This workshop brings together leading scholars to explore the Right to Development from legal, political, and governance perspectives. It examines how global economic structures, legal frameworks, and political systems shape development outcomes, with particular attention to participation, inequality, and power. The discussion will engage critically with contemporary debates on development, including trade, corporate accountability, and governance in non-democratic contexts, and consider how international law can better respond to these challenges.
Detailed information
Workshop: The Right to Development in Practice: Law, Power, and Global Inequalities
Date: Friday, 5 June 2026
Time: 14:00–17:00
Venue: FAU CHREN, Andreij-Sacharow-Platz 1, Nuremberg, Seminar Room 2nd floor.
To help us plan the event, please let us know via the link below if you’re interested in attending. It’s not a mandatory registration, but it helps us estimate the number of attendees: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/p/10cb016605c324915b6df267814643ee-1722097
Speakers
- Heloise Weber (University of Queensland)
- Muhammad Asif Khan (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)
- Eva Pils (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)
- Chair: Prof. Markus Krajewski (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Speaker titles
- Heloise Weber – A critical political analysis of the “Right to Development”
- Asif Khan – The Right to Development as a Legal Framework: Participation and Distribution
- Eva Pils – Against autocratic developmentalism
Short bios
Prof. Dr. Heloise Weber is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on global political economy, development, and inequality, with particular attention to trade, international economic law, and postcolonial approaches to global governance.
Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan is a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). His research focuses on public international law, business and human rights, and international economic law, with a particular emphasis on the Right to Development and global economic governance.
Prof. Dr. Eva Pils is Professor of Law at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Chair of Human Rights Law. Her research focuses on human rights, transnational law, and governance, with particular expertise on China and authoritarian systems.
This workshop brings together leading scholars to explore the Right to Development from legal, political, and governance perspectives. It examines how global economic structures, legal frameworks, and political systems shape development outcomes, with particular attention to participation, inequality, and power. The discussion will engage critically with contemporary debates on development, including trade, corporate accountability, and governance in non-democratic contexts, and consider how international law can better respond to these challenges.
Detailed information
Workshop: The Right to Development in Practice: Law, Power, and Global Inequalities
Date: Friday, 5 June 2026
Time: 14:00–17:00
Venue: FAU CHREN, Andreij-Sacharow-Platz 1, Nuremberg, Seminar Room 2nd floor.
To help us plan the event, please let us know via the link below if you’re interested in attending. It’s not a mandatory registration, but it helps us estimate the number of attendees: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/p/10cb016605c324915b6df267814643ee-1722097
Speakers
Speaker titles
Short bios
Prof. Dr. Heloise Weber is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on global political economy, development, and inequality, with particular attention to trade, international economic law, and postcolonial approaches to global governance.
Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan is a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). His research focuses on public international law, business and human rights, and international economic law, with a particular emphasis on the Right to Development and global economic governance.
Prof. Dr. Eva Pils is Professor of Law at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Chair of Human Rights Law. Her research focuses on human rights, transnational law, and governance, with particular expertise on China and authoritarian systems.