of breakthrough discoveries in economics and outstanding contributions to humanity through leadership, research, and service鈥�;
• The 2015 Adisheshaiah Award for distinguished contributions to the social sciences in India;
• The International Labour Organisation鈥檚 Decent Work Research Prize for 2011;
• The NordSud Prize for Social Sciences 2010, Italy.

She has advised governments in India and other countries, including as Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Commission on Farmers鈥� Welfare in 2004, and Member of the National Knowledge Commission of India (2005-09). She was the Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates (), an international network of heterodox development economists, from 2002 to 2021.

She has consulted for international organizations, including ILO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UN-DESA, UNRISD, and UN Women, and is a member of several international boards and commissions, including:

• The UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs;
• The Commission on Global Economic Transformation of INET;
• The International Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT).

In 2021, she was appointed to the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All, chaired by Mariana Mazzucato. In March 2022, she was appointed to the UN Secretary-General鈥檚 High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism, mandated to provide a vision for international cooperation to deal with current and future challenges.

She also writes regularly for popular media, including newspapers, journals and blogs.