Event

In recognition of the Year of Sir Arthur Lewis, the Faculty of Social Sciences will be hosting a distinguished lecture by Professor Andrew Downes, on Tuesday 13^th May 2008 at 7:30 p. m. at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC).

 Professor Downes will speak on the topic “Arthur Lewis and Caribbean Labour Market Analysis”. A cocktail reception in the Faculty of Social Sciences Lounge will follow the lecture.

This is the fourth in a series of Distinguished Lectures being organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences of the St Augustine Campus, in collaboration with the Department of Economics and the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, to commemorate the Year of Sir Arthur Lewis at the University of the West Indies.

Professor Downes is a Distinguished Caribbean Scholar who is qualified to speak on this topic since labour and employment issues have occupied a substantial part of his professional life. He has been Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus since 1994 and University Director since 2000.  He holds a BSc. and MSc degrees in Economics from the UWI and a PhD from the University of Manchester.  He is a recipient of several academic awards, including the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.  He has been a consultant for several regional and international organisations and is the author of ten monographs and over 60 articles in periodicals and books.

Sir Arthur Lewis is the only son of the Caribbean to be awarded a Nobel Prize in the field of Economics. He was also the first Vice Chancellor of a fully independent University of the West Indies. The University is celebrating the achievements of this outstanding Caribbean scholar in the year 2008.