TBEN Black History Month Programme

Hi All,

Happy Black History Month! We've got an exciting programme of events coming this month to celebrate Black History Month. We hope to see you there.

Until then,

TBEN Team

Black History Month Programme

As part of the UK Black History Month, T-BEN is hosting a series of webinars with prominent black speakers to address current issues affecting members of our network and the broader network of black economist professionals. The webinars will present the opportunity for speakers and attendees to discuss a number of issues that are considered pressing in our current time, and these issues are clustered into four themes. A number of guest speakers have been invited (both from internal TBEN network and external) to speak on the questions raised for each theme.
The webinars provide a platform for black speakers to discuss topical issues that have implications for economic policy.

Duration: 1 Hour 30 minutes sessions

Structure: 10 minutes introductions and house rules; 20 minutes speaker presentation and 20 minutes discussion

Interactions between Race and Economic Issues

Speakers: Nyamekye Asare, Maudo Jallow

This webinar will explore :

What ways can race (a lack) in Economics undermine popular economic discourse?
What policies should the BLM movement demand from the government to address wealth inequality in the UK?
Why do you think BLM and race issues have had more impact in 2020 than in other years?

Date & Time: Monday 12 October 6pm-7:30pm

COVID-19 & Health economics

Speaker: Wiktoria Tafesse

This webinar will explore:

How are countries responding to COVID-19 while also protecting non-COVID health care?
How significant will the impact of COVID-19 be in affecting NHS practices?
Has COVID-19 exposed the racial health inequalities in the UK?
Which policy proposals would help to close the health inequalities gap in the UK?

Date & Time: Thursday 15th October, 5:30pm-7pm

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