﻿{"id":2744,"date":"2025-11-05T09:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/?page_id=2744"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:33:21","slug":"50th-anniversary-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/news-notices\/50th-anniversary-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"50th Anniversary Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container-fluid page-wrapper site-font\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/updated-soc-sci-anniversary-conference-banner-2-2025.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">50th Anniversary Conference<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block faculty-content-page\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">The Faculty of Social Sciences is continuing its 50th anniversary celebrations with a conference under the theme <strong>&#8220;50 Years of Ideas, Inquiry, Impact: Reflections from the Past, Pioneers of Future Development&#8221;<\/strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/FSS-50th-Anniv-Conference-Full-Programme.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>View Conference Programme [PDF] \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><br \/>The conference promises to be an exciting one, opening with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A plenary session led by stalwarts of the Faculty &#8211; former Dean <strong>Dr. George Belle,<\/strong> <strong>Emeritus Professor Andrew Downes <\/strong>and<strong> Ms. Maxine McClean<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Presentations of research papers from current faculty and students. <\/li>\n<li>A special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/news\/upcoming-50th-anniversary-events\/\"><strong>20th Patrick A. M. Emmanuel Memorial lecture<\/strong><\/a> 50th Anniversary edition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To register for the conference and the lecture visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/news\/upcoming-50th-anniversary-events\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>News items page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/FSS-50th-Anniv-Conference-Full-Programme.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the Conference Programme now [PDF]!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>View abstract submissions for the conference below.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>Abstracts<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div lc-helper=\"shortcode\" class=\"live-shortcode\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-3\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Presenter<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Affiliation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Abstract Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Ankie Scott-Joseph<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lecturer - Department of Economics<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/Pension-Reform_abstract-A.-Joseph.pdf\">Pension Reform: Is Working Longer the Answer?<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Antonio Alleyne<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lecturer - Department of Economics<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/The-Caribbean-and-China-Evolving-Relations-A-Caribbean-Perspective-Antonio-Alleyne.pdf\">The Caribbean and China: Evolving Relations, A Caribbean Perspective<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Cathy Norville<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Temporary Lecturer - Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/When-Good-Food-is-not-Enough-abstract-Cathy-Norville.pdf\">When Good Food is not Enough: Lessons for Sustainable Success in Service Businesses<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ms. Ceresa Springer-Barnett<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Assistant - Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/The-Coloniality-of-Protection_Gender-Based-Violence-Disaster-Governance-and-Climate-Injustice-in-Barbados-Ceresa-Springer-Barnett.pdf\">The Coloniality of Protection: Gender-Based Violence, Disaster Governance, and Climate (In)justice in Barbados<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Diana Weekes-Marshall<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Deputy Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Lecturer Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/Reimagining-Risk-Governance-in-Developing-Economies-Diana-Weekes-Marshall.pdf\">Re-imagining Risk Governance in Developing Economies: A Contextualised Model of Governance Maturity<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Emmanuel Adugu<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/Exploring-the-key-determinants-of-the-use-and-uptake-and-potential-adoption-of-AI-E.-Adugu.pdf\">Exploring the Key Determinants of the Use, Uptake and Potential Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Caribbean<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. George Brathwaite<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Temporary Lecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/Using-a-rich-legacy-of-excellence-to-navigate-stormy-waters-and-existential-threats-G.Brathwaite.pdf\">Using a Rich Legacy of Excellence to Navigate Stormy Waters and Existential Threats<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Glenda Gay<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Senior Lecturer - Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/From-Calculators-to-ChatGPT-Glenda-Gay.pdf\">From Calculators to ChatGPT: Exploring Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Kai-Ann Skeete<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Trade Research Fellow - Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/A-September-to-Remember-abstract-Kai-Ann-Skeete.pdf\">A September to Remember - Tales of Complete Devastation in the Caribbean: The Response of Regional Leadership to Climate Change Natural Disasters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ms. Ona Harewood<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Postgraduate student - Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/Conversations-on-Climate-Change-Ona-Harewood.pdf\">Conversations on Climate Change Adaptation and the Calls for Justice in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Sandra Ochieng-Springer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/Epistemic-Resistance-and-Renewal-abstract-Sandra-Ochieng.pdf\">Epistemic Resistance and Renewal: Navigating Colonial Legacies and Caribbean Futures at Fifty<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mrs. Sonia Mahon<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lecturer - 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Where does the Caribbean Stand?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Professor Troy Lorde<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dean - Faculty of Social Sciences<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/Abstract_Governing.through.Austerity.in_.a.Small_.Island.Developing.State-Troy-Lorde.pdf\">Governing Through Austerity in a Small Island Developing State: Neoliberal (Il)logics and IMF Structural Adjustment<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mr. Wasim Worrell<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Temporary Lecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/Resources\/2025-anniversary-conference\/An-Exploratory-Study-Wasim-Worrell.pdf\">An Exploratory Study of the Use of Geographic Profiling in Theft from Motor Vehicle Investigations in Bridgetown, Barbados<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3 from cache --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50th Anniversary Conference Overview The Faculty of Social Sciences is continuing its 50th anniversary celebrations with a conference under the theme &#8220;50 Years of Ideas, Inquiry, Impact: Reflections from the Past, Pioneers of Future Development&#8221;.View Conference Programme [PDF] \u00bbThe conference promises to be an exciting one, opening with: A plenary session led by stalwarts of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"50th Anniversary Conference - Faculty of Social Sciences - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"50th Anniversary Conference Overview The Faculty of Social Sciences is continuing its 50th anniversary celebrations with a conference under the theme \"50 Years"},"iawp_total_views":18,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2744","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2849,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2744\/revisions\/2849"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}