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EADI e-newsletter #1/2012 http://www.eadi.org
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European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
IN THIS ISSUE:
#news">*NEWS FROM EADI
*NEWS FROM EADI PROGRAMMES
*NEWS FROM PREMIUM MEMBERS
*NEWS FROM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS
*NEWS FROM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
*VACANCIES
*PUBLICATIONS
*CONTACT INFORMATION
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NEWS FROM EADI
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*Open Call for Editors: The European Journal of Development Research (EJDR)
The EJDR is seeking applications and expressions of interest for two vacancies in the editorial team. Deadline for applications is 1 February 2012
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1630
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*Call for Submissions: EADI Prize for Excellence in Development Studies 2012
The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) invites submissions for the 2012 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 from an EADI member country or attending a programme at an institutional member of the Association.
http://www.eadi.org/training/eadi-for-students/eadi-prize-2012.html
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*Pre-announcement: Kapuscinski Development Lecture with Ashraf Ghani
on 28 February in Bonn, organized by UNDP and EADI. More information will be available on the EADI website.
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*Global Value Chains: Linking Local Producers from Developing Countries to International Markets
New EADI Book edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk and Jacques Trienekens
http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789089643605&l=2
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*15 – 17 February 2012, Olomouc: EU-12 development policies at half-time – Europeanization, specialization, or both?
International conference organized by Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic in cooperation with EADI Working Group on Development Aid of the Non-DAC Donors
http://www.eadi.org/events/forthcoming-events/eu-12-development-policies-half-time.html
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*The European Journal of Development Research, Vol 24 Issue 1
with a special debate section on "Why is the empirical evidence on the role of FDI in development so ambiguous?"
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejdr/journal/v24/n1/index.html
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NEWS FROM EADI PROGRAMMES
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*IKM – New publication: Harvest in Times of Drought – cultivating pedagogies of life for sustainable communities
http://www.cultura21.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Harvest-in-Times-of-Drought-Colheita-em-Tempos-de-Seca.pdf
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NEWS FROM PREMIUM MEMBERS
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*IHEID: Call for fellowship applications: Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme
Graduate Institute Geneva. Deadlines: 1 March 2012/1 October 2012
http://graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/institute/visiting/in_residence_en.html
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*IDS Bulletin, 'The Pulse of Egypt's Revolt' (free online copy)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/idsb.2012.43.issue-1/issuetoc
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*CMI: Jon Lomøy: After Busan: Is a new global partnership for development possible?
Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa; 31 January 2012
http://www.cmi.no/news/?903-jon-lomoy-new-global-partnership-for-development
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*CMI: Flammable Societies. Studies on the Socio-Economics of Oil and Gas
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI). Authors: John Andrew McNeish and Owen Logan (2012).
http://www.cmi.no/publications/publication/?4363=flammable-societies
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*ECDPM: Discussion Paper 123: EU development cooperation after the Lisbon Treaty: People, institutions and global trends
Maastricht: ECDPM. Authors: J. Van Seters and H. Klavert (2011)
http://bit.ly/yQ5muG
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*ECDPM Synthesis Report: Support to domestic accountability in developing countries: Taking stock of the approaches and experiences of German development cooperation
ECDPM, BMZ (2012)
http://bit.ly/yQ5muG
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*DIE: Mercy and the structures of the world: Third Hans Singer Memorial Lecture
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Author: Stephen Chan (2011).
http://bit.ly/xYtvAi
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*ISS: Bixby Post-doctoral Fellowship
Training opportunities for social scientists and biomedical researchers in the health and population fields; Extended application deadline: 31 January 2012
http://www.iss.nl/news_events/iss_news/detail/article/33753/
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*EPFL: Sustainable Development Cities of the South (pdf)
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Author(s): Jean-Claude Bolay
http://bit.ly/A7zVca
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*GIZ: Poverty-oriented Planning and Reporting for Development Partnerships (pdf)
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
http://www2.gtz.de/dokumente/bib-2011/giz2011-0421en-poverty-oriented-planning.pdf
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*GIZ: Financing Agricultural Value Chains in Africa (pdf)
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Authors: Mike Coates et al
http://www2.gtz.de/dokumente/bib-2011/giz2011-0368en-agricultural-value-chains.pdf
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*NCDO celebrates 40th anniversary: 40 Jaar NCDO
Nationale Commissie voor international samenwerking en Duurzame Ontwikkeling (NCDO)
http://www.ncdo.nl/Nieuws/40_jaar_NCDO
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*OneWorld: NCDO launches new Online Platform
Nationale Commissie voor international samenwerking en Duurzame Ontwikkeling (NCDO)
http://www.ncdo.nl/Nieuws/OneWorld_lancering
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*NWO: Second Call Joint MFS II evaluations of development interventions: Bangladesh, Ehiopia and Uganda and International Lobbying & Advocacy
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); Call for Proposals; Deadline: 21 February 2012
http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_8QKHUK_Eng
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*ODI: Think Tanks in South Asia: Analysing the Knowledge-Power Interface
Overseas Development Institute (ODI); Research Report and Study; Author(s): Jayati Srivastava
http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=6215&title=think-tanks-south-asia-pakistan-india-sri-lanka-bangladesh
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NEWS FROM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS
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*Call for Applications: DSA New Ideas Initiative
Development Studies Association (DSA); Research Grants; Deadline 1 February 2012
http://www.devstud.org.uk/events/news/new_ideas_initiative-106.html
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*IFS launched new interactive website
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
http://www.ifs.se/
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*Call for Application: Research Grant Competition - Spring 2012 Round
CIS Research Network, The Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC), Deadline: April 12, 2012.
http://bit.ly/AgZEH5
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*Call for Papers: Local Politics, Global Impacts, Steps to a Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Scales
University of Chicago and the French Development Agency; Call for Papers; Deadline: 31 January 2012
http://www.afd.fr/lang/en/conferences-recherche?cache=bypass&actuCtnId=72487
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*Call for Papers: Romanian Journal of European Affairs 2012: Deadlines for submissions: 1 Feb 2012, 1 May 2012, 1 Aug 2012, and 1 Nov 2012
http://www.ier.ro/index.php/revista/page/guidelines_for_authors
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*UNU Again Ranked Among Top Global Think Tanks
UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNI-MERIT)
http://unu.edu/news/2012/01/unu-again-ranked-among-top-global-think-tanks.html
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NEWS FROM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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*NORAGRIC: Thor Heyerdahl Summer School 2012
‘Global Environmental Governance’ 25 June – 6 July 2012. Application deadline: 15 February 2012
http://www.umb.no/noragric/artikkel/thor-heyerdahl-summer-school-2012
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*Full Time UNU-MERIT / MGSOG PHD Programme – Registration opened. Deadline: 1 February 2012
Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
http://mgsog.merit.unu.edu/prospective_students/phd/ppid/index.php
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*Urban Studies Summer School: International Housing, Policy and Planning July 2012 Human Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam (gpio)
http://www.fmg.uva.nl/gpid/news.cfm/A6B198FE-8391-4064-BD287B30812C5FCB
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*Public Financial Management
Start and finish date: 08 - 26 October 2012; Registration deadline: 24 August 2012
Location of study: IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton
http://bit.ly/wKEB8m
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*Global Poverty & Inclusive Development
Start and finish date: 18-22 June, 2012; Application deadline: 15 March 2012
Location of study: Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam
http://www.graduateschoolofsocialsciences.uva.nl/sip/introduction.cfm
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More courses at Devtrain - http://www.devtrain.org/
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VACANCIES
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*President and Chief Executive Officer
Global Development Network (GDN)
http://www.gdn.int/gdn/docs/GDN%20President-CEO%20Position%20Description.pdf
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*Sustainable Energy Finance Expert
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
http://bit.ly/wRAeIB
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*Sozialwissenschaftler/innen, vorzugsweise Politikwissenschaftler/innen (pdf)
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Deadline: 31 January 2012
http://bit.ly/yiKJ0D
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*Post-doctoral Research Fellow (pdf)
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Deadline: 31 January 2012
http://bit.ly/A2Q3MT
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*Overseas Development Institute (ODI): Research Fellow. Private Sector and Markets Deadline: 12 February 2012
http://www.odi.org.uk/about/jobs/details.asp?id=5&title=research-fellow-private-sector-markets
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*Claude Ake Visiting Chair
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). Deadline: 31 January 2012
http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1531&lang=en
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More vacancies at Devcareers - http://eadi.org/devcareers
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PUBLICATIONS
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*Commercial Security and Development – Findings from Timor-Leste, Liberia and Peru
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Author: Marc von Boemcken
http://www.bicc.de/uploads/pdf/publications/briefs/brief45/brief45.pdf
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*Citizenship Rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal
Oxfam Publications: Policy Practice. Authors: Bijan Pant and Kay Standing
http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/citizenship-rights-and-womens-roles-in-development-in-post-conflict-nepal-196924
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*Security Sector Reform and the Dilemmas of Liberal Peacebuilding
Louise Riis Andersen, DIIS Working Paper
http://diis.dk/sw114050.asp
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*The world's first Muslim human rights commission - analysis of OIC's new human rights commission
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Author:Marie Juul Petersen (2012)
http://www.opendemocracy.net/marie-juul-petersen/worlds-first-muslim-human-rights-commission
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*India and China in Comparative Perspective- Emerging Asian and Global Powers
Aalborg Universitet, Institut for Kultur og Globale Studier, Author: Johannes Dragsbæk Schmidt
http://bit.ly/AkVIKk
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*Mainstreaming HIV in practice - A toolkit with a collection of resources, checklists and examples on CD Rom for SDC and its partners
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) December 2011 http://www.deza.admin.ch/ressources/resource_en_24553.pdf
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*Making most of Commodities: Opportunities and Challenges for Commodity-based Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa? (pdf)
Oesterreichische Forschungsstiftung fuer Internationale Entwicklung (oefse) and vidc, Conference Documentation
http://www.oefse.at/Downloads/publikationen/documentation_commodities_09_11_2011.pdf
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*Starting to Build? China’s Role in UN Peacekeeping Operations
Österreichisches Institut für internationale Politik (oiip), Policy Paper November 2011/2, Author: Bernardo Mariani
http://bit.ly/zU0xwr
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*Afghan Values or Women’s Rights? Gendered Narratives about Continuity and Change in Urban Afghanistan
Institute of Development Studies (IDS); Working Paper Nr. 387; Author(s): Naila Kabeer et al.
http://www.ntd.co.uk/idsbookshop/details.asp?id=1263l.
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*Reverse FDI in Europe: An Analysis of Angola’s FDI in Portugal
Centro de Estudos sobre Africa e do Desenvolvimento (CESA); Working Paper No. 98; Author: Carlos Pestana Barros et Al.
http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/files/Doc_trabalho/WP98.pdf
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*La emigracion desde Espana, una migracion de retorno
Real Instituto Elcano (RIE); ARI 004/2012; Author: Carmen González Enríquez
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_es/zonas_es/ari4-2012
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*Hay una singularidad estrategica en el actual posicionamiento chino?
Real Instituto Elcano (RIE); ARI 003/2012; Author: Augusto Soto
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_es/zonas_es/ari3-2012
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* Credit-constrained in Risky Activities? The Determinants of the Capital Stocks of Micro and Small Firms in Western Africa (pdf)
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Working Paper No. 185, Authors: Michael Grimm et al.
http://www.giga-hamburg.de/dl/download.php?d=/content/publikationen/pdf/wp185_grimm-lange-lay.pdf
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*Think Tanks: Their Development, Global Diversity and Roles in international Affairs (pdf)
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Focus International No. 16, Author: Patrick Koellner
http://www.giga-hamburg.de/dl/download.php?d=/content/publikationen/pdf/gf_international_1106.pdf
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