2019 International Speaking Engagements
- Development of social work as an important force of social reconstruction in China.
Institution: Yunnan University, School of Ethnology and Sociology and Social Work, Kunming, China.
Date: 13-19 September 2019.
Role: Visiting exchange scholar- Comparative community-based development models: case study SA/China
- Visiting community models/social work service centres
- Lecture by Leila Patel: Developmental Social Work in South Africa: significance for social development
- Building Knowledge for Social Development Worldwide
Engagement: 21st Biennial International Conference of the International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD)
Institution: University of Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.
Date: 19 July 2019
Role- Delivered closing address: Dan Sanders Peace and Justice lecture: Strengthening Social Development to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
- Presented Paper: Improving the effectiveness of family policies for low and middle income countries: eight lessons from South Africa’s White Paper on Families by Tessa Hochfeld and Leila Patel.
- Learning from Social Policy and Development Innovations in the Global South.
Institution: Third Summer School of Social Policy: Renmin University and the China Academy of Science
Date: 16 July 2019.
Role:- Lecture 1: The Social Development Approach in the Global South
- Lecture 2: South Africa’s Welfare Regime
- Understanding Southern Welfare. Ideational and Historical Foundations of Social Policies in Brazil, India, China and South Africa
Engagement: Closing conference of the ZiF Research Group, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF), Beilefeld University, Germany.
Date: 11-12 July 2019
Role: Keynote address:- Electoral politics and socio-economic rights implementation in South Africa
- Tackling Youth Unemployment: Educating for Productivity and the Changing Nature of Work
Engagement: 2019 Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum for Finance and Planning Ministers
Institution: Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America
Date: 15 April 2019
Role: Keynote address:- Tackling Youth Unemployment: Educating for Productivity and the Changing Nature of Work