Every two years since 2009, European universities in collaboration with CERMi and supported by the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) have organised the European Research Conference on Microfinance. The Research Conference is a unique event that gathers together high level researchers, academics, professionals and students ensuring that the latest research is disseminated to the whole microfinance community.
The 7th European Conference on Microfinance will be held on 20th-22nd June, 2022 in person at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
The Keynote Speakers have been announced:
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, International anti-poverty campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is the founder of the Grameen Bank, a global movement dedicated to eradicating poverty through microlending to those with the very least in society, and he is an inspiration to young people around the world to devote themselves to social causes.
- Professor Robert Lensink, is a development economist, with specific research interests covering Gender Studies, Impact Analyses, Microfinance, and Rural Development. He is Vice-Dean Research and Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Groningen (UG), and a “Professor Extraordinary” at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Robert has a wide international network and is associated with several universities, networks and research centres.
- Dr Caroline Shenaz Hossein, is Associate Professor of Global Development at the University of Toronto and Founder of Diverse Solidarity Economies (DiSE) Collective. She currently holds an Ontario Early Researcher Award (2018-2023) and her work has been funded by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She holds a PhD in Political Science (University of Toronto); MPA (Cornell); LL.B (University of Kent, UK), and a BA (Saint Mary's University, Halifax). Dr. Hossein is on the global board to the International Association of Feminist Economics, advisor at Oxford University Press, and on the editorial boards of Kerala University’s Journal of Polity & Society, and the U.N. Task Force for the Social and Solidarity Economy.
- Professor Mario L. Small, Quetelet Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. A University of Bremen Excellence Chair, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the Sociological Research Association, Small has published award-winning articles and books on urban poverty, social inequality, personal networks, and the relationship between qualitative and quantitative methods.
The 7th European Conference on Microfinance will be held on 20th-22nd June, 2022 in person at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
The Keynote Speakers have been announced:
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