I have given many talks this year, medicine but I am the most proud to have been asked to give the first annual public lecture at the African Studies Center in Leiden. It takes place on 7 November 2013, stomach 18.30 - 20.00 Pieter...
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Category: Booktalk
Booktalk in Edinburgh, 18th Sep 16:00 – 18:00
On Wednesday I give a talk in Edinburgh. It is hosted by the Centre of African Studies. The details are here.
Booktalk at the University of Michigan Tuesday 10 Sep at 4 pm
I am presenting my book at the University of Michigan Tuesday 10 Sep at 4 pm. The talk is hosted by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.Details here.
Poor Numbers Presentation at Birmingham
On 7 May 2013 I presented Poor Numbers at the Africa Talks of the University of Birmingham. It was filmed and is now posted. http://youtu.be/ypGikIFf8LM
Book talk at UMB in Ås, Norway
I present my book at noon on August 13 at the UMB School of Economics and Business, recipe and then on August 14, there is a public event in from 6 pm, organized by Vitenparken, called Perspektiver på Afrika. Poor Numbers will be available for...
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Africa at LSE reviews my book – and an interview with the Africa Research Institute
Gerardo Serra, for sale who is a PhD student in the Department of Economic History at the London School of Economics and does fascinating work on the political economy of statistics in Ghana and the Gold Coast reviews Poor Numbers for the Africa at...
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Book Launch at LSE on the Wednesday 22 May at 6 PM
On Monday I present at the Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge (5 pm, Room S2, Audrey Richards Building) and then on Tuesday at Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. On Wednesday there is a book launch and signing at the London...
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I am discussing my book at Ceri in Paris on May 16
Poor Numbers @ PARIS21 and the OECD Development Centre on Friday 17 May, 11-13h.
Is there really a statistical tragedy in Africa?Where do African statistics originate? How accurate are they? Economic historian, Morten Jerven will be deliberating stats in Africa at a debate hosted by PARIS21 and the OECD Development Centre on Friday 17 May, 11-13h. The...
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Upcoming talks
I spoke at Royal African Society yesterday, and the scheduled talks continues next week: Monday 13 May 17:00-19:00, Oxford University, African History & Politics Seminars Wednesday 15 May 12:15-14:00, Graduate Institute Geneva Thursday 16 May 14:00-17:00, CERI & SciencesPo, Paris Friday 17 11:00-13:00, OECD...
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