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Congratulations to Dr. Holger Henke and Professor Fred Reno
The book, New Political Culture in the Caribbean, co-edited by Dr. Holger Henke and Professor Fred Reno has been nominated in the Political and Social Sciences Non-fiction category for the 2022 INDIES Book...
Recent publication from Dr Kevin Williams
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Williams on his latest publication.
Williams, K. (2023). “The impact of trade on schooling over the last five decades in developing countries.”
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24th Annual SALISES Conference - Call for Abstracts
Call for Abstracts | Concept Note
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) commemorates its 75th anniversary in 2023. In celebration of this landmark event, The Sir Artur Lewis...
Condolences to the family and friends of the late Ambassador Dr Richard L. Bernal
The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona, regrets the passing of Ambassador the Hon. Dr Richard L. Bernal on January 4, 2023...
Give disabled people employment says UWI scholar
Chair of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) Disability Studies Research Cluster at the UWI Dr Bephyer Parey recommends a disability employment database to be established...
Congratulations to Dr. Dacia Leslie the 2022 Awardee for the UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Dacia Leslie the 2022 Awardee for the UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award, the most prestigious award for teaching available at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus....
Recent publication from Dr. Arlene Bailey
Congratulations to Dr. Arlene Bailey on her latest publication.
Book chapter
Pschetz, L., Bailey, A., Rankin, J., Enright, J., & Wilson, M. (2022). Designing with...
Article entitled "The globalization of the health-care industry: Opportunities for the Caribbean" by Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal reached 900 reads
Way to go, Richard!
Your article reached 900 reads
Achieved on October 14, 2022
Article:...
Educators honoured at UWI/Guardian Group Premium Teaching Awards 2022
ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago. Friday October 7, 2022 – It was a night to remember as three outstanding lecturers from the St. Augustine campus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) were...
Congratulations to Dr Bephyer Parey
Congratulations to Dr. Bephyer Parey, recepient of the 2022 UWI/Guardian Group Premium Teaching Awards.
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SALISES Virtual Forum takes on Gender-based violence
Article published in UWI Today, Sunday, September 18, 2022
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Condolences to the family and friends of Ms. Neva South-Bourne, MPhil Social Policy Candidate
The SALISES Family would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Ms. Neva South-Bourne, former MPhil/PhD student at SALISES. She started the MPhil/PhD programme in...
Professor Don Marshall participated at the 9th Latin America and Caribbean Conference on Social Sciences
Professor Don Marshall participated on the panel ‘Understanding reality, designing policies: the role of the Social Sciences in addressing the aftermath of the pandemic’ at the 9th Latin America and...
Caribbean Court of Justice driving regional integration, says political scientist
Since the inception of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the appellate court has heard 232 cases of various types from the four countries, Dominica, Barbados, Guyana, and Belize, and 33 cases had been...
SALISES visited the Bishop Anstey High School (St Hilary's) to thank the students and teachers who participated in SALISES Sixth Formers' Webinar on the Life and Work of Sir Arthur Lewis
SALISES visited the Bishop Anstey High School (St Hilary's) to thank the students and teachers who participated in SALISES Sixth Formers' Webinar on the Life and Work of Sir Arthur Lewis. Dr. Godfrey St....
Poverty and disability linked says UWI scholar
Facing the possibility of a global recession, rising food prices and an ageing population, a scholar at the University of the West Indies, Dr Bephyer Parey wants more to be done to protect the disabled...
Congratulations to Dr. Dacia Leslie on the release of co-edited book - Critical Caribbean Perspectives on Preventing Gender-based Violence
Book Description
This book explores the widespread problem of gender-based violence in the Anglophone Caribbean, exploring reasons for its perpetuation and proposing viable policy...
Sir Arthur Lewis Virtual Distinguished Lecture (Lecture and recording)
Sir Arthur Lewis Virtual Distinguished Lecture: Sustained Economic Recovery Post-Pandemic - The Lewis Model, presented by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett (...
Seeking sustained economic recovery in CARICOM
The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALESIS) hosted its distinguished lecture on Tuesday, April 26, which was delivered by CARICOM Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett. Her topic...
Bernal sees scope for remittances, hospitality investment but bearish on exports
Bernal sees scope for remittances, hospitality investment but bearish on exports
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Recent publications from Ambassador Richard L. Bernal
Recent publications from Ambassador Richard L. Bernal, Professor of Practice, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
- “Does Fidel...
Ambassador Richard Bernal, giving his address during the commemorative activities for Commonwealth Day 2022
President of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Jamaica chapter, Ambassador Richard Bernal, giving his address during the commemorative activities for Commonwealth Day 2022 celebrated on March 14, in a...
Condolences to the family and friends of the late Professor Selwyn Ryan
The SALISES Family would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Professor Selwyn Ryan, former Director of SALISES, St. Augustine.
Professor Ryan passed away on...
Congratulations to Jovan Johnson
Congratualtions to Jovan Johnson, SALISES Alumnus on winning Journalist of the Year, 2021. We at SALISES are extremely proud of you and would like to wish you continued success. Keep up the great work you...
Congratulations to Keenan Falconer
Congratualtions to Keenan Falconer, SALISES Alumnus. Recipient of the Prime Minister's National Youth Awards for Excellence in Academics, 2021. We at SALISES are extremely proud of you and want to send our...
SALISES Policy Brief Issue 4 - January 2022
SALISES Policy Brief Issue 4 entitled "Rural Development and Rural Non-Farm Enterprise Interventions in Jamaica: Policy Lessons from Three Case Studies" now available online....
Recent publication from Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee
Congratulations to Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee on her recently published book chapter entitled "The COVID-19 Pandemic - Childhood Inequalities Unmasked in the Caribbean."
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SES Journal Book Sale
Social and Economic Studies Journal Book Sale. 30% OFF selected hard copies in Store. Final Sale Price - JA$1,750. February 3-28, 2022 at Publications Unit, SALISES, 6 Ring Road, UWI Mona,...
Apply now SALISES MSc Development Statistics programme
Statistics tell a story of who we are. They provide a foundation for impacting decisions geared towards improving our future well-being. This programme provides practical, advanced training in the...
Interview with Dr. Arlene Bailey on Socioeconomic Impact Assessment (SEIA) study on Jamaica
Interview with Dr. Arlene Bailey, Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) on the UNDP/SALISES/CaPRI 2021 Socioeconomic Impact Assessment (SEIA) study on...
Interview with Dr. Patricia Northover on Food Security
Interview with Dr. Patricia Northover, Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) on Food Security leading up to the SALISES 22nd Annual Conference held on...
Congratulations to Dr. Dacia Leslie on winning the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) 2021 Research Impact Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Dacia Leslie on winning the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) 2021 Research Impact Awards for her article Reassessing Conditions of “Prison” in Jamaica published in...
Ms. Tricia Elder receives the Jack Harewood Award
Ms. Tricia Elder receives the Jack Harewood Award from Prof. Hamid Ghany, Director, SALISES, St. Augustine for being the Most Outstanding Student who graduated with the M.Sc. Development Statistics in 2020...
Recent publication from Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard
Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard recently published book chapter entitled "Accounting for Episodes of Domestic Violence in the Anglophone Caribbean: Novel Achievements in the Midst of Persistent Challenges" in the...
Recent publications from Dr Preeya Mohan
Congratulations to Dr. Preeya Mohan on her latest publications.
1. Journal Tourism Economics entitled "The impact of...
It’s Only Bananas? A Global Americans Review of Richard L. Bernal’s "Corporate versus National Interest in U.S. Trade Policy: Chiquita and Caribbean Bananas"
One does not usually think of bananas as big business, let alone as a factor in the fate of nations. But according to Statista, in 2019 the banana was the world’s most produced fruit crop, ahead of...
Recent publications from Dr. Bephyer Parey
Congratulations to Dr. Bephyer Parey on her latest journal articles:
1. Wellbeing among older persons with disabilities in Trinidad. Health and Social Care in the Community....
Congratulations! Consortium Graduate School of the Social Sciences (now SALISES) alumna, Dr Carla Barnett becomes Caricom's first female Secretary-General
Belizean Dr Carla Barnett has been selected as the first female secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), replacing Dominican-born diplomat, Irwin LaRocque, who is due to leave office in...
Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal appointed to the Leadership Council of The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Ambassador Dr Richard L. Bernal, Professor of Practice at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has been appointed to the Leadership...
Congratulations Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee
Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee recognized by the St Lucia National Reparation Committee (NRC) and is one of the first women to be inducted in their Hall of Fame. ...
Congratulations Dr Dacia Leslie
Dr Leslie received the Principal's Award for Best Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) Publication, for the Academic year, 2019/2020 for her book entitled ""Recidivism in the Caribbean - Improving the...
First Female Black Professor at University of Manchester is SALISES Associate Fellow
"As The University of Manchester’s first and currently only Black woman Professor, I’m especially honoured to be featured in this excellent exhibition. I wanted to take part because I want my...
Congratulations to Dr. Natalie Deitrich-Jones and Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard
Congratulations to Dr. Natalie Deitrich-Jones and ...
Congratulations to Dr. Corin Bailey on winning the Principal’s Award for Excellence 2020/2021
Dr. Corin Bailey is the recipient of the Principal’s Award for Excellence 2020/2021 in the Academic Category – Outstanding Research.
CCRC 2020 in the News!
TERRIFYING - Caribbean students express fear of dying, say COVID-19 has wrecked their lives - ...
Navida Bachan (SALISES St. Augustine Ph.D. student) wins prestigious Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship award
Navida Bachan, a graduate student at UWI, has been awarded a prestigious Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship award for the academic year 2020-21. Only two such...
Tributes to Wentworth Errol Bowen (Professor Edward Greene and Ms Annie Paul)
TRIBUTE TO WENTWORTH ERROL BOWEN
Zoom Memorial to his Life. September 27, 2020, 7.30pm. Hosted by Mark Bowen
I pay tribute to an esteemed colleague...
Call for Papers - 15th Annual Caribbean Child Research Conference
Registration now available ...
Paper submissions are invited for Adult researchers, Outstanding child researcher (ages 12-17)...
Caribbean Child Research Conference Publication
SALISES in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund, hosted the annual Caribbean Child Research Conference from November 14-15, 2019 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados.
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Recent publication by Professor Eric Strobl and Dr Preeya Mohan - Climate and the Global Spread and Impact of Bananas’ Black Leaf Sigatoka Disease
Abstract
While Black Sigatoka Leaf Disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) has arguably been the most important pathogen affecting the banana industry over the past 50 years, there are no...
Recent publication by Dr Preeya Mohan - The impact of tropical storms on the accumulation and composition of government debt
The impact of tropical storms on the accumulation and composition of government debt
Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of tropical storms on government debt...
NATFATIP to receive library collection on human trafficking (to be housed at SALISES)
Efforts to eliminate human trafficking in Jamaica are to be significantly boosted with the handover of an extensive library collection on sex trafficking and human...
New publication from Dr. Bephyer Parey
Congratulations to Dr. Bephyer Parey, Postdoctoral Fellow, SALISES St. Augustine, on the publication of her latest journal article in the journal SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH published by Springer entitled "...
New publication from Dr. Hamid Ghany
New publications from Dr. Hamid Ghany in the Journal of Legislative Studies entitled:
"Correcting Arend Lijphart's Hybrid VI : the case of Guyana"....
Aldrie Henry-Lee | COVID-19, Children’s Rights And The UN 2030 Agenda
As we celebrate Child Month, we reflect that the COVID-19 pandemic will retard progress in the fulfilment of the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN 2030 Agenda is a globally...
COVID-19 ‘will intensify inequality’
A growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the Caribbean will widen owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, regional social policy experts have predicted.
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Recent publication by Ms. Thelma White
Ms. Thelma White, Librarian in the Jamaica Journal, Vol 37. No. 3, December 2019
Title: Squatting on the Hellshire Beach: Effects on the Environment and Significance in...
New publications from Dr. Preeya Mohan and Dr. Bephyer Parey
Dr. Preeya Mohan, Fellow, in the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (see link below)
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