October 31, 2025 • 11am-12:30pm Development in Crisis: Can Blockchain Save What’s Left of the Aid System Paul Wong discusses if blockchain can save what’s left of the aid system Learn more
November 6, 2025-November 7, 2025 2025 Qualitative Methods Symposium and Small Grant Program CGM hosted the 2025 Workshop on Qualitative Methods, bringing together researchers from around the world to launch new projects on the evolution of customary governance. Learn more
November 10, 2025 • 4pm-6pm Adapting to the Changing Landscape of DA: Bridging Policy and Reality in Development Implementation This conversation featuring Deji Olaore will explore how international development professionals can navigate a rapidly changing field. Learn more
November 21, 2025 • 11am-12:30pm Rethinking Aid Delivery: FinTech and the Future of Development The Center for Governance and Markets will host a webinar, “Rethinking Aid Delivery: FinTech and the Future of Development,” featuring Skyler Badenoch, Chief Executive Officer of Hope for Haiti. Learn more
December 1, 2025 • 5pm-6:30pm Book Panel Discussion: Becoming Nations Again: The Journey Toward Tribal Determination The Center for Governance and Markets will host Adam Crepelle for a conversation on tribal sovereignty, economic self-determination, and governance reform, drawing on his new book Becoming Nations Again: The Journey Toward Tribal Determination (Cambridge University Press, 2025). Learn more
December 4, 2025-December 5, 2025 Rethinking Aid from the Ground Up: Bottom-Up Approaches to Development Assistance Workshop This two-day research workshop brought together scholars and practitioners from across disciplines to examine how international development assistance can be reimagined in ways that prioritize community agency, human dignity, and sustainable local empowerment. Learn more
December 11, 2025 • 9am-10:30am Book Talk: The Laissez-Faire Peasant: Post-Socialist Rural Development in Serbia The Laissez-Faire Peasant challenges the idea that rural residents are passive recipients of state development schemes, or that planning is the only path to prosperity. Instead, it shows that peasants actively shape their own wellbeing through autonomy, flexible cooperation, and spontaneous, locally driven practices. Learn more
December 18, 2025 • 11am-12pm The Future of Aid: Rethinking Assistance in an Era of Global Change Drawing on his work expanding access to knowledge across the Middle East, Al Mutar will discuss new approaches to empowering local actors, strengthening human capital, and rethinking traditional models of aid and development. Learn more
December 22, 2025 • 2:30pm-5pm The Emerging Role of Digital Assets in Development On December 22, the Center for Governance and Markets hosted “The Emerging Role of Digital Assets in Development,” with Max DeGregorio (Milken Institute) and Jennifer Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh). Learn more
February 3 • 3:30pm-5pm The Origins of Generosity and Racial Exclusion in American Welfare On February 3 at 3:15 PM in Posvar 4940, Shari Eli will discuss The Origins of Generosity and Racial Exclusion in American Welfare. Learn more
February 10 • 3pm-4:30pm Mapping Inventions in Idea Space: Spreading Out Over an Expanding Frontier, 1836-2023 On February 10 at 3:15 PM in Posvar 4940, Jeffery Lin will discuss Mapping Inventions in Idea Space: Spreading Out Over an Expanding Frontier, 1836-2023. Learn more
March 17 • 3pm-5pm Jim Crow and Economic Development On March 17 at 3:15 PM in Posvar 4940, the Center for Governance and Markets will host Jim Crow and Economic Development by Lukas Althoff. Learn more