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Comment by Todd Lester on November 25, 2009 at 12:17pm

fyi:

UNDP Human Development Report Office (HDRO) calls for research proposals.


Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of the Human Development Report, and HDRO is undertaking an extensive reassessment of the concept, measurement and impact of the human development idea, to be published in the form of the 2010 Human Development Report.


The Human Development Report Office (HDRO) invites proposals for research papers on topics related to its 2010 HDR. Three areas are of particular interest:

(i) Works related to the systematic assessment of progress and setbacks in human development since the 1970s, and in particular systematic empirical investigations of what has been achieved, what works, and what are the key gaps and constraints.

(ii) Contributions that revisit the concept of human development – and its measurement (including the Human Development Index) – and propose enhancements needed to help policy-makers ensure that people are at the centre of development.

(iii) Research that attempts to understand how the human development approach matters for the determination of policies and development strategies.

The 2010 report will thus seek to articulate an agenda for change to underpin a New Human Development Deal that can significantly advance development thinking and policies. It will reflect current thinking from academia and the policy world as well as new research guided by the Human Development Report Office. It will place significant emphasis on the knowledge that comes from developing countries and regions, including as garnered through the national and regional human development reports. This emphasis reflects the belief that placing people at the center of development also implies putting people at the center of the generation of knowledge about development, and that this is best achieved by understanding how communities and local actors understand the practice of development.

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION

Information shall be marked with the note “Call for Research Proposals” Information shall reach HDRO not later than 4 Dec, 2009.

Proposals should not exceed 8 pages and must include the following

· Title

· Abstract

· Objectives and relevance for the region

· Research methodology

· Outline of research and timetable

· Bibliography

Additionally, proposals must be accompanied by a Curriculum.

Proposals (and papers) must be in English.


All material should be sent via e-mail to hdro.procurement@undp.org

Applications must be submitted by Dec 4, 2009. Early applications are encouraged.

Proposals will be evaluated by a jury appointed by HDRO and decisions will be made on the basis of the quality of the proposal and of its relevance to the 2010 HDR. Results will be announced by Dec 11, 2009.

Selected proposals will be invited to complete the research paper by Feb. 19, 2010.

Further information about HDRO and the HDR can be found at http://hdr.undp.org.

Comment by Todd Lester on November 24, 2009 at 7:58pm

Hey folks, just made a blog post on some cool programs I've been hearing about,
todd

Comment by Matthieu on June 17, 2009 at 12:56pm

a new call for paper from the European Commission that might interest some of you. deadline mid september 2009:

I am writing to inform you of a call for proposals launched by the European Commission together with the governments of Australia, Japan and the Republic of Korea. This call might be of interest to yourself and your association's members.

The purpose of this call is to support international curriculum development projects that involve balanced short-term student and faculty mobility between the EU and the partner ICI countries. Its objective is to promote transparency, mutual recognition of qualifications and periods of study, research and training, and portability of credits.

Applicant consortia must be comprise of at least 3 Higher Education and/or vocational institutions from 3 different EU Member States and at least 2 institutions from the partner country. Selected consortia will set up a framework for student mobility whereby EU students will typically spend one semester in the partner country institution and vice versa with full recognition of the study period abroad by the home institution.

Applications on behalf of the EU lead institutions must be sent to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency no later than 15 September 2009.

You will find the links to the call for proposal and all relevant documents on the following website:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/eu_others/call09_en.html

Yours sincerely,

Chiara Marchini Camia



Chiara Marchini Camia
European Commission - Directorate General for Education and Culture
Unit A.3 Jean Monnet; university/business partnerships; relations with agencies
MADO 07/05
T: +32-2-29.55126
chiara.marchini-camia@ext.ec.europa.eu

Comment by Gabriela Barros De Luca on June 1, 2009 at 10:03pm

Call for Conference Papers: Culture, Media: Protest (Lucerne Sept 3-5)

More on: http://freedimensional.ning.com/forum/topics/call-for-conference-papers

Comment by Matthieu on June 1, 2009 at 4:18am

IMPROVE YOUR TEACHING GRANT

The new CRC SOTL Fellowship Program call is out with the deadline of 20
June. This is a one year grant to research an aspect of the lecturer's own
teaching (anything innovative they would like to document and share after
investigation), or to research student learning in their discipline, in
their own courses. Applicants should be from Eastern Europe, South-Eastern
Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Mongolia and Palestine (not EU) and should
be teaching in social sciences and humanities at institutions of higher
education.

Perhaps you know somebody who is both elegible and particularly interested
in teaching and learning and would benefit from this funding?

More information about this program: http://web.ceu.hu/crc/crc_sotlfel.html
call for applications and the application form:
http://web.ceu.hu/crc/index.html.

Contact person: Joanna Renc-Roe, CRC Development Manager, Central European
University

Comment by Gabriela Barros De Luca on May 29, 2009 at 1:25pm

June 11: edu-factory conference in Rome: Global University - Labour, Struggles and the Common within the Crisis

More on: http://freedimensional.ning.com/events/edufactory-conference-in-rome

Comment by Gabriela Barros De Luca on May 27, 2009 at 12:07pm

Rethinking Marxism 2009 Conference: November 5 to November 8, 2009 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst

More info: http://freedimensional.ning.com/events/rethinking-marxism-2009

Comment by Matthieu on May 23, 2009 at 10:15am

6 PhD Grants in Belgium. DEADLINE 7th JUNE 2009!

The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) calls for applications for six full-time doctoral researchers. The IES is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence whose research strategy focuses on the EU in an international setting. The six PhD positions relate to:


Migration, Asylum & Diversity, as well as Information Society (one researcher each);

A new joint research project of the IES and the Department of Political Science at the VUB on “Politics beyond the State: Representation, Coordination and Accountability in Multi-Layered Settings” (three researchers, one of which is to work at the Department of Political Science);

A research project on European and international governance through regulatory complexes in the area of genetic resources (access and benefit sharing; funded by the Flemish Research Council FWO) (one researcher).

* The successful candidates will have an MA degree with good study results. They will be fluent in English and have a thorough knowledge of European policy and/or law. They will be selected on the basis of the quality of the project proposal and on the basis of their expertise and qualifications.

* Candidates will need to fill in and send the forms that are available from the website of the IES (www.ies.be ) (either in MSWord format, or in PDF format) and send a full CV, a list of publications, an outline of their proposed research (max. 10 pages!), at least one letter of reference and a copy of their most recent diploma.

* Successful candidates are expected to base themselves in Brussels and work at the IES/the VUB.

* The deadline for applications is: 07 June 2009 (for posts to be taken up as of 1 October or as early as possible thereafter).

* The successful candidates will receive a research grant for one year (extendable to a maximum of 4 years). Prolongation of the contract is subject to the agreement of the doctoral committee. Remuneration is at the level of a full time research assistant at a Flemish university (i.e. approx. € 1.600,00 net per month) and includes contributions for social security / insurance. Employment is on a full-time basis only, and secondary employment is not allowed.

* Applications need to be addressed to the Academic Director of the Institute for European Studies (address below) before 07 June.

For more information regarding this call for applications and the related research projects see http://www.ies.be/iesvacancies

Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Academic Director
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel (Belgium)
Fax: +32 2 629 1809
Email:ies@vub.ac.be

Comment by Gabriela Barros De Luca on May 20, 2009 at 6:10pm

Call for applications for the Research Training Programme 2009-2010 for International students:

The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, invites applications for its Research Training Programme in History, Economics, Political Science, Geography, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Development Studies and Cultural Studies. The programme which will run from August 2009 to June 2010 is meant for international students from the countries of the South in the early stages of their doctoral work. Applications are invited from research students below the age of 30 years with a post-graduate degree in any branch of humanities and social sciences with at least 50 % marks or B+ on an eight point scale.

Fellowships are available for international participants for the duration of the course from SEPHIS (The South-South exchange programme for research on the history of development), Amsterdam.

The Prospectus is available from :

The Registrar
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
R-1, Baishnabghata-Patuli Township
Kolkata – 700094
India

Email : info@cssscal.org
Or
Download PDF from www.cssscal.org\academicprogramme

The last date for receipt of application from international participants is June 30,2009.

Comment by Todd Lester on May 18, 2009 at 9:15am

Hi Matthieu,
This post of yours about CEO is great .. maybe you want to post it on the front page of fD too .. you can do that by simply signing in and going to 'forums' under 'getting involved' .. that way anybody that visits the site (and isn't member of this group) can see. best,todd

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