Dan Banik
Professor of political science and Academic Director of Circle U.
Previous employment
- Columnist, The Nation (2018-2021)
- Consulting Scholar, Stanford University, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (2014-2017)
- Visiting Professor, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing (2012-2017)
- Associate Professor, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo (2005-2013)
- Visiting Professor, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law, Stanford University (2013-2014)
- Visiting Scholar, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law, Stanford University (2010-2011)
- Fulbright Scholar, Stanford Centre on Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University (2010-2011)
- Head of Reference Group, Norwegian-Finnish Trust Fund in the World Bank for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (TFESSD), Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008-2010)
- Visiting Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC (2006)
Courses taught
- Achieving the SDGs: Global goals and national interests, Oslo SDG Initiative at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (free and open online course)
- What Works? Success Stories in International Development, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (Norway's first international MOOC)
- The Politics of Poverty, Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo
- Master of Public Administration and Management, University of Malawi
- Law and Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing
- Poverty and Development, United Nations University, Tokyo
- From Scarcity to Access and Rights: Changing Perspectives on Food Insecurity, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo
- Approaches to Development, Aarhus University, Denmark
Tags:
Poverty,
SDGs,
Democracy,
Governance,
Food,
Asia,
Africa,
Aid,
Inequality,
China,
Malawi,
Global South,
African Development,
CSR,
Development,
development planning,
Development policy and practice,
Development Studies,
East Africa,
Energy,
Energy and Climate,
Food Systems,
Food Policy,
Food security,
Global Governance,
Globalisation,
human development,
Human Rights,
Inequality,
Oil & Gas,
natural disasters,
Poverty and Development,
poverty reduction,
sustainability,
Sustainable development
Selected publications
Books:
- The African State: Legitimacy, Governance and Development (edited with Happy Kayuni and Boniface Dulani, under contract with Routledge for publication in 2024)
- Political Transition, Poverty and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend (with Blessings Chinsinga, Routledge, 2016) (open access)
- The Legal Empowerment Agenda: Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa, London: Routledge (2011)
- Poverty and Elusive Development, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget (2010) (open access)
-
Rights and Legal Empowerment in Eradicating Poverty, London: Ashgate/ Routledge (2008)
-
Starvation and India's Democracy, London: Routledge (2007 & 2009)
-
Poverty, Politics and Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Bergen: Fagbokforlaget (2006)
Selected articles:
- “Four governance reforms to strengthen the SDGs: A demanding policy vision can accelerate global sustainable development efforts”, Science 381(6663):1159-1160 (with Frank Bierman et al.) (2023)
- “South–South Cooperation and global development in a multipolar world: China and India in Africa”, Journal of International Development 35(4) (with Emma Mawdsley) (2023)
- “Climate change and health: a 2-week course for medical students to inspire change”, The Lancet Planetary Health 7(1):e12-e14 (with Erlend T. Aasheim et. al.) (2023)
- "Inclusiveness", chapter 5 in F. Biermann, T. Hickmann, & C. Sénit (eds.), The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (with Sénit, C., Okereke, C., Alcázar, L., Lima, M., Biermann, F., . . . M. Siegel, K. (2022)
- “Transplanting China's Ecological Civilization to the Belt and Road Initiative: What will it take?”, Journal of International Development (with Bjørn Leif Brauteseth) (2022)
- "Multilateralism to the Rescue? Beijing’s Support for Multilateral Institutions during the COVID-19 Crisis", International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 53: 207–230 (with Benedicte Bull) (2022) (open access)
- "Democracy and Sustainable Development", Anthropocene Science 1:233–245 (2022) (open access)
- "The 2030 agenda and the push for electrification in Africa: a tale of two countries", in P. Singh, P. Verma, D. Perrotti and K.K. Srivastava (eds.), Environmental Sustainability and Economy, Amsterdam: Elsevier. (2021)
- "The perils of megaphone diplomacy on Malawi’s ambitious Shire- Zambezi Waterway project", Africa Review 13(2): 270-289 (with Happy Kayuni and Joseph Chunga) (2021)
- "The Politics of Hunger: Food Policy in Malawi" (with Michael Chasukwa), Food Ethics 3(4) (2019)
- "Business and Morals: Corporate Strategies for Sustainable Development in China" (with Ka Lin), Business and Politics (21(4): 514–539, 2019) (open access)
- "Food Security in a Sustainable Development Era", Food Ethics 3(4) (2019) (open access)
- "Bypassing Government: Aid Effectiveness and Malawi's Local Development Fund" (with Michael Chasukwa), Politics and Governance 7(2): 103–116 (2019) (open access)
- "Transforming Research, Teaching and Learning of Public Administration for Improved Governance and Management: The Norhed experience in Malawi", (with Happy Kayuni, Bonface Dulani and Kaja Elise Gresko) chapter 21 in T. Halvorsen, K. S. Orgeret & R. Krøvel (eds.), Sharing Knowledge, Transforming Societies The Norhed Programme 2013–2020, Cape Town: African Minds (2019) (open access)
- "The Perils of Megaphone Diplomacy: Malawian--Mozambican Relations Following the Shire-Zambezi Waterway Project", Department of Political and Administrative Studies (PAS) working paper series, Chancellor College, Malawi, September (2019) (pdf)
- "The 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: Integrating Development and Environment in Practice", The Calcutta Journal of Political Studies (forthcoming 2019)
- "Institutional Bypass and Aid Effectiveness in Africa" (with Michael Chasukwa), WIDER working paper series March 2019, United Nations University, UNU-WIDER (2019).
- "Coordinating Chinese Aid in a Globalized World", research article, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (2019) (pdf)
- "Taking Stock of the SDGs", in Deepak Dwivedi and Pooran Pandey (eds.), Leaving No One Behind: SDGs and South-South Cooperation, New Delhi: NITI AYOG/ Crossbill (2018) (pdf)
- "Chinese engagement in Africa and Latin America: Does it Matter for State Capacity?", Third World Thematics (with Benedicte Bull, 2018)
- "The Legal Empowerment of the Poor”, in Christopher May, Adam Winchester & Gill Gardner (eds.), The Edward Elgar Handbook on the Rule of Law, Cheltenham, Edgar Elgar (2018)
- "New Business: The Private Sector as a New Global Development Player" (with Jason Miklian), Global Policy Journal (2017)
- "A Climate for Commerce: The Political Agronomy of Conservation Agriculture in Zambia" (with Ola Westengen et.al.), Agriculture and Human Values (2017)
- "The Digital Classroom: Innovation, Dissemination and Democratization of Knowledge", in Susanne Koch (ed.), Norwegian Agency for Digital Learning in Higher Education (2017)
- "An Exogenous Path of Development: Explaining the Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility in China" (with Ka Lin and Longfei Yi), International Journal of Social Quality (2016)
- "The Hungry Nation: Food Policy and Food Politics in India", Food Ethics, 1-29 (2016)
- "The Frontiers of Poverty Reduction in Emerging Asia" (with Arve Hansen), Forum for Development Studies (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2015.1134646
- "The Impact of Emerging Donors on Development and Poverty Reduction" (with Michael Chasukwa), chap. 9 in D. Banik & B. Chinsinga (eds.), Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend, New York: Routledge (2016)
- "The State of Food Security: From Availability, Access and Rights to Food Systems Approaches" (with Ola T. Westengen), Forum for Development Studies (2016).
- "Difference or Indifference: China's Development Assistance Unpacked" (with Li Xiaoyun, Tang Lixia and Wu Jin, IDS Bulletin, 45(4): 22-35. (2014)
- "Access to Justice and Social Unrest in China's Countryside: Disputes on Land Acquisition and Compensation" (with Zhou Chao), Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 6(2): 254-275. (2014)
- "Fieldwork amidst Poverty and Deprivation: Ethical Dilemmas and Policy Impact", Indian Anthropologist 44: 53-68. (2014)
- "Walking the Talk: Rights, Justice and the Fight Against Poverty" in Patrick Keyzer, Vesselin Popovski and Charles Sampford (ed.), Access to International Justice, London: Routledge (2014).
- "The Global Citizen and the Immorality of Poverty" in Aksel Braanen Sterri (ed.), Global Citizen: Challenges and Responsibilities in an Interconnected World, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (2014).
- "The Pursuit of Inclusive Development in China: From Developmental to Rights-Based Social Protection" (with Li Xiaoyun), Indian Journal of Human Development, 7(1): 205-221. (2013)
- "China and Poverty Reduction in Africa", in Guanghua Yu (ed.), Rethinking Law and Development: The Chinese Experience, London: Routledge (2013).
- "Growth and Hunger in India", in Francis Fukuyama, Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner (eds.), Poverty, Inequality and Democracy, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. (2012)
- "Human Rights for Human Development: The Rhetoric and the Reality", Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 30(1) (2012).
- "Growth and Hunger in India", Journal of Democracy, 22 (3): 90-104. (2011)
- "Governing an Asian Giant: Judicial Activism on Hunger in India”, Journal of Asian Public Policy, 3(3), 2010
- “Support for Human Rights-Based Development: Reflections on the Malawian Experience”, The International Journal of Human Rights, 14(1), 2010.
- “Governing the Asian Giants: Development Policy in China and India” (with B. A. Andreassen), Journal of Asian Public Policy, 3(3), 2010.
- “Human Rights and Extreme Poverty: African Perspectives” (with B. A. Andreassen), The International Journal of Human Rights, 14(1), 2010.
- “Legal Empowerment as a Conceptual and Operational Tool in Fighting Poverty”, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 1 (1): 117-131, 2009.
Published
Aug. 15, 2011 2:52 PM
- Last modified
Jan. 3, 2024 10:54 AM