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TIDI News and Events 2010

 

Thursday 9th December: Date for the Diary: Talk by Sr Cyril Mooney

Thursday 9th December: ‘Education for Development’ A Public Lecture by Sr Cyril Mooney
Professor Michael Grenfell, Head of School of Education, TCD, and Professor Jane Grimson, Chair of the Trinity International Development Initiative, cordially invite you to a talk to be given by Sister Cyril Mooney. Sister Cyril will be in Dublin to receive an honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin
Time: Tea & Coffee from 5.30pm, talk to commence at 6.15pm.
Venue: Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, Long Room Hub, Fellows' Square, Trinity College Dublin. Please click here to view map of the Long Room Hub.
Contact: All are welcome to attend but RSVP to tidi@tcd.ie is essential, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi

Further information:
For over 50 years Sr. Cyril Mooney has worked in West Bengal to help provide education to girls who would not otherwise get the opportunity.  From her base the Loreto Day School in Sealdah, Kolkatta, Sr. Cyril has embarked on radical initiatives in education with an emphasis on scalability and sustainability.  In the face of strong opposition she pioneered a model for mixed education where girls from very different social classes are educated together. She has championed the idea of students as teachers in which older students teach younger ones as an integral part of their own education. This occurs not only within the School in Sealdah,  which operates a school within a school for street children,  but also by sending students out to teach in the local community. Teacher training has been a priority and her model of training women to act as teachers in their local communities has been very influential.  Sr. Cyril has also campaigned extensively against the practice of slave child labour and for the support of older women living on the street. Her talk will discuss her experiences, motivations and lessons learned over the years”.

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Friday 26th November: What is Development Studies for?

Speaker: Prof. Henry Bernstein, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies in the University of London at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and Adjunct Professor in the College of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing. This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Lunchtime Seminar Series. The seminar series is organised jointly by TIDI at TCD and the Human Development Initiative at UCD.  Sandwiches provided.  For full details on the upcoming series, please click here. 
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Geography Seminar Room B, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Thursday 25th November: 'Is an "agricultural miracle" in sub-Saharan Africa likely?

A public lecture delivered by Prof. Henry Bernstein, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies in the University of London at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and Adjunct Professor in the College of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing. Tea and coffee will be served from 4.30pm
All are welcome to attend. 
Time: 5pm - 6.30pm
Venue: The Innovation Academy, 3 Foster Place, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Trinity Development Research Week

Trinity Development Research Week ran from 8-12 November with some very interesting sessions and debates. Thanks to all those who participated in the week. Presentations are available here and podcasts will be uploaded next week.

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Friday 19th November: “Food Security and Election Outcomes in Malawi 2009”.

NOTE DATE CHANGE
Speakers: Prof. Patrick Paul Walsh, Professor of International Development Studies, SPIRe and Geary Institute, UCD and Peter Heaney, Researcher, Geary Institute will deliver this lecture as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Lunchtime Seminar Series. This seminar series is organised jointly by TIDI at TCD and the Human Development Initiative at UCD.  Sandwiches provided.  For full details on the upcoming series, please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Geography Seminar Room B, Museum Building, Trinity College
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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8TH -12TH NOVEMBER IS TRINITY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH WEEK!

The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) presents TCD’s second annual ‘Development Research Week’ which is funded by the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes 2007-2011. This year’s programme of events will showcase development research and its application across a range of topics with sessions in collaboration with researchers and students from TCD and other education institutes, as well as NGOs, including the following partners: The Irish African Partnership for Research Capacity Building, Suas Educational Development, Trócaire, the Transforming Ireland Seminar Series, UCD, TCD’s Civic Engagement Office, the Trinity Volunteer Opportunities Forum and ‘Water is Life: Amazzi Bulamu’ as well as other partners. To view the Development Research Week flyer please click here.

Click here for the full programme of events which includes the following:

Monday 8th November
2-5.30pm: TCD-UCD Master’s in Development Practice: Irish NGO research presentations
Tuesday 9th November
6.30-8pm: Research for Change! How research is being used to address global development challenges
Wednesday 10th November
12. 45-2pm:  Research Capacity Building for Development: Resources for Higher Education Institutes
Thursday 11th November
4-4.45pm: TIDI Open Meeting for TCD staff and students
5-6.30pm: Can Research Change the World? The importance of research in addressing global development challenges
Friday 12th November
10am-12noon: Launch of the Trócaire Development Review 2010: Strengthening Food Security
12.30-2pm: Climate Justice, a lecture by Mary Robinson

We hope you can join us at TCD to discuss and debate issues relevant to all those interested in research for development. All are welcome to attend but please note that booking in advance is necessary for some events. Full details of the programme for ‘Trinity Development Research Week 2010’ are available on the Development Research Week flyer and at www.tcd.ie/tidi/development-research-week/2010.php
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Friday 29th October: Working in a Fragile State Environment - the Case of the Solomon Islands

The TCD/UCD Development Research Lunchtime Seminar Series is organised jointly by TIDI at TCD and the Human Development Initiative at UCD.  Speaker Bruce Davis Australian Ambassador to Ireland, former Director-General of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) will deliver this lecture. Sandwiches provided.  For full details on the upcoming series, please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Arts (Newman) Building, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Friday 22nd October: Sexual and Maternal Health Rights: Linking policy with the needs of people on the margins - Insights from Nicaragua and Rwanda

Health Poverty Action and the Trinity International Development Institute present this public seminar.  Dr Florence Levy Wilson, and Dr Livingstone Byamungu, Health Poverty Action’s Country Directors for Nicaragua and Rwanda respectively, will share learning from an Irish-Aid funded programme around how to create real improvements in sexual, reproductive and maternal health. The presentation will have an interactive format and is aimed at people interested in technical issues around sexual, reproductive and maternal health, and those interested policy change. To view full details and poster, please click here.
Time: 11am-1pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: RSVP to a.saunders@healthpovertyaction.org, Website: http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/Home

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Friday 22nd October: “A Pacific Era? The Rise of China in the Global Political Economy” 

The following speakers will deliver this seminar: Dr. Weiguang Wang, School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University "China's Strategy against Terrorism", Professor Yong Zhang, School of Economics, Xiamen University "Chinese growth: perspective, strategies, and challenges", Dr. Padraig Carmody, TCD Department of Geography, “Globalisation and the Rise of the State? Chinese geogovernance in Zambia”, Prof.  Patrick Paul Walsh , UCD School of Politics and International Relations “Importing Technology and Productivity Dynamics in Chinese SOEs”, Adrian Corcoran, UCD Geary Institute "Commercial Investment and Poverty In Zambia: Does Origin of Investment Matter?" and Yuanyuan Ma, UCD Geary Institute,  "Why does China's Economy Grow So Fast?--A Perspective from Advantages of Late-development"
Time: 1-4pm
Venue: SPIRe Seminar Room, UCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

A Pacific Era poster


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Friday 15th October: Making Trade Work for the Poor

Speaker Conall O'Caoimh, Director, Value Added In Africa will deliver the next instalment of the TCD/UCD Development Research Lunchtime Seminar Series. This seminar series is organised jointly by TIDI at TCD and the Human Development Initiative at UCD.  Sandwiches provided.  For full details on the upcoming series, please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Arts (Newman) Building, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Thursday 14th October: “The Interdisciplinary Nature of Global Health: The Role of Universities”

The School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Trinity International Development Initiative, will host a public lecture by Professor Thomas Quinn, Director of the Center for Global Health at Johns Hopkins University.  The lecture will be followed by a reception. To view the invitation please click here.
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Venue: Constantia Maxwell Lecture Theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact:  Please rsvp to archbolr@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.medicine.tcd.ie/

Prof. Tom Quinn Lecture invitation

 

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Friday 1st October: The Politics of Climate Justice, Debt and Development

The annual TCD/UCD Development Research Lunchtime Seminar Series recommences on 1st October.  This seminar series is organised jointly by TIDI at TCD and the  Human Development Initiative at UCD.  Prof. Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa will deliver the first seminar of the series.  Sandwiches provided.  For full details on the upcoming series, please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: TCD/UCD Innovation Academy, 3 Foster Place, off Dame St., Trinity College Dublin (add map used for DSAI??)
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Monday 20th September: The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) Announces its International Advisory Group with the Launch of its New Website

Today the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) announced the launch of its new website, in addition to its newly formed International Advisory Group.  TIDI has received the support of leading experts including Dr. Mary Robinson and Professor Jeffrey Sachs who have joined its prestigious International Advisory Group.  The TIDI International Advisory Group comprises a host of internationally renowned development figures, including Mr. Tom Arnold, CEO of Concern Worldwide, Dr. Olive Shisana, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa, Professor Tom Quinn, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health and Prof. Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER, Finland. Members of the group were chosen from around the world for their work in and contribution to the field of international development. To read the full press release please click here.
Contact:  See www.tcd.ie/tidi for further details

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Podcasts and presentations Now Available

Podcasts and presentations now available from TIDI’s Development Research Showcase and TCD’s Celebration of Africa Day – “Food for Thought: Revitalising African agriculture for food security and poverty alleviation”. Click here for podcasts and presentations.

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Monday 13th September: Launch of the Development Studies Association Ireland

The Development Studies Association Ireland (DSAI) invites anybody with an interest in development studies to attend its launch, and an accompanying panel discussion on “Ireland and the Millennium Development Goals”. The event will see the formal launch of DSA Ireland, aimed at enhancing knowledge on international development by encouraging exchange and cooperation among academics, researchers, NGO practitioners and other interested people. Membership of DSAI will be opened and a steering committee elected. The panel discussion will involve a keynote address by Lawrence Haddad, president of the Development Studies Association, and four presentations: on the history of Irish Aid; Ireland's policy coherence for development; research evidence on the impact of conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe; and an exploration of 'what next for the MDGs?' All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to tidi@tcd.ie by Monday 6th September. DSA’s most recent newsletter can be accessed at http://www.devstud.org.uk/downloads/4c5d2f7f69597_dsajulyaugust2010.pdf
For further information see the DSA Ireland Launch poster.
Time: 10am-4pm
Venue: TCD UCD Innovation Academy, 3 Foster Place, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.devstud.org.uk/

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The Aid Triangle: Recognizing the Human Dynamics of Dominance, Justice and Identity

On 28th June, Eilish McAuliffe and Mac MacLachlan from the Centre for Global Health, gave a talk on their new book (The Aid Triangle: Recognizing the Human Dynamics of Dominance, Justice and Identity) at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomburg School of Public Health and had discussions about future collaboration between the Centre and various faculty at Bloomburg. They have also recently given talks at Columbia University's Maillman School of Public Health and Charles Drew University of Medical and Health Sciences.

Photo of Malcolcm MacLachlan and Eilish McAuliffe at John Hopkins University

Picutred from left are: Prof Stephen Wegener, Prof Richard Morrow, Dr Eilish McAuliffe, Prof Mac MacLachlan and Prof Adnan Hyder

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TCD Academic Elected as President of the International Child Research Organisation Childwatch

Professor Robbie Gilligan, Head of the School of Social Work and Social Policy, at Trinity College Dublin has been elected President of Childwatch International Research Network. Childwatch International is a global, non-profit, nongovernmental network of 45 university level research institutions across six continents. It promotes child research for the purpose of advancing child rights and improving children’s well-being around the world. Professor Gilligan is Associate Director of the Children’s Research Centre at Trinity College which is one of the member institutions of Childwatch International. To read the full press release, please click here

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Multi-national Consortium Led by Trinity College to Carry out Major EU Framework Programme 7-funded Study into Environmental Change and Health in Eastern Africa

A consortium of Europe- and Africa-based researchers has successfully secured a major research grant under the Environment and Health Sub-activity of the European Union’s Framework 7 Programme. The research project, led by David Taylor, Professor of Geography in the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College, seeks to better understand links between environmental (including climate) changes and outbreaks of water-related, vector-borne diseases (VBDs) in Africa. Targeting three VBDs (malaria, Rift Valley Fever and schistosomiasis) that currently have a crippling impact on human and animal health and livelihoods in many parts of Africa, the research project (‘Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity: mapping, examining and anticipating future risks of water-related vector-borne diseases in eastern Africa’) is scheduled to run for four years goes under the acronym ‘HEALTHY FUTURES’.
To read the full press release, please click here

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Trinity Immigration Initiative Publish New Report: Addressing the Current and Future Reality of Ireland’s Multi-Cultural Status

The Trinity Immigration Initiative recently published its Report:  ‘Addressing the Current and Future Reality of Ireland’s Multi-Cultural Status’.  The report can be downloaded at the following link
Contact: Email: immigration@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/news.php

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Wednesday 16th June: Are Information-Communication Technologies (ICT) Radically "Informationalizing" African Economies? Perspectives on ICT Use and Industrial Development in Tanzania.

James Murphy, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University USA will deliver this TIDI seminar. The seminar will explore the impact of information-communication technologies (ICT) on small enterprises and industries in Africa. Sandwiches provided. All are welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Monday 24th May to Friday 4th June: Open Modules in Global Health

The International Doctoral School in Global Health (INDIGO) and the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, will present two intensive modules by distinguished international academics in May and June 2010.

• Dr Joseph Rhatigan, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard University: Case Studies in Global Health Care Delivery (24-28th May). Places Still Available

• Professor Mike Clarke, UK Cochrane Centre; Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford; and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin: Introduction to Systematic Reviews (31 May - 4 June). This Course is Now Fully Booked

These courses are open to doctoral students and other researchers active or interested in the field of global health. A limited number of places are available to researchers from outside Trinity College, Dublin, and researchers from our partner institutions around the world are particularly welcome. Course participants are welcome to attend one or both of these modules. The course fee is €150 per module, which covers tuition and course materials.
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College.
Contact: To reserve a place on either of these modules, please send brief personal details and an outline of current research interests to Nonie Gaynor, Indigo Administrator, Email: ngaynor@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/indigo.php or http://www.global-health.tcd.ie//

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Tuesday 25th May: Celebrate Africa Day

TIDI in collaboration with IIIS will host TCD’s annual Africa Day celebration on the theme: Food for Thought: Revitalising African Agriculture for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation. This conference will be addressed by keynote speakers: Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute and Dr. Steven Were Omamo, Deputy Director, Policy, Planning and Strategy Division, UN World Food Programme. Justin Kilcullen, Director, Trócaire will deliver the Irish response.
Time: 2.30-5pm
Venue: Davis Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: www.tcd.ie/tidi, www.tcd.ie/iiis

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Thursday 20th May: TIDI Development Research Showcase and Open Meeting

TIDI will host an open meeting and update on the initiative’s activities followed by a showcase of TCD development research with presenters from across the three faculties. Programme:
2-3pm: TIDI Open Meeting
3-5pm: TCD Development Research Showcase with presentations as follows:

Adebola Adedimeji, Centre for Global Health - "Challenges associated with reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on Ethiopia and Nigeria’
Tara McIndoe Calder, Department of Economics - 'Cotton farming and land reform in Zimbabwe’
Padraic Fallon, Department of Clinical Medicine – ‘A worm a day to keep the doctor away?’
Amir Anwar, Department of Geography - ‘Bringing globalization to the countryside: conflicts around special economic zones in India’
Chaired by Clionadh Raleigh, Department of Geography
Venue: Swift Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi All are welcome to attend.

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Friday, 14th May: ‘TCD/UCD Climate Justice Seminar Series’ Low Cost Distributed Micro Generation of Electricity in the Developing World

Wayne O’Connell, TCD will deliver the second seminar in the Climate Justice Seminar Series. The talk will present an approach taken by the School of Engineering to deploy a low cost efficient cook stove in the developing world that will generate electricity for lighting and mobile telephony, based on an efficient thermoelectric conversion.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Friday 7th May: Development Challenges of Child Labour in Agriculture

Speaker Una Murray, Lecturer at UCC and International Development Consultant will deliver this lecture as part of the TIDI/HDI ‘Development Practice’ Seminar Series which is supported by Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority. Sandwiches provided. All welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: AP2.04, 2nd Floor, Aras an Phiarsaigh, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or Sarah Glavey, sglavey@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Podcast of Prof. Veerman Lecture Available

The podcast of Prof. Cees Veerman’s lecture on “Water, Food Security and Climate Change: The Global Challenge” which took place on 27th April is now available at the following link

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TIDI Call for Volunteers

Volunteer required to assist with TIDI activities for two week slot: Monday 24th May to Friday 4th June. A fee of €200 will be paid to cover expenses. Contact: Please email Nonie Gaynor: ngaynor@tcd.ie if interested.

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Call for information on TCD work in Ethiopia and Haiti

TCD researchers working on projects with partners in Ethiopia or Haiti, or with an interest in these countries are asked to contact sglavey@tcd.ie by Friday 12th February with details if you have not already done so. TIDI is currently compiling information on TCD’s links to these countries.

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Tuesday 27th April: Water, Food Security and Climate Change: The Global Challenge

Veerman Lecture Invitation

The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), TCD Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development and the UCD Earth Systems Institute invite you to the first seminar in the ‘Climate Justice Seminar Series’. This seminar will be presented by Professor Cees Veerman, former Dutch Minister for Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries and Professor at Tilburg and Wageningen Universities.
Time: 6pm
Venue: Ui Chadhain Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Please RSVP to tidi@tcd.ie to reserve a place at this seminar.
See the following links for more information on these initiatives:
http://www.tcd.ie/tidi
http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/pages/research/
http://www.ucd.ie/earth/
http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/news/articles/2009/attenborough.php

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Please Note: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Friday 23rd April: Room to Improve: Building Quality Health Programmes in Concern Worldwide through Research.

Speaker Ros Tamming, Head of Concern’s Health Support Unit and Lecturer in Global Health will deliver this lunchtime seminar as part of the TIDI/HDI ‘Development Practice’ Seminar Series which is supported by Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority. Sandwiches provided. All welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Arts (Newman) Building, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or Sarah Glavey, sglavey@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Friday 9th April: Development Effectiveness: Irish NGOs Working Together in Diversity

Speaker Eamonn Casey, Policy Officer, Dochas will deliver this lecture. This lunchtime seminar is part of the TIDI/HDI ‘Development Practice’ Seminar Series which is supported by Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority. Sandwiches provided. All welcome.
Time: 1-2pm Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or Sarah Glavey, sglavey@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Friday 26th March: Global Institutions in the 21st Century

Speaker Noel Dorr, Former Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs This lunchtime seminar is part of the TIDI/HDI ‘Development Practice’ Seminar Series which is supported by Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority. Sandwiches provided. All welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Arts (Newman) Building, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or Sarah Glavey, sglavey@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Thursday 25th March: Live Webcast of The Earth Institute’s Global Event "State of the Planet 2010 ".
Climate Change: What Would it Take to Complete the Climate Deal?

TCD is an official ‘Global Classroom Site’ for the Earth Institute’s ‘State of the Planet 2010’ event. ’State of the Planet 2010’ will bring together the world's most influential and innovative thinkers and leaders in a wide range of fields, from many academic disciplines to media, government, policy and business sphere, to tackle critical issues facing the world. This year’s conference will address four important challenges: Climate Change, Poverty, Economic Recovery and International Systems. TIDI will host a viewing of the live webcast of the opening ceremony and first session ‘Climate Change – what would it take to complete the climate deal?’.

Live Webcast:
1.15pm: Introduction by event hosts: Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Earth Institute, Hans Vestberg, Ericsson, Matthew Bishop, The Economist
2-4pm ‘Climate Change – What would it take to complete the climate deal?’
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD Sandwiches provided. All are welcome to drop in at any time.

5 ways to get involved:
1. Come to all or part of TIDI’s viewing of the live webcast of the event
2. Sign up to watch the event online http://www.stateoftheplanet.org/
3. Submit a question to the conference – email sop@ei.columbia.edu. Please use the subject line ‘Global Classroom Question’ and include your full name and global classroom site name (TCD) in the body of the email.
4. Submit a question to the conference via TIDI. Email your question to tidi@tcd.ie by Tuesday 23rd March. Note: questions submitted by TIDI will be given priority along with other ‘Global Classroom Sites’
5. Read key resources available on the event’s official website http://www.stateoftheplanet.org/content/press

Contact: See the official website for ‘State of the Planet 2010’ for further information http://www.stateoftheplanet.org/

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Tuesday 9th March: Distant Voices? Migrant Experiences from Nicaragua and Ireland and their Role in Research Approaches.

TIDI and the Trinity Immigration Initiative (TII) present a public seminar delivered by guest speaker Jose Luis Rocha, Chief Researcher with the Jesuit Migration Service at the University of Central America, Nicaragua. All are welcome.
Time: 11am - 12pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: www.tcd.ie/tidi, http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/

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Tuesday, 9th March: The International Criminal Court and the African Great Lakes Region: Peace Building in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Congolese Anti-Poverty Network (CAPN), in association with the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), invites you to a seminar by Dr. Jean Migabo Kalere, Deputy Director, Congo Peace Project, Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies, Catholic University of Leuven
Time: 2.30pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: please RSVP to tidi@tcd.ie to confirm your attendance. Website: www.congoapn.com or www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Thursday 4th March: Nutrition: Recent Developments in Inter-sectoral Collaboration

TIDI in collaboration with Gorta, The Freedom from Hunger Council of Ireland present a public seminar with speaker Florence Egal, Senior Officer, Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods,Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Sandwiches will be provided. All are welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi, http://www.gorta.org/

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Friday 26th February: "Tuberculosis in Humans and Cattle in Ethiopia: Implications for Public Health".

Speaker: Stephen Gordon, Associate Professor and Conway Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, UCD. This lunchtime seminar is part of the TIDI/HDI ‘Development Practice’ Seminar Series which is supported by Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority. Sandwiches provided. All welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or Sarah Glavey, sglavey@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Friday 19th February: ‘From Biafra to Vietnam: Towards a history of Irish foreign aid’

Speaker: Kevin O'Sullivan, IRCHSS Post Doctoral Fellow, School of History & Archives, UCD.
This lunchtime seminar is part of the TIDI/HDI ‘Development Practice’ Seminar Series which is supported by Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority. Sandwiches provided. All welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Arts (Newman) Building, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or Sarah Glavey, sglavey@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/tidi

TIDI Bulletin Survey

Thanks to all who completed TIDI’s bulletin survey for your feedback.

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Friday 5th February: TCD/UCD Lunchtime Seminar: A Right to Food Approach to Development: Experiences from FAO and Gorta

Speaker Isabella Rae, Senior Programmes Manager with Gorta, The Irish Council for Freedom from Hunger, will deliver the next instalment of the TIDI/HDI ‘Development Practice’ Seminar Series which is supported by Irish Aid and the Higher Education Authority. Sandwiches provided. All welcome.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Room 5039, 5th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Adrian Corcoran, adrian.corcoran@ucd.ie, http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/ or Sarah Glavey, sglavey@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Trinity News and Events 2010

 

Monday 13th December: International Trends in Lobbying Regulation – Lessons Learned for Ireland

Organised by the Policy Institute at Trinity College Dublin, this conference will examine how lobby groups are formally regulated internationally and the lessons that can be learned for Ireland. The programme will include keynote talks from experts in lobbying from business, academic and administrative backgrounds. Participation free - hot buffet lunch and coffee breaks provided – advance booking essential
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Venue: European Parliament Offices, 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Contact: Helen Murray, Tel: 01 8693486, Email: policy.institute@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/policy-institute

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Monday 13th December: "Israel and the Nations: Three Contesting Jewish Worldviews"

This lecture will be delivered by Professor Aharon Klieman, Stanley Gold Visiting Professor, Herzog Centre, TCD.  All Welcome.
Time: 2 - 3.45pm
Venue: Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, Long Room Hub, Fellows' Square, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie,  Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/index.php

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Friday 10th December: Re-mapping selected Dublin neighbourhoods and corridors to identify underutilised resources and connections to transform Dublin towards a low carbon society.

The next sustainable development seminar organized by TrinityHaus will be given by Cora Baibarac.  The seminar will detail the PhD research that Cora has been conducting on the remapping of selected Dublin neighbourhoods to identify underutilised resources to enable communities to move towards more sustainable living.
Time: 9am
Venue: Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building, TCD.
Contact: Email: emma.siddall@tcd.ie, Website: www.trinityhaus.tcd.ie

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Thursday 9th December: Minimising the Costs of Reducing Emissions from Road Transport

The Transforming Ireland series is organised by UCD Earth Sciences Institute, TCD TrintyHaus and Dublin City Council, under the aegis of the TCD‐UCD Innovation Alliance.  Chair: Tom O’Mahony, Department of the Environment and Local Government.  Speakers: Andrew Kelly, ApEnvEcon and Tony McDermott, CEO Liberator Aero
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: Paccar Theatre, Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Contact: Email: esi.admin@ucd.ie, Website: http://www.innovationalliance.ie/newsevents/events/2010/12DECEMBER/161210-Transforming-Ireland-seminar-27.html

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Thursday 9th December: Government of India, Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology: India-Ireland Cooperative Science Programme

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology. Government of India, New Delhi is encouraging bilateral scientific collaboration between Indian and Irish scientists. Applications are invited from eligible Indian researchers /scientists to submit proposals for joint projects. The support is available to the following scientific areas including: Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficient Technology and Food and Agriculture Sciences. Further information can be obtained from Dr Naveen Vasishta, Email: nvasishta@nic.in.  Deadline: 9th December 2010
Contact: Email: research.office@tcd.ie, Website: https://www.tcd.ie/research_innovation/research/support-services/upcoming-deadlines.php

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Wednesday 8th December: Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation - Call for Expressions of Interest

The latest call for proposals to the ESPA research programme has been published.  The Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme is a partnership between DFID, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC). It is a seven year interdisciplinary research programme, with a total budget of £40.5 million. All projects are required to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) through the web-based form by the closing date of 8 December 2010. These will not be assessed, but submission of an EOI is a condition of submitting a full proposal. The deadline for full proposals is 16:00 on 19 January 2011.
Contact: Website: http://www.research4development.info/news.asp?articleID=50667

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Wednesday 8th December: From Migration to Mobility? Polish 'Immigrants' in Dublin

Prof. James Wickham will deliver this lecture as part of the Sociology Research Seminar Series 2010-2011
Time: 11am – 12pm
Venue:  Room 3126, Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: Email: socio@tcd.ie,  Website: http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/seminars/

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IIIS Discussion Paper No. 341: Transforming Institutions: The Politics of Debt Relief in Kenya

Written by Andrea Rigon, Institute for International Integration Studies, Department of Sociology, Trinity College, Dublin. Research Associate, Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi.
Contact: Email: rigonan@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/news/bulletin.php

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Establishment of the Mary Robinson Foundation Website

Mary Robinson has established a new foundation to ensure human rights are at the heart of the climate change agenda.  The Foundation will be located in Dublin within the Innovation Academy of the Universities established by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD).
The Foundation will focus its initial activities primarily on climate justice so the business name Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice (MRFCJ) is being used. It will work to foster Irish and international leadership on issues of climate change and sustainable development and promote climate justice and equity.
Contact: Website: http://www.mrfcj.org/subscribed.html

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The ADDUP (Are Development Discrepancies Undermining Performance?) Project

The project, led by Prof Stuart Carr, Poverty Research Group, Massey University, New Zealand and Prof Mac MacLachlan of the Centre for Global Health & School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, has been featured as a case study in high impact research by its UK funders ESRC (and DFID) in their quarterly newsletter "Society Now" and on the reseach council's website (see below). The research looking at the effects of salary discrepancies between expatriate and local workers now calls into question the ability of conventional aid funding models to build genuine partnership and contribute capacity building when the terms on which people are employed are experienced as being unjust, demotivating and undermining of local workers. The research was conducted in Malawi, Uganda, China, India, Papa New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Contact: Website: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Images/Impact%20case%20study%20discrepancies%20in%20aid%20and%20development%20workers%20salaries_tcm6-37066.pdf

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Tuesday 30th November: Public Meeting with Colombia Group, the Mothers of Soacha

Organised by the Colombia Team of Amnesty International Ireland.  Maria Ubilerma Sanabria Lopez and Luz Marina Bernal, both active members of the Mothers of Soacha (a group of Colombian women campaigning for justice for their sons who were killed by security forces in Soacha), will join with Nancy Sanchez Mendez, who has worked diligently in defence of human rights in Colombia, to highlight the cases of young men in Soacha who were extra-judicially executed.  All welcome – participation free. 
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Room 4050B, 4th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin. 
Contact: Cait Branigan, Email: cbranigan9@gmail.com, Website: http://www.activelink.ie/node/4011

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Monday 29th November: Screening of Little Town of Bethlehem

The Irish School of Ecumenics presents Little Town of Bethlehem, the latest documentary from non-profit filmmakers EthnoGraphic Media. The film is the inspiring true story of three men in a land gripped by fear, hostility, and division. Expected to perpetuate the cycle of hatred, they instead use nonviolence to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Bill Oechsler, the president of EthnoGraphic Media, will be available for questions following the screening.  Admission is free.
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Dr Iain Atack, atacki@tcd.ie Website: http://www.littletownofbethlehem.org

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Saturday 27th November:  Religion & Education: A Human Rights Perspective

The IHRC and TCD School of Law are delighted to host a joint conference which examines the human rights implications of religion in education. The conference will facilitate contributions from leading Irish and International academics, key stakeholders in the education system as well as speakers from the main religions in the State and speakers from a secular perspective. November 27th's forum will provide an array of ideas on how religious perspectives can be accommodated in the education system.  Keynote speakers are Professor Dr. Gerhard Robbers, Institute for Legal Policy, Universitaet Trier, Germany and Professor Dr. Eugenia Maria Relano, Professor of Law and Religion, Complutense University (Madrid) and Legal Adviser of the Spanish Ombudsman.
Venue: Trinity College Dublin
Time:  9am
Contact: Tel: 8589601, Email: kpetrasuc@ihrc.ie, Website: http://www.ihrc.ie/newsevents/events/2010/11/27/religion-education-a-human-rights-perspective/

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Thursday 25th November: Energy Mapping and Achieving a stock of Low Carbon Appliances by 2020

This lecture as part of the Transforming Ireland Seminar Series will be delivered by Jay Stuart, Managing Director, DW Ecoco Ltd and Neil Stewart, Managing Director, Glen Dimplex Renewables.  To view the full schedule of lectures please click here.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: Paccar Theatre, Science Gallery, Trinity College, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Contact: Email: esi.admin@ucd.ie, Website: http://www.innovationalliance.ie/newsevents/index.html

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Thursday 25th November: TCD Volunteer Fair

Representatives and volunteers from some thirty community organisations will be available to discuss their volunteering opportunities for students, staff and alumni of Trinity College. Opportunities will range from befriending older people, to working with children with disabilities to refurbishing IT equipment and summer and gap year opportunities abroad in Africa, Asia, South America and throughout Europe. Summer opportunities abroad will be showcased by Suas Educational Development, Global Brigades, Foundation Nepal, Voluntary Services International among others. This year the fair is set to be bigger than ever and all are welcome. This event is a collaboration between the Civic Engagement Office and Trinity Volunteer Opportunities Forum
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Contact:  Róisín McGrogan, Civic Engagement Officer, Careers Advisory Service, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Tel: 01 896 2054, Email: mcgrogar@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/Community.

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Thursday 25th November: What is the Role of Media in Communicating Stories like Climate Change, Biodiversity loss, Energy and Resource Use, Human Development, Sustainable Communities and the Green Economy?

Join our panel of media experts for Earthtalks at the Science Gallery, a sharing event for Irish media that aims to explore these issues and how we are communicating them.  Speakers include Minister Eamon Ryan, Prof. John Lewis, Dr. John Bowman, Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Paul Cunningham, and Seamus Dooley. Attendance is free, but registration is crucial.
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Studio 1, Science Gallery, Trinity College
Contact: Website: http://www.sciencegallery.com/events

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Monday 22nd November: Global Poverty: What Are Our Obligations?

This lecture will be delivered by Peter Singer by Videolink. Peter Singer is one of the world’s leading moral philosophers. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and approaches ethical issues from a secular perspective. Singer is best known for his book Animal Liberation, widely regarded as the touchstone of the animal liberation movement. Prof. Singer will talk to the Theological Society in a live videolink from Princeton University.  The talk will be followed by a reception
Time: 7pm
Venue: Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Please note change of venue from GMB
Contact: Website: www.tcdtheo.com

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Wednesday 17th November: Seminar and Book Launch

Launch of Dr. Ronit Lentin’s Co-Memory and Melancholia: Israelis Memorialising the Palestinian Nakba.  Prof. Ilan Pappe, Chair of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter will speak on ‘The current struggle against Nakba denial’
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: J. M. Synge Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Email: rlentin@tcd.ie, Website: www.ethnicracialstudies.net

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Wednesday 17th November: Suas Volunteer Programme Information Evening

The Suas Volunteer Programme provides an opportunity to volunteer in a community-based education project in either Kenya or India for ten weeks. It offers the chance to develop personal and professional skills, to work in a team, and to learn about the challenges and opportunities of development in our interconnected world. Each year Suas recruits 80 young leaders to take part in the Volunteer Programme. Find out more about the Programme, the volunteer experience and how to apply at this information evening. Also look out for the photography exhibition coming soon to the library.
Time: 7pm
Venue: Swift Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Sarah O’Neill    Email: oneils19@tcd.ie, Website: www.suas.ie

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Tuesday 16th November: Reminder of Open Calls for proposals for FP7 Cooperation themes Environment and Energy

Closing dates for submission for proposals for FP& Environment (including Climate Change) and Innovation are 16th November 2010.  All applicants, whether partner or coordinator, are asked to (a) advise the Research Office as soon as possible of their involvement in any of the above calls, and (b) to familiarise themselves with the information, including internal deadline and College endorsement process, on the relevant Research Development Office webpage.
Contact: Website: Email: research.office@tcd.ie, Website: https://www.tcd.ie/research_innovation/research/support-services/upcoming-deadlines.php

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Monday 15th November: Talk on Overseas Development Institute Fellowship Scheme

Susan Barron, an administrator for the Overseas Development Institute Fellowship Scheme, will deliver a presentation and answer questions about the Fellowship Scheme, at Trinity College.  The Fellowship Scheme has been sending young postgraduate economists to work in the public sectors of developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific on two-year contracts since 1963. To apply, you must have completed an undergraduate degree in economics to a high standard (2.1 or above) and have a postgraduate qualification in economics or a related subject.  Students in the Trinity M.Sc. and Ph.D. classes with an interest in development are encouraged to attend the talk. The applicaton deadline is 16 December 2010.
Time: 7 pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room (Top Floor Arts Block), Trinity College. 
Contact: Website: http://www.odi.org.uk/fellowship-scheme/. 

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Friday 12th November: Climate Justice Lecture by Dr. Mary Robinson

Dr. Mary Robinson, Chair of the Mary Robinson Foundation on Climate Justice will deliver this lecture as part of the Transforming Ireland Seminar Series. The Seminar will be chaired by Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, with commentaries by Prof Paul Walsh (UCD) and Dr Padraig Carmody (TCD).  The Transforming Ireland Seminar Series is organised by UCD Earth Sciences Institute, TCD TrintyHaus and Dublin City Council, under the aegis of the TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance.
Time: 12.30-2pm
Venue: Edmund Burke theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Registration essential, Email: esi.admin@ucd.ie
See http://www.ucd.ie/earth/ for full details of the Transforming Ireland Seminar Series.

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Friday 12th November: Irish Premier of “With God on Our Side”

SADAKA - the Ireland Palestine Alliance invites you to the Irish premier of  'With God on Our Side'. Following the screening, the film's Director, Porter Speakerman, Jr. and the Rev Dr Stephen Sizer will discuss the issues raised in the film and the implications of Christian Zionism for a just peace in Palestine. Admission is free
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: JM Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: RSVP to: info.sadaka@gmail.com, Website: http://www.sadaka.ie/

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Friday, 12th November: Sustainable Development Seminar Series.

This joint seminar series run by TrinityHaus and the Urban Institute, UCD offers an informal weekly discussion on issues related to sustainable development.  The seminars are open to all and are held every Friday morning.
Time: 9am  
Venue: Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building, TCD.
Contact: Email: emma.siddall@tcd.ie, Website: http://trinityhaus.tcd.ie/

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Friday 5th November: Migration Consortium Seminar

Frances McGinnity, ESRI will deliver this lecture on the theme: Are Eamon and Eithne more employable than Hardeep and Heike? Evidence from a field experiment in Ireland
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar room, The Sutherland Centre, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: Email: socio@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/seminars/

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Friday 29th October: Grand Challenge Explorations Grants Round 6

Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) fosters innovation in global health research.  GCE is an extension of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s commitment to the Grand Challenges in Global Health.  Topics for GCE Round 6 are: Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection; Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies; The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication; Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Health Conditions; Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns.  Submissions are due by November 2, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
TCD endorsement process: All applications for external funding must have the support of the appropriate Head of School/Institute and the Research Development Office endorsement of the application and its budget.  A copy of the final application should be signed by the PI and Head of School, and sent to the Research Development Office by October 29th, 2010.
Contact: Email queries to: research.office@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/ApplicationInstructions.aspx

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Thursday 28th and Friday 29th October: Call for Papers: First TEMPO Conference on International Migration

Keynote Presentations will be delivered by: Frederic Docquier, Université Catolique de Louvain, David McKenzie, World Bank, Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis Hillel Rapoport, Harvard University, Dean Yang, University of Michigan
Deadline for submissions: 10th September 2010
Venue: Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: catia.batista@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/events/conferences.php#tempo

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Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th October: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Workshop

The use of bioenergy crops is often cited as a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, although quantification of their true impact at the ecosystem scale is still unclear and likely dependent on the type of crop, soil conditions and climate. As part of the GHG Europe, FP7 project a workshop is being held in Dublin that will address these issues and provide the basis of a review of the impacts of land use conversion for bioenergy production on greenhouse gas emissions.
Venue: Mont Clare Hotel, Dublin
Contact: Bruce Osborne, Email: Bruce.Osborne@ucd.ie, Website: http://www.ucd.ie/earth/

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Friday 22nd October: Doing Research with Migrant Populations in Ireland

Dr Rebecca King-O’Riain, NUIM will deliver this lecture as part of the Department of Sociology Research Seminar Series
Venue: Seminar room 04, College Green, off Dame Street, Trinity College
Time: 1-3pm
Contact: Email: socio@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/seminars/

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Thursday 21st October: The Anthropocene: A New Geological Epoch Dominated by Human Activities

Paul J. Crutzen will deliver the Royal Irish Academy’s Climate Change Lecture. His research is especially concerned with the natural and anthropogenically disturbed photochemistry of ozone. He was Director of Research at the National Center of Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, 1977-1980, and thereafter until his retirement in 2000, at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz. He also conducted research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Crutzen received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1995. Admission is free but booking is essential
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: http://www.ria.ie/Events/Events-Listing/Climate-Change-Lecture--The-Ant.aspx

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Wednesday 20th October: ‘Research Utilisation: Pushing the Envelope - Future Directions for Evidence-Informed Practice in the Field of Child Welfare'

Dr Katherine Dill, Executive Director, Practice and Research Together (PART), Ontario, will present this seminar in association with the Children's Research Centre. Dr. Dill’s presentation will discuss the conceptual foundations of evidence-informed practice; explore the key elements of the PART programme design; examine the successes and challenges of implementing evidence-informed practice; and identify areas for future development and research. PART is an Ontario-based research utilization initiative, the core function of which is to distil and disseminate practice-relevant research findings to child welfare practitioners. Register at email below by 13th October.
Time: 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Venue: TCD-UCD Innovation Academy, 3-4 Foster Place, Trinity College
Contact: Siobhán O’Brien, Children’s Research Centre, TCD, Tel: 8962901, Email: crcentre@tcd.ie, www.partontario.org

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Tuesday, 19th October: Theories of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction

This ten-week evening course will introduce participants to theories of ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity, locating ‘race’ within social, economic, political and ideological relations and situating ‘race’ and racism in relation to other divisions such as class and gender and to emerging changes in Irish society. Issues specific to Irish society will include the position of the Traveller community, the links between racialisation and the asylum/migration processes, and between racism and anti-racism. The course is given by lecturers who contribute to the MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, which has been run by the Department of Sociology since 1997. It is open to all participants, but is specifically suited to public sector and NGO employees. A fee of €175 for each course must accompany enrolment.
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Martina Byrne Tel: 0868207486, Email: byrnem19@tcd.ie, Website: www.ethnicracialstudies.net

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Thursday 14th October: Solar Energy

This lecture as part of the Transforming Ireland Seminar Series will be delivered by Masher Bari, CEO Solar Print and Tim Cooper of Coolpower.  To view the full schedule of lectures please click here.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: TCD/UCD Innovation Academy, 2-3 Foster Place, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Contact: Email: esi.admin@ucd.ie, Website: http://www.innovationalliance.ie/newsevents/index.html

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Wednesday 13th October: Human Rights, Business Rights: A Symposium on their Intersection

This Symposium will feature speakers from Trinity College, UCD and other organisations on themes such as; The Business Of Development, Ethics Religion & Rights; Migrants & Human Rights and Health, Human Rights & the Business of Health.  Dr Maurice Manning, Chairman, Irish Human Rights Commission will deliver the opening address.  Keynote Address by Ms Patricia Gatling, New York City Commissioner on Human Rights
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Physicians, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Time: 9.15am – 6pm
Contact: Please RSVP to charles.larkin@gmail.com

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Tuesday 12th October: Suas Global Issues Courses Autumn 2010 – An Introduction to Development for third-level students and recent graduates.

Courses will take place at UCC, NUIG, NUIM, UCD, TCD, RCSI and DCU and will provide participants with an opportunity to learn about and discuss some of the biggest questions of our time. The TCD course will run on Tuesday evenings
Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm
Contact: Tel: 01 6621400, Email: info@suas.ie, Website: http://suas.ie/global-issues-courses.html. 

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Immigrant Council of Ireland Seeks Research Participants from TCD Development Community

The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is currently undertaking research on migration and development issues in Ireland, including interviews with various actors in the development sector. The ICI will map the development activities of migrants in Ireland and well as the possibilities of their networking and cooperation with the NGDOs or Irish Aid. Besides identifying concrete development projects the ICI will examine the overall environment in the sector including attitudes and experiences of workers, development workers, researchers and policy makers. The ICI seeks individuals with theoretical, practical (or both) experience in development willing to share their opinions on current development practices and strategies. Those interested will be asked to take part in a semi-structured interview lasting approximately 30 - 60 minutes.
Contact: Jana Hasalová, Phone: (00353) 087 9189669, Email: research_intern3@immigrantcouncil.ie, Website: http://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/

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TCD/UCD Master’s in Development Practice: Open for Applications

The joint TCD-UCD Master’s degree in Development Practice (MDP) will commence in September 2010. This is a new two-year programme that offers a world class training and education in development practice at graduate level. The Masters in Development Practice is open for applications on PAC at: http://www.pac.ie/
Contact: Elaine Elders, Email: elderse@tcd.ie/ Further information and updates can be found on the new Master’s in Development Practice website: http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/postgraduate/dev-pract/dev-pract.php

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Establishment of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice (MRFCJ)
Mary Robinson Establishes New Foundation

Mary Robinson has established a new foundation to ensure human rights are at the heart of the climate change agenda.  The Mary Robinson Foundation is a non-profit company limited by guarantee with charitable status under Irish law. The Foundation will be located in Dublin within the Innovation Academy of the Universities established by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD).
The Foundation will focus its initial activities primarily on climate justice so the business name Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice (MRFCJ) is being used. It will work to foster Irish and international leadership on issues of climate change and sustainable development and promote climate justice and equity. To read the full press release, click here.

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Thursday 23rd September: The Sun-Climate Connection

As part of the Royal Irish Academy’s two day conference: The Transient Universe: from Exoplanets to Hypernovae, Professor Mike Lockwood (University of Southampton/ Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) will deliver this public lecture.
Time: 7pm
Venue: Emmet Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Contact: Website: https://www.ria.ie/Our-Work/Committees/Committees-for-Science/Astronomy-and-Space-Sciences-Committee/Two-day-conference--The-Transient-Universe--from-e.aspx

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Friday, 17th September: Policy Conference on Polish Migration

Organised by the Migrant Careers and Aspirations (MCA) project the conference is entitled 'After the Party's Over: The Implications of Polish Post-Accession Migration to Ireland'. Among the key speakers will be Prof Alan Barrett (ESRI) and Prof James Wickham (TCD). Further details to follow.
Contact: Dr Torben Krings, Tel: +353 (0) 1 896 3060, Email: tkrings@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/immigration

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Tuesday 28th September: TCD Staff Launch New Book: ‘The Aid Triangle: Recognising the Human Dynamics of Dominance, Justice and Identity’

The Aid Triangle by Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C Carr, Eilish McAuliffe
focuses on the human dynamics of international aid and illustrates how the aid system incorporates power relationships, and therefore relationships of dominance. Using the concept of a triangle of “dominance, injustice and identity” this timely work explains how the experience of injustice is both a challenge to, and a stimulus to, personal, community and national identity, and how such identities underlie the human potential that international aid should seek to enrich. This insightful new critique provides for the reader an innovative and constructive framework for producing more empowering and more effective aid. The book launch will take place on Tuesday 28th September.
Time: 5.30 – 6.30pm
Venue: Trinity College, 3 Foster Place, Dublin 2
Contact: Marcella Maughan, Email: mmaughan@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.global-health.tcd.ie/news/index4.php

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Tuesday 5th October: Launch of Book “Too Much Aid and Not Enough Help”

The Columbia Press in association with the Trinity College Dublin MDG Lecture Series invite you to the launch of the book “Too Much Aid and Not Enough Help” Ken Gibson, CEO, The Leprosy Mission Ireland.  The book will be launched by Mr. Jim Power, Economist.
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Atrium, Trinity College, Dublin 2
Contact: RSVP to Marina Lalor, Email: marina@leprosymission.ie, Tel: 01-2938570, Website: http://www.leprosymission.ie/

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The Eurolife International Health Alliance to Fight Against Poverty Related Diseases

The Eurolife Network of European Universities in Life Sciences announced an important new initiative in the fight against poverty related diseases – the Eurolife International Health Alliance (EIHA). This brings together the expertise of seven of Europe’s leading universities in an alliance aimed at promoting improved health for the most under-privileged around the world. The objectives of the Eurolife International Health Alliance, which have been officially endorsed, are to develop innovative solutions for tackling poverty related health deficits by using its strengths in: Education and Training, Research, Health Care Policy and Health Care Delivery. During 2008-2010, Trinity College, Dublin coordinates the work of the Eurolife network. To read more, please click on the press release here

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Trinity staff join New Global Task Force on Humanitarian Work Psychology.

The Task Force, originally convened in 2008 by Stuart C. Carr, of the New Zealand-based Poverty Research Group, Massey University, is an international, non-partisan initiative formed to link organizational psychology and its institutions with development and humanitarian agencies. The first meeting of the task force took place in University College London on June 24-25th.
Click here for press release with further information.

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Friday 9th July: Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in Rural China

Prof. Merril Silverstein, Professor of Gerontology and Sociology at the University of Southern California will deliver this lecture as part of the Ageing and Dementia Seminar Series hosted by The Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre (SPARC) and The Living with Dementia Research Programme (LiD), School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin.
Time: 12 - 2 pm
Venue: Boardroom/Conference Room, 6th floor, 3 College Green
Contact: Phone: 01 896 2442, Email: ageing.research@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.sparc.tcd.ie/ or http://www.sparc.tcd.ie/newsAndEvents/Bio_MerrilSilverstein.pdf

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Thursday 1st July: Solving Global Energy and Environmental Challenges Through Innovation.

This public lecture will be delivered by Dr Kristina M. Johnson, Under-Secretary for Energy at the US Department of Energy who will be in Dublin receive an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College on Friday 2nd July. Kristina Johnson’s academic career started with a post-doctoral fellowship at Trinity College. Prior to her political career, Dr Johnson served as Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University from 1999-2007 and as Provost at Johns Hopkins from 2007-2009. Dr Johnson’s lecture will address the global challenges facing the world today in the fields of energy and sustainability as well as provide the audience with an insight into her life as an academic and as a successful politician.
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College.
Contact: Please RSVP to orlagh.ennis@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/local/honorarydegree/index.php 

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Wednesday 30th June to Saturday 3rd July: New Migrations, New Challenges: Trinity Immigration Initiative International Conference

This conference, organised by the Trinity Immigration Initiative, a novel interdisciplinary research programme located in one of Europe’s new migration destination, aims to debate the global and national implications of these new migration flows for sending and receiving countries and for migrants themselves. What are the implications of these migrations for Europe? What do these migrations mean for new immigrant societies? What lessons can be learnt from countries with longer immigration experience?
Contact: soritonl@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/conference2010/index.php

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Friday 25th June: Wind and Hydro – Spirit of Ireland

Speaker Prof. Igor Chvets, Trinity College Dublin will present the next lecture of the Transforming Ireland Seminar Series, organised by the TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Contact: Email: esi.admin@ucd.ie; Website: http://www.innovationalliance.ie/

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Wednesday 23rd June 2010: Perspectives on India and the West: Politics, Religion and Art

The Trinity Long Room Hub presents the 8th Lewis Glucksman Memorial Symposium with contributions by Professor Francis Clooney (Harvard Divinity School), Professor Gauri Viswanathan (Columbia University) and Mr Charles Horton (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin). This symposium will be chaired by Professor David Dickson, Director of Research, School of Histories and Humanities. The event is held in conjunction with the Library Exhibition Nabobs, Soldiers and Imperial Service: The Irish in India. All welcome.
Time: 5-7.30pm
Venue: Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/index.php

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Wednesday 2nd June: Political Persistence and Economic Development: Evidence from Brazil's Transition to Democracy

As part of the IIIS Seminar Series, Frederico Finan, Department of Economics, UCLA, will deliver this lecture.
Time: 12.30-2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/events/seminars.php

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Friday 28th May: Transforming Ireland 2010 Seminar Series

Dermot Honan, Intel Ireland, on 'Green Information Technology - Data Centres of the Future' and John Campion, ESB on 'Transforming Electricity for a Future Ireland'. This seminar is being held in conjunction with the TCD/UCD Innovation Alliance Public Lecture Series, with the support of Business in the Community Ireland and in collaboration with Comhar Sustainable Development Council, Dublin City Council, Enterprise Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, Geological Survey of Ireland, Marine Institute, Met Éireann, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and Teagasc.
Time: 12:30
Venue: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No.6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Organiser: UCD Earth Sciences Institute with TCD TrinityHaus
Contact: http://www.innovationalliance.ie/newsevents/events/2010/05MAY/280510_transforming_ireland.html

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Friday 28th May: Service Learning Grant Proposal Deadline

Five grants of up to €1,500 will be competitively awarded to support members of Trinity College academic staff to design a new course module or to revise an existing course to include a service-learning component. Service-learning occurs where a student undertakes a credit-bearing project/programme which meets the needs of a community partner organisation and the student also engages in active reflection on this learning experience in relation to the curricular learning objectives. The Service-Learning grant is intended to support reciprocal partnerships between College and the community, encourage civic engagement among students, and enhance professional development of academic staff, as described in the Colleges Strategic Plan (2009-2014).
Contact: Applications should be submitted to the Dean of Students, Professor Gerry Whyte, at dean.students@tcd.ie, by Friday, 28 May 2010. Website: http://www.tcd.ie/dean_students/index.php

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Wednesday 26th May: Hamas and the Future of Political Islam in the Middle East

Speaker Stephen Farrell, Foreign Correspondent with the New York Times, is the author of ‘Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement’, together with Beverley Milton-Edwards,Queen's University Belfast.  Their book draws upon frontline experience and interviews with leaders, militants and commanders in Hamas' armed battalions.
Time: 7-9pm
Venue:  Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Contact:  Iain Atack, Email: atacki@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/ise/

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Tuesday, 25 May: Migration on Europe’s Eastern Borderlands

The Trinity Immigration Initiative, TII presents a public lecture by Professor Claire Wallace Director of Research, College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. During the early 1990s she helped to set up the Sociology Department at the Central European University, Prague before moving to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, where she later became Head of Sociology. She was elected President of the European Sociological Association, serving from September 2007 to October 2009. All are welcome
Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm
Venue: Robert Emmet Lecture Theatre, Arts Building Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: immigration@tcd.ie; Website: www.tcd.ie/immigration

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Tuesdsay 25th May: Sports as a Catalyst for Development in Africa

The Africa Centre Annual Lecture will be held on Africa Day on the theme of sport. “Sport has the power to change the world” (Nelson Mandela)
Time: 12-3pm
Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
Contact: Email: education@africacentre.ie; Website: http://www.africacentre.ie/index.php?Calendar_Events:Upcoming_Events

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Saturday 22nd May: Biodiversity Day Events

This week-long lead up to International Biodiversity Day, as part of 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, has everything from Dubliners combing the beaches to meeting our coastal neighbours (with the Coastwatch Biodiversity Snapshot Project) to entering data into Ireland's National Biodiversity Databank. There will also be mollusk identification classes, a 'State of the Salmon Address' and an exploration of biodiversity in Irish music.
Time: 12 – 6pm
Venue: The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin 2
Contact: Website: http://www.sciencegallery.com/events/2010/05/international-biodiversity-day

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The Migrant Careers & Aspirations Project Latest Newsletter Online.

You can view the Newsletter entitled 'Polish Migration to Ireland: New Mobilities in an Enlgarged EU' at: http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/css/downloads/MCA_Newsletter_No_4.pdf

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Friday 7th May: Viral Infections: Past, Present and Future Challenges

The world renowned Influenza virologist Professor John Oxford, Professor of Virology at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital will give a lecture on ‘Viral Infections: Past, Present and Future Challenges’. The lecture will be chaired by TCD’s Professor of Biochemistry and recent recipient of the RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal, Luke O’Neill. The workshop is organised by TCD researchers Professor Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor Andrew Bowie, Dr Nigel Stevenson and Dr Liz Ryan from the School of Biochemistry and Immunology.
Time: 6pm
Venue: Paccar Theatre, Trinity Science Gallery
Contact: To book online click on: http://www.sciencegallery.com/events/2010/05/viral-infections-past-present-and-future-challenges-professor-john-oxford

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Thursday 6th May: Rights and Righteousness: Perspectives on Religious Pluralism and Human Rights

This new publication edited by David Tombs and published by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Irish School of Ecumenics will be launched in Belfast.
Time: 4pm-5pm.
Venue: Irish School of Ecumenics, 683 Antrim Road, Belfast, BT15 4EG
Contact: Please rsvp to Caroline Clark, Email: reconsec@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/ise/

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Wednesday 5th May: EU Agricultural Policy and its Effects on Developing Countries: What Do We Know?

IIIS Public Lecture by: Professor Alan Matthews, Professor of European Agriculture Policy. All welcome. Date: Wednesday, 5th May 2010
Time: 6 pm
Venue: Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: colette.keleher@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/iiis/

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Saturday 1st May: First All African Students Conference in Ireland

The African Students Association of Ireland Organizing Committee invites African students in colleges, institutes and universities in Ireland to the All African Students Conference. Cllr. Rotimi Adebari the first African city councillor and Major in Ireland will give a Keynote Speech and participants will continue thereafter to deliberate on the formation African Students Association of Ireland. For more information view the conference and organizing Committee Blog: http://asa-ireland.blogspot.com.
Time: 11am – 3pm
Venue: Robert Emmet Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: To register to participate please contact the ASAI organizing Committee at Email: asaiconference@gmail.com, Tel: 01 8728638 or Mobile: 087 66 485 76.

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Friday 30th April: From Exploitation to Empowerment: Perspectives from the Domestic Workers Action Group.

As part of Domestic Workers Action Week a presentation by Hilda Regaspi of the Domestic Workers Action Group (DWAG) will be delivered. This event is organised by the Trinity Immigration Initiative and cohosted with the MPhil Ethnic and Racial Studies at Trinity College.
Time: 1-3pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3, 3 College Green, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, Tel: 01 889 7570, Email: info@mrci.ie or immigration@tcd.ie, Website: www.mrci.ie or http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/seminars/upcoming.php

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Tuesday 27th April: Development and Environment in Ethiopia: The Gibe Dams and the Omo River Flood


Professor David Anderson, History and African Politics, University of Oxford will deliver this lecture as part of the Long Room Hub Lecture Series. Organised in conjunction with TIDI. All welcome.
Time: 5 – 7pm
Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie; Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/

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Friday 23rd April: Laugh Clever to Laugh Together Project

This project, organised by Leyla De Amicis (Children's Research Centre) and Elena Moreo (Social Studies Department), funded by the Equality Fund 2009-2010, is aimed at raising awareness of suggesting and inventing new strategies to cope with the negative consequences of jokes involving stereotypes toward stigmatized groups. Participants can attend one or more workshops and then take part into the final event. The workshops will take place on 9th, 12th and 23rd with the final exhibition on 26th April. The workshop is open to TCD staff and students.
Time: 5-7pm
Venue: Room EEPC1, Lower Ground Floor, Panoz Institute, TCD.
Contact: Elena Moreo, Email: moreoe@tcd.ie or deamicil@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/equality/projects/equality_fund_projects.php#p14

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Wednesday 21st April: The Zionist Colonisation of Palestine in the Comparative Context of Settler Colonialism

This Lecture Has Been Cancelled - due to air travel disruption

Guest lecturer Prof Gabriel Piterberg teaches History at UCLA. He was born in Argentina, and grew up in Israel. His D.Phil. in the history of the Ottoman Empire is from the University of Oxford. Piterberg writes and teaches on the history of the Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean in the early modern period, colonialism, Zionism, and Palestine/Israel. His books include The Returns of Zionism: Myths, Politics and Scholarship in Israel, London and New York: Verso, 2008 and in Turkish from Istanbul: Literatur Yayinlari, 2005. All welcome.
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Swift Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Ronit Lentin, Dept of Sociology, TCD. Tel: 8962702, Email: rlentin@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/

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IIIS Discussion Paper No. 319: Economic Partnership Agreements and Food Security

This discussion paper is written by Prof. Alan Matthews, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies. There has been much debate about the possible negative effects of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) for food security in ACP signatories. This paper investigates whether the commitments undertaken by ACP governments when they signed EPAs are a threat to food security. Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/documents/discussion/pdfs/iiisdp319.pdf

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Friday 16th April: Labour Market Penalisation of Recent Immigrants: the South European Model.

Please Note: This lecture has been cancelled due to the closure of Dublin Airport.
Emilio Reyneri, Professor of Sociology of Work, University of Milan Bicocca will deliver this lecture as part of the Trinity Immigration Initiative lecture series.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, C6.002, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

Contact: Email: immigration@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/seminars/upcoming.php

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Wednesday 14th April: 20/20 Vision: What Will the World Be Like In Ten Years Time?

Chaired by Aine Lawlor, co-presenter of 'Morning Ireland', this Long Room Hub Symposium looks forwards to the likely state of the world in 2020. Speakers: Stephen D King (Global Chief Economist HSBC Bank), Howard Friel (Author 'The Lomborg Deception: Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming), Nicholas Mirzoeff (Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University). Taken together, these presentations will sketch some of the most pressing problems facing society over the coming decade, and the ways in which humankind can employ reason, evidence and critical thought to surmount these challenges. (Please note that the exact time of this session may change slightly over the coming weeks).
Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building
Time: 2.00pm – 4.30pm.
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie; Website: http://www.tcd.ie/trinityweek/wednesday/

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Thursday 8th April: The Truth About Trade: the Real Impact of Trade Liberalisation

Speaker: Clive George, University of Manchester and author of ‘The Truth About Trade’ will deliver the last of the TCD Millennium Development Goals Lecture Series 2010.
Time: 7-8.30 pm
Venue: Ui Chadhain Lecture Theatre, (2041b) Ground Floor, Arts Building, TCD.
Contact: Email: mdglect@tcd.ie, Website:http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/Development_Studies/index.php

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Wednesday, 7th April: Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights

This IIIS Public Lecture will be delivered by Professor Linda Hogan, Irish School of Ecumenics. All welcome.
Time: 6pm
Venue: Synge Theatre, Arts Building
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/index.php

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Thursday 1st April: A Fairer Global Tax System: Developing World and National Perspectives

David McNair, Head of Research and Policy, Christian Aid, London and Sheila Killian, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Limerick will deliver the next instalment of the Millennium Development Goals Lecture Series. This will be followed on 8th April by The Truth about Trade: the real impact of trade liberalisation.
Time: 7-8:30pm
Venue: Ui Chadhain Lecture Theatre (2041b), Ground Floor, Arts Building, TCD.
Contact: Email: mdglect@tcd.ie; Website: https://www.tcd.ie/Economics/Development_Studies/

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Wednesday 31st March: The Opportunities of Multiculturalism

The Long Room Hub Post-Graduate Seminar in Ethics will be convened by Amy Daughton, PhD student, School of Religions and Theology. Advance booking essential.
Time: 4 – 6pm
Venue: South Training Room of the Berkeley Library.
Contact: Amy Daughton, Email: daughtoa@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/

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Wednesday 31st March: What is Happening in Gaza? MEPs’ and TDs’ Eyewitness Accounts

After the historic visit to Gaza by more than fifty MPs, TDs and MEPs, the Palestinian Right Institute invites you to a seminar by some of those TDs and MEPs to speak about their experience in Gaza. The speakers will include: Ms. Nessa Childers MEP and Ms. Olivia Mitchell TD for the Dublin South constituency. There will be an exhibition of photos and video presentation at this event.
Time: 7pm
Venue: JM Synge Theatre, Arts Block, TCD
Contact: Website: http://www.ipsc.ie/events.php

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Tuesday 30th March: Environmental Crisis and the Idea of “Knowledge Society"

Hilary Tovey, Department of Sociology TCD will give the next instalment of the Sociology Lecture Series. All welcome.
Time: 7-9.30 pm
Venue: Emmet Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Ronit Lentin, Email: rlentin@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/department_news.php

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Friday 26th March The Buck Stops over There? Globalization and Electoral Accountability

As part of the IIIS Seminar Series, Mark Kayser, Hertie School of Governance will deliver this lecture. 
Time: 3-5pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/pages/events/seminars.php

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Thursday 25th March: Invitation to the Irish Launch of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide

In an evening chaired by Senator David Norris, author Ben White will discuss his new book that examines the origins of Israeli Apartheid and how it affects the daily lives of Palestinians living in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This event is organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Time: 6.45pm
Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Ronan O'Dowd, Email: ngos@ipsc.ie, Website: http://www.ipsc.ie/events.php

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Wednesday, 24th March: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: An Irish Perspective

Speaker Alison Kelly, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Political Division, Department of Foreign Affairs will deliver this lecture organised by the Irish School of Ecumenics.
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Iain Atack, Email: atacki@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/ise/

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Tuesday 23rd March: Teaching in a Cross-Cultural Environment

The Centre for Academic Practice and Student Learning (CAPSL) and the Equality Office of Trinity College present this workshop, facilitated by Louise Staunton, Irish Council for International Students. The workshop will introduce issues of cultural awareness to those who teach international students, as well issues involved in cross-cultural communication.
Time: 9:30 - 12:30
Venue: Room 1.03, 3-4 Foster Place, TCD
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/CAPSL/academic_practice/index.php?page=services

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Tuesday 23rd March: Emotional Prosperity: Biomarkers, Economic Markers, and the Stiglitz Commission on Human Progress.

This research seminar organised by the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy will be delivered by Prof. Andrew Oswald. Prof. Oswald is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and also holds an ESRC research fellowship.
Time: 2pm
Venue: Conference Room, 6th Floor, 3 College Green, TCD
Contact: Website: http://social-phil.tcd.ie/Oswald_230310.pdf

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Tuesday 23rd March: Scales of Prostitution: International Governmentalities and Interwar India.

Dr Stephen Legg, Department of Cultural and Historical Geography, University of Nottingham, will deliver the next lecture in the Long Room Hub Lecture Series. All welcome.
Time: 10.00am - 12 noon.
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD.
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie; Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/

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Monday 22nd March: Inclusive or Exclusive Globalisation: Asian Investment and Zambia’s Economy

This lecture will be delivered by Dr. Pádraig Carmody, School of Natural Sciences Trinity College Dublin
Time: 7pm
Venue: Geography Seminar Room, Museum Building, Trinity College
Contact: Email: geogsoc@csc.tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Geography/

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Friday 19th March: Non-western Donors and the 'Gift’: The Changing Landscape of Foreign Aid

The Department of Geography in collaboration with TIDI present this public lecture delivered by Dr. Emma Mawdsley, University Senior Lecturer and Fellow of Newnham College, University of Cambridge. The lecture will be chaired by Dr. Padraig Carmody, Department of Geography. The lecture will examine theories of reciprocity and aid with a focus on non-western donors. All are welcome. Sandwiches will be provided.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: GGSR-B, Museum Building, Trinity College.
Contact: See TIDI Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi or Dept of Geography Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Geography/news/seminars.php

Further information on Dr. Emma Mawdsley can be found at the following link: http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/mawdsley/

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Friday 19th March: Does Immigration Erode Social Capital? The Conditional Effects of Immigration-Generated Diversity on Trust, Membership, and Participation Across 19 Countries, 1981-2000.

Irene Bloemraad, University of California at Berkeley, will deliver this lecture as part of the Trinity Immigration Initiative Lecture Series. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, C6.002, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: immigration@tcd.ie; Website: http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/seminars/upcoming.php

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Thursday 18th March: Immigrant Incorporation and Identity: Schooling the Second Generation in Europe: Lecture and book launch

Dr. Daniel Fass, will present this lecture as part of the 2010 Sociology Lecture Series. Respondents: Irene Bloemraad, Dept of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley Breda Naughton, Integration Unit, Dept of Education and Science and Dympna Devine, School of Education, University College Dublin.
Time: 7-9.30 pm
Venue: Synge Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: Dr Daniel Faas, daniel.faas@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/department_news.php

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Monday 15th March: The Ethics of Climate Change

As part of the Long Room Hub Lecture Series, Professor John Brome, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University will deliver this lecture. All welcome
Time: 10 – 11.30am
Venue: Seminar Room 1.10, School of Nursing and Midwifery, D’Olier Street.
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie; Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/

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Thursday 11th March: One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Poison?

The MDGs and the Neglected Diseases. Speaker Ken Gibson, Leprosy Mission Ireland, will deliver the second of the TCD Millennium Development Goals Lecture Series. This will be followed on 18th March by a lecture entitled ‘Human Rights and Pro-Poor Growth’ by Marta Foresti, Overseas Development Institute, London.
Time: 7-8.30 pm
Venue: Ui Chadhain Lecture Theatre, (2041b) Ground Floor, Arts Building, TCD.
Contact: Email: mdglect@tcd.ie, Phone: 086 8442641 or Website: www.tcd.ie/Economics/DevelopmentStudies.

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Thursday 11th March: From War Talk to Rights Talk: the Wartime Origins of the Human Rights Movement, 1940-1945.

The first annual ‘War in History’ lecture, sponsored by the Centre for War Studies and the Trinity Long Room Hub, will be delivered by Professor Jay Winter, Yale University. All welcome
Time: 7.30 - 9.00 pm
Venue: Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College.
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie; Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/

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Monday 8th – Friday 12th March: International Women’s Week Events

On Monday 8th March speakers Maryam Hosseinkhah and Roja Fazaeli present a lecture organised by the School of Religions and Theology entitled Call for Solidarity: Iran, Women and Rights. The lecture will take place at 6pm in the Weingreen Museum, Arts Building, TCD. On Thursday 11th March the lecture Stop Violence Against Women will be delivered by Sarah Benson from Women's Aid and Geraldine Rowley from Ruhama. Chaired by Marguerite Woods. The lecture will take place from 7 - 9pm in The Synge Theatre, Arts Block, TCD. Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Noticeboard/fe_notices.html#15132To see the full list of activities organised as part of International Women’s Week, please log on to the following link: http://www.tcd.ie/equality/projects/IWD.php#parvintalk

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Friday 5th March: Recited Truths: Mediating the Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe

As part of the Trinity Immigration Initiative Seminar Series, Gavan Titley, Centre for Media Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth will deliver this lecture.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, C6.002, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: immigration@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/seminars/upcoming.php

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New Book Published by IIIS Research Associates

Michael King, Senior Research Officer in the Institute for International Integration Studies and IIIS Research Associates Frank Barry, School of Business and Alan Matthews, Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy have just published a book entitled Policy Coherence for Development: The State of Play in Ireland.

The book is the outcome of a research project funded by the Advisory Board for Irish Aid. Policy coherence for development (PCD) is where a government tries to ensure that its domestic policies across a range of issues support, or at the very least, do not undermine, the attainment of its development co-operation objectives. PCD was made an objective of the Irish aid programme in the White Paper on Development published in 2006, and this book is the first systematic assessment of PCD across Irish government departments. The book investigates where policy coherence or incoherence exists in a number of major policy areas (trade, agriculture, fisheries, migration, environment, finance, S&T, defence and security) and makes recommendations on how PCD could be improved by changes in Irish domestic policies in these areas.
Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/pages/publications/

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IIIS Discussion Paper Series

Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment.
Discussion Paper No. 313 by Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/pages/publications/discussionpapers/IIISDP313.php

International Specialization and the Return to Capital.
Discussion Paper No. 312 by Catia Batista, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin and Jacques Potin, ESSEC Paris.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/pages/publications/discussionpapers/IIISDP312.php

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Thursday, 4th March: Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities for an Irish Partner Country

The first lecture in the TCD Millennium Development Goals Lecture Series 2010 will be delivered by Bill Nolan, former Irish Ambassador to Zambia. The opening lecture of the 2010 series is co-hosted with TIDI. Further details of the 2010 Series will be circulated soon. The lectures are open to the public.
Time: 7pm
Venue: Ui Chadhain Lecture Theatre, (2041b) Ground Floor, Arts Building, TCD.
Contact: Email: mdglect@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/Development_Studies/link.php?id=71

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Wednesday 3rd March: 'Debates over Climate Change in Tsarist Russia'.

Professor David Moon, History, University of Durham will deliver this lecture as part of the Long Room Hub Lecture Series.
Time: 4- 6pm
Venue: Swift Theatre. Arts Building
Contact: Email: lrhub@tcd.ie; Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/index.php

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Tuesday 2nd March: The Conduct of Clinical Trials in a Global Context: Ethical & Cultural Considerations

Dr. Cyprian Devine-Perez, Head of Global Risk Management Quality Assurance Office of the Chief Medical Officer Pfizer, New York will deliver this lecture organised by the Centre for Global Health.

Ethical concerns have been raised regarding research on human subjects in developing countries given wide variations among countries in such areas as education, medical standards of care, health system infrastructure, and social/economic structures. Given these complexities, regulatory bodies are finding it challenging to define appropriate standards and/or apply existing standards that “work” in developed countries.

Dr Devine-Perez will present and discuss some of the key ethical issues that arise when conducting research in developing countries. Dr. Cyprian Devine-Perez is the Global Head Risk Management Quality Assurance at Pfizer with responsibility for the development of an effective risk management approach to the conduct of 10,000+ clinical trials located around the world. This includes ensuring robust processes are in place to identify and monitor high risk trials and processes, as well as tracking mitigation activities to support high compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies.
Time: 12-1 pm
Venue: Room 1.16, 3-4 Foster Place, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: www.global-health.tcd.ie

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Thursday 25th February: ‘Post-Conflict Justice: An Industry or a Necessity?’

The TCD Centre for Post-Conflict Justice hosts its inaugural lecture. Speaker: Professor Kader Asmal, Professor Extraordinary of Law at the University of the Western Cape and Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town. He is former South African Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry and former Minister of Education. With opening remarks by The Provost, Dr. John Hegarty.
Time: 6pm
Venue: The Public Theatre, Front Square, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: rbyrne@tcd.ie, http://www.tcd.ie/cpcj/

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Tuesday 23rd February to Tuesday 16th March: Suas ‘Global Issues’ Seminar Series

An introductory course in development issues open to students, staff and the general public. The course will run for six weeks and will cover topics such as ‘Aid and corruption’ and ‘Climate change and sustainable development’. Suas also runs the ‘Global Issues’ seminar series in UCD, UCC, NUIG, NUIM, RCSI, DCU and the Irish Aid Volunteer Centre.
Time: 6.30-8.30pm every Tuesday
Venue: Room 0.13B, Museum Building.
Contact: rooneyly@tcd.ie, http://www.suas.ie/global-issues-courses.html

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Wednesday 10th February: ‘Climate change and nature-dependent communities in India’

Speaker: Julie George, Programme Director of Skillshare International, for India and Nepal. Over the course of her career to date, Julie has been involved with building and managing several NGOs, advising the UN on gender & development, working with UNIFEM’s South Asia Office for socio-economically and politically empowering women in the SAARC region, and has worked with several international NGOS including Oxfam and Skillshare International.
Time: 7-8pm
Venue: Room 4050B, 4th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
All welcome.
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, www.tcd.ie/tidi

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Wednesday 10th February: ‘Financial markets and social power - the new inequalities of turbocapitalism’


Speaker: Prof James Wickham, Head of School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, TCD, will present as part of the Sociology Lecture Series 2010.
Time: 7- 9.30 pm
Venue: Synge lecture theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Leslie McCartney, Trinity Immigration Initiative Research Officer, leslie.mccartney@tcd.ie http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/

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Tuesday 26th January - Tuesday 30th March 2010: Theories Of ‘Race’ And Ethnicity: An Introduction

This ten week evening course run by Trinity College’s Department of Sociology will introduce participants to theories of ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity, locating ‘race’ within social, economic, political and ideological relations and situating ‘race’ and racism in relation to other divisions such as class and gender and to emerging changes in Irish society. The course is given by lecturers who contribute to the MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies. It is open to all participants, but is specifically suited to public sector and NGO employees.
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: Room 3071, 3rd Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Email: byrnem19@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/courses/extramural/az/course.php?id=132

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Wednesday 27th January: Percy Sladen Memorial Fund Grants

The Percy Sladen Memorial Fund gives grants for fieldwork abroad (away from your usual country of residence) in the earth and life sciences. Grants are generally for sums of less than £750. Funds are not available for further education of any kind, for visits to conferences, for work in institutions or for fieldwork undertaken as part of a dissertation or higher degree. Undergraduate expeditions are not supported.
Closing dates for applications are 30 January and 30 September annually. An internal requirement for TCD endorsement is that a copy of the final application should be signed by the PI and Head of School, and sent to the Research Development Office by Wednesday 27 January 2010.
Contact: Email: gina@linnean.org, Fax: +44 (0)20 7287 9364 or Website: http://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=332

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Wednesday 27th January: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on Economics In The Public Sphere

Professor Jeffrey Sachs will be addressing the College Historical Society’s inaugural meeting of the 240th session, delivering the keynote response to a paper entitled 'Economics in the Global Sphere'. Prof. Sachs is visiting Trinity to accept the Society's Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse. Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Also responding are: Joan Burton T.D., former Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Human Rights, Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Finance, Labour Party and Patrick Cunningham, Professor of Animal Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government, former visiting Professor at the Economic Development Institute, World Bank.
Time: 7.30
Venue: Examination Hall, Front Square, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Limited tickets available. Please contact The Hist for more information. Email: inaugural@thehist.com, Website: www.thehist.com

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Thursday 28th January: Trinity Haiti Appeal

The Student's Union are co-ordinating a Trinity Haiti Appeal on 28th January with a day-long bucket collection around campus and at the entrance gates of the college. That evening, there will also be a talk on "The Situation in Haiti" with speakers from various aid agencies currently on the ground in Haiti.
Time: 7pm
Venue: Ui Chadhain Lecture Theatre (2041B), Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: Email: environmental@tcdsu.org, Website: www.tcdsu.org

Response to the Earthquake in Haiti: Some Resources for Further Information Dochas, the Irish Association of Non-Governmental Development Associations, has developed a useful website and a guide on the most appropriate ways to help those affected by overseas disasters: http://www.howyoucanhelp.ie/index.html To learn more about the Irish government’s response to the earthquake see http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/

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Friday 29th January: Trajectories of Socio-economic Models and Development in Transition Economies in the 20 years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall

As part of the IIIS Seminar Series, Pasquale Tridico, Università degli Studi di Roma 3 will deliver this lecture.
Time: 12.30 - 2 pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room
Contact: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/pages/events/seminars.php

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Friday 5th February: The Role of Social Networks in the Earnings and Occupational Mobility: A Panel Study of Immigrants to Germany

Agnieszka Kanas from Utrecht University will deliver this lecture as part of the Trinity Immigration Initiative Seminar Series.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, C6.002, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: immigration@tcd.ie; Website: https://www.tcd.ie/immigration/seminars/upcoming.php

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Thursday 21st January: The Common European Asylum System: Where to now?

The Department of Sociology in association with the Refugee Information Service and Migrant Networks Project is pleased to announce this lecture. Speakers include Jo Ahern, Director of the RIS; Dr Rosemary Byrne, Senior Lecturer, School of Law Faculty, TCD and Wale Mogaji, Head of Communication and Integration, RIS. All are welcome and there is no charge for the event.
Time: 7.00-9.30pm
Venue: Jonathan Swift Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, TCD.
Website: https://www.tcd.ie/immigration/news.php

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Friday, 15th January: Queerness, Migranthood and Nationalism in Israel/Palestine and Beyond

Dr. Adi Kuntsman, Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures, The University of Manchester will deliver this lecture organised by the Trinity Immigration Initiative
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: Seminar Room 4, 3 College Green, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: immigration@tcd.ie, Website: https://www.tcd.ie/immigration/seminars/upcoming.php

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