Ben Gardner co-organizes 鈥淓xtraction, Contention and Development鈥� symposium
IAS faculty member Ben Gardner co-organized a symposium on 鈥淓xtraction, Contention and Development,鈥� along with colleagues Sunila Kale and Tony Lucero from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The workshop, held on 30 April 2015, brought together scholars and activists working on the topics of natural resource extraction, contentious politics, and development in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. The symposium is funded through a grant from the W. Mellon Foundation.