After several warm-up events including guest lectures for Guelph political science and geography courses, a presentation to the U of G Debate Club, and a brown bag seminar related to the book for the Gordon S. Lang School of Business, Hidden Politics hit the road in December 2024. First up was a visit to David Peck’s podcast Face2Face on Hidden Politics - Hidden Agendas. Then, on 3 December @ 12pm, Cooperation Canada hosted "Sustainable Development Goals: Examining Missteps & Charting a Path Forward". The following day the Group of 78 hosted a virtual presentation of the "United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Hidden Politics and How to Hold the UN Accountable" that is now available to view on YouTube. Check out some shots of the book that people have sent me from Tanzania, the Philippines, Finland, the UK, Benin, and Zambia (see below!).
Events related to Hidden Politics are ongoing in 2025. On 10 January, Dr. Maïka Sondarjee welcomed a presentation to her third-year course at the University of Ottawa on "Misdirection, Mismeasurement, and the Challenge for Global Development." On 19 March, the United Nations Association of Canada - Regina, hosted a virtual keynote on "Why We Need an Independent Commission and Sustainable Development Progress: Some Reflections on the SDG Targets and Indicators linked to Responsible Consumption and Production." I was subsequently interviewed by Inter TV Ukraine for a 11 April feature report on the US tariff crisis (with overdubbed translation from 2:20 and again from 4:00). On April 29, I virtually joined Professor Meredith Gore at the University of Maryland to speak with students who had read and engaged with Hidden Politics about why we have "Reasons to be Hopeful: We Have the Power to Build Better Metrics of Sustainable Development Progress."
Global Development Primer Podcasts w Professor Bob Huish:
25 March - "The Day Development Died" The Global Development Primer Podcast with Bob Huish, Blayne Haggart, Marc Froese and Adam Sneyd. Also via Spotify
1 April - "The Empire Strikes Back: When Imperialists Have the Presidency" The Global Development Primer Podcast with Bob Huish, Blayne Haggart, Marc Froese and Adam Sneyd. Also via Spotify
15 April - ""Thriving Through the Great Crash" The Global Development Primer Podcast with Bob Huish, Blayne Haggart, Marc Froese and Adam Sneyd. Also via Spotify
A sneak peak behind the scenes as we work to launch the ICSDP in Summer 2025
One of these things (is not like the others)....one of these things just isn't the same....
