EADI e-newsletter #1-2008 (February 2008)
February 15, 2008.
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EADI e-newsletter #1/2008 www.eadi.org
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European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
IN THIS ISSUE:
*NEWS FROM EADI
*NEWS FROM EADI WORKING GROUPS
*NEWS FROM ICCDA AND OTHER NETWORKS
*NEWS FROM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS
*EDUCATION AND TRAINING
*VACANCIES
*FUNDING
*PUBLICATIONS
*CONTACT INFORMATION
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NEWS FROM EADI
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*Registration for 12th EADI General Conference in 2008: Global Governance for Sustainable Development
Registration is now open for the 12th EADI General Conference from 24 –28 June 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland. Please visit the conference website at www.gc2008.net.
We are delighted to announce Tariq Banuri, Rajendra Pachauri, Kemal Dervis, Noleen Heyzer, Bertrand Ramcharan, Wolfgang Sachs, Oswaldo de Rivero, Nora Lustig, Martin Khor, Bina Agarwal, Klaus Leisinger and Manuel Escudero as plenary speakers.
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*EADI Prize for Development Studies 2008 The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) announces the 2008 prize for excellence in development research. The prize, worth €1 000, will be awarded for an essay on an issue of development studies in any field of the social sciences submitted and written by a postgraduate student. Deadline for submission is 1 March.
See www.eadi.org/detail_page.phtml
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*“Supporting the UN development system: What role for the EU?” EADI workshop at ACUNS Annual Meeting 2008 entitled “The The UN and the Global Development Architecture" will take place from 5-7 June 2008 in Bonn, Germany. See www.igloo.org/community.igloo
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NEWS FROM EADI WORKING GROUPS
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*Call for Papers: EADI Working Group on Governance: Workshop on “EU co-operation with difficult partners” from 24 –25 April 2008 in Helsinki. Deadline: 27 March 2008. See www.eadi.org/detail_page.phtml
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*Call for interest/papers: EADI Working Group on Multidimensional Poverty Seminar Series 2008: "The Politics of Policy Making: Thinking Cross-Sectorally".
See www.eadi.org/detail_page.phtml
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NEWS FROM ICCDA AND OTHER NETWORKS
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*Slovenian EU Presidency Seminar on Africa: The Role of New EU Member States in EU-Africa Development Policy, Belgium, 27-28 February 2008 AWEPA in partnership with the European Parliament, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the Society for International Development (SID).
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*Appel à contribution: Les mots du développement Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique pour l’étude de la mondialisation et du développement (GEMDEV) et al.; Colloque pluridisciplinaire, 13-14 novembre 2008, Paris, France; Date limite 1 mars 2008.
For more information please visit calenda.revues.org/nouvelle9552.html
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*CARTA de CLACSO N° 119 Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales; Segunda Epoca - Nº 119 - diciembre 2007.
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*CODESRIA Bulletin available in full-text Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA); Open access to CODESRIA Bulletin online. To read online please visit www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/codesria_bulletin.htm
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*Call for Papers: Development and International Organizations Researchers Alliance for Development (RAD); Doctoral Workshop, 8-9 June 2008, Cape Town, South Africa; Deadline for submission of proposals 12 March 2008.
See www.radnetwork.org/admindb/docs/CT workshop Call for proposals.pdf
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*Call for Papers: Building Sustainable Futures - Enacting Peace and Development International Peace Research Association (IPRA); IPRA 2008 Global Conference, 15-19 July 2008, Leuven, Belgium; Deadline for submission of abstracts 15 February 2008.
See www.ipra2008.org
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*Call for Papers: Experiencing Diversity and Mutuality 2008/02 - European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA); 10th Biennial EASA Conference 2008, 26-30 August 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Deadline for submission of abstracts 31 March 2008.
See www.easa2008.eu/en/informacija.asp
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NEWS FROM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS
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*Have your say on the new EuropeAid website!
The EC’s EuropeAid Cooperation Office has recently re-launched its website, and is now seeking feedback from stakeholders. To participate in the online survey please follow the link on the EuropeAid website: ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm. To access the survey directly, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx
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*Development Studies in Europe The Department of Development Studies at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic will be organising a networking seminar from 26 to 28 February 2008. For more information, please contact Petra Krylova at petrakrylova@seznam.cz.
For the programme see eadi.org/pub/Conference_programme.pdf and eadi.org/pub/Conference%20Development%20Studies.pdf
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*EADI welcomes its "new" old member IUED The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, is the result of the merger of IUED and IHEI. The Institute is therefore benefiting from a long experience in training students from all over the world. See graduateinstitute.ch
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*TransMONEE database – Unicef Innocenti Research Centre The TransMONEE database is an annually updated database containing a wealth of general social and economic statistics and indicators of child well-being across the 27 countries of the CEE-CIS region, collected directly from the national statistical offices. The 2007 release of the TransMONEE 2007 is now available in English and Russian.
See www.unicef-irc.org/databases/transmonee/
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*New Poverty and Peace Research at CMI Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) received three research grants from the Poverty and Peace Research Programme announced by the Research Council of Norway. For more information please visit
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*Two new research projects at SUM in Norway Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) has new research projects on 'Creative Adaption in Addressing the Climate Change' and 'Explaining Differential Immunization Coverage'.
For more information please visit www.sum.uio.no
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*In January 2008 a new research project on neopatrimonialism started at GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA); The new project forms part of a research programme on "Legitimacy and Efficiency of Political Systems" and will analyse the interrelationship between rentier economies and neopatrimonialism.
For more information please visit www.giga-hamburg.de/english/index.php
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*Capacity Building in the South for Transitions to Sustainable Energy Systems: >From Rural Energy to Carbon Credits University of Twente; Symposium at the University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands on 10 April 2008.
For more information please visit www.utwente.nl/cstm/tsd/news/conferences/web_text.doc/
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*Whither EC Aid? Towards a New Approach For Assessing Development Cooperation European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) and Actionaid launch a new project website. See weca-ecaid.eu
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*ECDPM launches website on EPA Negotiations: Where do we stand? European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) has launched a new website offering weekly updates on EPA negotiations. See www.ecdpm.org/Web_ECDPM/Web/Content/Navigation.nsf/index2&http://www.ecdpm.org/Web_ECDPM/Web/Content/Content.nsf/7732def81dddfa7ac1256c240034fe65/7fa6b71614b2f41cc125737c004f2720?OpenDocument
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*Resource Page Climate Change Convention and COP 13 in Bali, Indonesia Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh (InWEnt) offers a resource page with reports on the 13th Conference of the Parties that took place in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007.
See www.inwent.org/themen_reg/iij/reports/09338/index.en.shtml
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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*FIG Workshop E-learning Sharing Good Practices. E-learning in Surveying, Geo-information Sciences and Land Administration 11-13 June 2008, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands.
See www.itc.nl/fig_elearning2008
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*Intensive Ph.D Course: Business and Global Governance for Sustainable Development; 14-16 April 2008, Oslo, Norway; Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM); Deadline for submission of abstracts 15 February 2008.
See www.sum.uio.no/pdf/phd_workshop.pdf
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*CEU Summer University in Budapest Between June and August 2008 CEU offers sixteen courses - research-intensive courses and policy and training courses; Deadline for submission of applications 15 February 2008.
For more information please visit www.sun.ceu.hu/02-courses/by-title.php
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*Summer Programme on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance Start and finish date: 16 June - 4 July 2008 Location of study: IHEID, Geneva.
See eadi.org/database/database/
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*Summer Programme on the WTO, International Trade and Development Start and finish date: 7 - 25 July 2008 Location of study: IHEID, Geneva.
See eadi.org/database/database/
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*Practical Facilitation Skills for Development Professionals and Practitioners Start and finish date: 30 June - 11 July 2008 Location of study: University of East Anglia. See eadi.org/database/database/
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*Climate Change for Development Start and finish date: 1 - 12 September 2008 Location of study: University of East Anglia.
See eadi.org/database/database/
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*Master in Development Studies (MDev) Start and finish date: Academic Year 2008-2010 Location of study: Institut de hautes études internationales et du dévelopement (IHEID) - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
See eadi.org/database/database/
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*PhD in Development Studies Location of study: Institut de hautes études internationales et du dévelopement (IHEID) - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
See eadi.org/database/database/
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More courses at DevTrain - at www.devtrain.org
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VACANCIES
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*Managing editor for the magazine Exchange Royal Tropical Institute (KIT); Closing 15 February 2008.
See www.kit.nl/smartsite.shtml
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*Vacancy Announcement- OSSREA Research and Publications Head Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA); Closing 28 February 2008.
For more information please visit www.ossrea.net/rp-head.pdf
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*Senior Program Officer/Specialist (Ottawa) SciDev.Net; Closing 24 February 2008.
See www.scidev.net/jobs/index.cfm
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*Research Assistant in the area of Business and Social Development United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); Closing 9 March 2008.
See www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/pagecopy.nsf/%28httpVacancies-en%29/DC583C7F5DCB4EB6C12573D900399ADE
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*Professor / Associate Professor specialized in the Analysis of Gender in Development or International Studies. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Closing 15 March 2008.
See graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/presentation/open_positions_en.html
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*PhD vacancy in the International Max Planck Research School on Earth system Modelling Max Planck Institute for Meteorology & University of Hamburg; Closing 30 March 2008.
See www.earthsystemschool.mpg.de/Application-Admission.5.0.html
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*Research Coordinator: Social Policy and Development United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); Closing 31 March 2008.
See www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/pagecopy.nsf/%28httpVacancies-en%29/BCEB16E6ACE4708DC12573DB004228C9
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More vacancies at Devcareers - Vacancies in international co-operation at eadi.org/devcareers
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FUNDING
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*RCUK China Office Summer School Grant Scheme SciDev.Net; The RCUK Office in China is pleased to launch a grant scheme for awards of up to £12,000, to enable travel between UK and China for attendance at activities of the Summer School type. Deadline 12 March 2008.
For more information please visit www.scidev.net/grants/index.cfm
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*African Guest Researchers' Scholarship Programme Nordic Africa Institute; Application deadline: 1 April 2008.
For more information please visit www.nai.uu.se/scholarships/african/
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*Integrated Programmes - preliminary application NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, Netherlands; Deadline 1 April 2008.
For more information please visit www.nwo.nl/subsidiewijzer.nsf/pages/NWOA_6XRG52_Eng
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More funding opportunities at eadi.org/devfunding
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PUBLICATIONS
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*Enhancing the EU Response to Children Affected by Armed Conflict - With Particular Reference To Development Policy - Study For the Slovenian EU Presidency European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); Discussion Paper No. 82, Author: A. Sherriff. See www.ecdpm.org/Web_ECDPM/Web/Content/Navigation.nsf/index2&http://www.ecdpm.org/Web_ECDPM/Web/Content/Content.nsf/7732def81dddfa7ac1256c240034fe65/75766b36068548d1c12573d000383cc7?OpenDocument
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*Eight Hot Topics for International Development in 2008 Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Comment, Author: L. Haddad.
See www.ids.ac.uk/go/about-ids/news-and-commentary/january-2008-news/eight-hot-topics-for-2008
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*Climate Change and Cities Institute of Development Studies (IDS); id21 insights No. 71, Authors: S. Huq, D. Satterthwaite.
See www.id21.org/insights/insights71/index.html
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*Organizational Challenges for an Effective Aid Architecture: Traditional Deficits, the Paris Agenda and Beyond Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Discussion Paper No. 20, Authors: J. Faust, D. Messner. See www.die-gdi.de/die_homepage.nsf/6f3fa777ba64bd9ec12569cb00547f1b/be803da30eaa92b8c12572670041d831/$FILE/DP%2020.2007%20Faust%3BMessner%20Org.%20Chall.pdf
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*Les dérives de la coopération Nord-Sud Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Politique Etrangère No. 4, Auteur: G. Etienne.
See www.ifri.org/files/politique_etrangere/PE_4_2007_Etienne.pdf
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*Should Development Aid Be Given to Middle Income Countries? Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI), Paper No. 1, Author: J. Alonso.
See www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/ICEI_PAPER_01ingles.pdf
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*Human Development Report 2007/2008: Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Report, Author: K. Watkins et al.
See hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/
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*Taxation and State Building: Poor Countries in a Globalised World Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Working Paper No. 11, Authors: O. Fjeldstad, M. Moore.
See www.cmi.no/publications/file/
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*Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Centre for Educational Research and Innovation; Report.
See www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/7/38654317.pdf
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*How Do Development and Foreign Policy Connect? Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Opinion No. 93, Author: S. Maxwell.
See www.odi.org.uk/publications/opinions/93-development-foreign-policy.pdf
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More publications at www.eadi.org/detail_page.phtml
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