Trinity College Dublin

Skip to main content.

Search TCD

Top Level TCD Links

Trinity International Development Initiative

Search

Breadcrumb

You are here: Home » News & Events » Archive 2012

Site map

Archive 2012

TIDI News and Events 2012

Research Focus

 

Trinity News and Events 2012

Research Funding Opportunities

 

 

Back to top

TIDI News and Events 2012

Monday 21st January: The National Interest: Evangelists of Democracy


Internationally acclaimed author and journalist David Rieff will deliver a talk titled The National Interest: Evangelists of Democracy. David Rieff currently teaches History of Humanitarian Action at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences-Po.   Now a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and a contributing editor for the New Republic, he has written extensively about Iraq, and, more recently, about Latin America. He is a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute at the New School for Social Research, a Fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Additionally, he is a board member of Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute and of Independent Diplomat. He is the author of eight books, including At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention; A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis; and Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West.
This lecture is organised jointly by TCD’s Institute for International Integration Studies and Policy Institute
Time: 13.00 to 14.15pm
Venue: Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin

Back to top

 

Audio Recording of the "The World Bank and its Work in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges for the Future”

TIDI in collaboration with Irish Aid, the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) and the Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI) collaborated to host a seminar on the 7th of December with guest speaker, World Bank Vice President for Africa Makthar Diop on “The World Bank and its Work in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges for the Future”. This seminar was opened by Prof. Philip  R. Lane, TCD. 

Audio recording of this event is available here.

Back to top

The next TIDI Bulletin will be issued on Monday 14th January 2013

TIDI would like to wish all our members and supporters a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Back to top

Presentations Now Available from Trinity Development Research Week 2012

The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) hosted the fourth annual Trinity Development Research Week from 5-9 November 2012.   This week-long programme of activities is intended to raise the profile of international development research, particularly work being carried out by Irish researchers. Events were held in collaboration with researchers and students from TCD and a range of education institutes, as well as NGOs and other development organisations. The programme highlighted development research and its application across themes including climate change, humanitarian response and financing for development.  TIDI would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who participated, both as speakers and audience members in this successful week-long event.  Podcasts of all events will be available later this month on the TIDI website, and presentations are now available here.
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi

Back to top

Friday 7th December: The World Bank and its Work in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges for the Future

TIDI in collaboration with Irish Aid, the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) and the Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI) will collaborate to host a seminar on the 7th of December with guest speaker, World Bank Vice President for Africa Makthar Diop on “The World Bank and its Work in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges for the Future”. This seminar will be opened by Prof. Philip  R. Lane, TCD. 
Time: 12.00 – 1.15pm
Venue: Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD.

Back to top

The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) launches a report on ‘North South Experiences of Doctoral Training for Development in Africa’


This report is a study of three models of partnership between Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and higher education institutes in six African countries. The programme is co-funded by Irish Aid under the Programme for Strategic Cooperation (PSC) between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes 2007-11. To view this report please see here.

To view the related policy brief titled “Building Research Capacity in Higher Education Institutes through Partnerships with African Universities” please see here.

Back to top

 

Friday 23rd November: TCD/UCD Seminar Series: Small Business Enterprise Development in Southern Africa

Speaker: Aisling O’Broin, Programmes Manager in Gorta. This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Luce Hall, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

Back to top

Friday 9th November: TCD/UCD Seminar Series: The Development of the Private Sector in International Development Aid


Speaker: Mr. John Fleming, Economist, Private Sector Development and Foreign Direct Investment consultant.
This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Room 5052, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

Back to top

The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) hosted the fourth annual Trinity Development Research Week from 5-9 November 2012.  


This week-long programme of activities is intended to raise the profile of international development research, particularly work being carried out by Irish researchers. Events were held in collaboration with researchers and students from TCD and a range of education institutes, as well as NGOs and other development organisations. The programme highlighted development research and its application across themes including high education, the impact partnership and the Millennium Development Goals.  TIDI would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who participated, both as speakers and audience members in this successful week-long event. 
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi

Back to top

Trinity Development Research Week 2012


TCD will host its fourth annual ‘Trinity Development Research Week’ from 5-9 November 2012. This is a week-long programme of activities intended to raise the profile of international development research, particularly work being carried out by Irish researchers. The week is funded by Irish Aid and the HEA through their Programme of Strategic Cooperation and is organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative. TIDI will support the organisation of a range of activities including public lectures and research seminars. During this week TIDI also offers “Adapting Research Methodologies for Developing Country Conditions: A multidisciplinary module for Ireland-based Doctoral Students”. For more information on this module please see here
Time: Monday 5th-Friday 9th November
Venue: Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/outreach/development-research-week/

Back to top

Adapting Research Methodologies for Developing Country Conditions: A multidisciplinary module for Ireland-based Doctoral Students

TIDI offers an annual module for Ireland-based PhD students entitled “Adapting Research Methodologies for Developing Country Conditions”. This is a multidisciplinary module which aims to provide training in the methodological challenges of conducting research in developing countries and to raise awareness among Ireland-based doctoral students about cross-cutting development issues that shape the research environment. The module is offered in compressed format each November to doctoral students from any discipline who are conducting researching (or preparing for research) in the developing world and/or on topics relating to international development. Other students (e.g. Master’s students) who are considering undertaking research in developing countries are also welcome to apply. While the module is largely aimed at TCD students, a limited number of places will be made available for students from other institutions.

Back to top

Friday 26th October: TCD/UCD Seminar Series: The Strength of Weak States? Non-State Security and Hybrid Governance in Africa


Speaker: Dr. Kate Meagher, Department of International Development, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Luce Hall, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

Back to top

Wednesday 7th November: North-South Experiences of Doctoral Training for Development in Africa: The Impact of Partnership.


The Trinity International Development Initiative will host a morning conference entitled North-South Experiences of Doctoral Training for Development in Africa: The Impact of Partnership. TIDI will formally launch a report on the above which is a study of three models of partnership between TCD and higher education institutes in six African countries, that aimed to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the three different doctoral training models, capture lessons learnt from our partnerships and make recommendations to others establishing North-South doctoral training programmes. The conference is a deliverable of the project ‘Doctoral Training for Development in Africa’ funded by the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes. This conference will be opened by Trinity Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast and will be chaired by Prof. Tom Quinn, Director, Johns Hopkins Centre for Global Health with speakers Dr. Martina Hennessy, TIDI; Dr. Vincent O’Neill, Irish Aid; Dr. Ogenna Uduma, TIDI and the Centre For Global Health; Prof. Brian van Wyk, University of the Western Cape; Prof. Vinny Cahill, Dean of Research; Prof. Frank Kansiime, Makerere University; Dr. Innocent Matshe, African Economic Research Consortium; Prof. Mac MacLachlan, Centre for Global Health; Dr. Nazarius Tumwesigye, Makerere University. Please RSVP to this event at tidi@tcd.ie
To view this report please click here.

There is an open call for posters on development research. Please indicate your intention to submit a poster by 31st October by emailing soreill6@tcd.ie.

Time: 9.30 – 1pm 
Venue: The Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, TCD

Back to top

Thursday 8th November: Beyond the MDGs: The Future of Africa and Ireland’s Role


TIDI and Social Justice Ireland will host a public conference titled “Beyond the MDGs: The Future of Africa and Ireland’s Role”. This conference will discuss the future of African development and in particular, Ireland’s role and how this relationship may be changing. This conference will be opened by the Minister of State for Trade and Development, Joe Costello, T.D . Panel topics at this conference include “Current status of the MDGs” with speakers Dr. Micheal Collins, Nevin Economic Research Institute; Prof. Paul Walsh, UCD; Mr. Charles Akelyira, United Nations Development Programme and “Beyond the MDGs: The Future of Africa and Ireland’s role” with speakers Fr. Fachtna O’Driscoll, Society of African Missions; Dr. Lorna Gold, Trocaire; Mr. Don Sexton, Irish Aid; This event will be chaired by Dr. Carol Newman, TCD. 
Time: 9.30 – 12.30
Venue: The Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, TCD
Contact: Email: secretary@socialjustice.ie: Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, http://www.socialjustice.ie

Back to top

Friday 9th November: TCD/UCD Seminar Series: The Development of the Private Sector in International Development Aid


Speaker: Mr. John Fleming, Economist, Private Sector Development and Foreign Direct Investment consultant.
This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Room 5052, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

Back to top

Friday 26th October: TCD/UCD Seminar Series: The Strength of Weak States? Non-State Security and Hybrid Governance in Africa


Speaker: Dr. Kate Meagher, Department of International Development, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Luce Hall, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

Back to top

Masters in Development Practice Closing Ceremony, 2012

Students from the Development Practice Masters Program at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) who were in Rwanda from 11th June 2012 completed officially their internship programme on this 25th August 2012. Read their story about the Closing Ceremony  here http://www.nur.ac.rw/spip.php?article1104

Back to top

Friday 12th October: TCD/UCD Seminar Series: Charity Regulation           


Speaker: Hilary Minch, Head of NGO Quality and Joint Learning, Dochas
This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, 1-2 School of Politics and International Relations, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

Back to top

Friday 28th September: TCD/UCD Seminar Series: Aid Dependency: What Does it Mean? When Does it Matter?

Speaker:  Dr. Samuel Brazys, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, 1-2 School of Politics and International Relations, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

Back to top

Provost Visits Rwanda as part of Trinity International Development Initiative

Trinity Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast visited Rwanda earlier this month forging links with universities in Africa in education and research as part of the Trinity International Development Initiative. Click here to read this article.

Back to top

Call for Expressions of Interest to have TCD-UCD Masters in Development Practice Students


Undertake Research for Non-Governmental Development Organisations in Ireland: The goal of the research project is to help students develop their policy research skills while also undertaking valuable research for Irish NGDO’s which might not otherwise be conducted.  If you would like to have a research project considered please send the following to Frances Loegue, E: mdpdub@tcd.ie: title or titles (up to three) of the projects that you would like undertaken; a short 100 abstract on each title; and the name and contact details of your contact person/supervisor. Students will be matched to the most appropriate topics. For more information on the Masters in Development Practice programme please see http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/postgraduate/dev-pract/dev-pract.php or email mdpdub@tcd.ie.  Closing date for the receipt of proposals: 7 September.
Contact: Website: http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/postgraduate/dev-pract/dev-pract.php, Email mdpdub@tcd.ie

Back to top

New TIDI Videos

TIDI has produced a number of short videos to provide an insight into our activities and an introduction to leading figures in the development world.  The first video gives an overview of TIDI’s activities: from research and teaching to its many outreach activities, including TIDI’s vibrant events programme.  The second video is a short clip of Prof. Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-Wider, Finland and member of TIDI’s International Advisory Group, giving an account of his work in development.  The third video is an interview with Prof. Finn Tarp, conducted by Master’s in Development Practice student Kate Brady and provides an interesting insight into Prof. Tarp’s career and work at UNU-Wider.  The videos are available on YouTube and the TIDI website.
1.         Overview of TIDI
2.         “My Career in Development” with Finn Tarp
3.         Finn Tarp Interview with MDP Student
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6u8VKY3IbE

Back to top

NOURISH: TCD-led Consortium Awarded €1 million by Irish Aid to research Nutrition and HIV in Uganda

Trinity College Dublin has received an award of just over €1m for a project, NOURISH, that will investigate nutrition and HIV treatment outcome through the development of a Ugandan/Irish research cluster. The project will investigate factors that affect the sustainability of treatment responses to HIV.  The award was made to a consortium led by TCD by the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes, Round 3.   Researchers from TCD and six partner institutes with expertise in health sciences, natural sciences and economics will design and deliver interventions to determine the impact of environmental, health and economic factors on the experience and outcomes of Ugandans living with HIV/AIDS.  NOURISH will create a HIV/Nutrition research cluster of academics, clinicians and policy contributors from Ireland and Uganda.  The consortium includes TCD, Makerere University and the Infectious Diseases Institute at MU, Gulu University and the Joint Clinical Research Centre, and supporting partners University College Dublin and King’s College London.  The NOURISH proposal was coordinated by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) and involves researchers from the Schools of Medicine, Social Sciences and Philosophy, Natural Sciences and the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at TCD.   To view the full press release, please click on the link below. See http://www.hea.ie/en/Irish-Aid-Programme-of-Strategic-Co-Operation for further information on the Programme of Strategic Cooperation, Round 3.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2604&pressReleaseArchive=2012

Back to top

Wednesday 5th September: DSA Ireland Annual Conference and AGM

The theme of this year’s DSA Ireland Annual Conference is “Responding to the Global Crises: Linking Research, Policy and Practice”.   Panel topics include: Tax justice, Food security, Health equity, Conflict, Climate justice and Gender.  Keynote speaker: Duncan Green of Oxfam GB and author of From Poverty to Power: how active citizens and effective states can change the world (2008).  There is an open call for posters on development research. Please indicate your intention to submit a poster by 20th August by emailing dsaiconference2012@gmail.com. A template is available (size A0), for those who wish to use it, at http://www.dsaireland.org/sites/all/DSAI_documents/poster.ppt.
Time: 10am – 4pm (Conference)  and 4pm – 6pm (AGM)
Venue: Nursing Building, Dublin City University, Collins Avenue, Dublin 9
Contact: Email: dsaiconference2012@gmail.com, Website: www.dsaireland.org/dcu

Back to top

The Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research (TCBR) June Newsletter Now Available.


The Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research (TCBR) focuses on understanding biodiversity in the context of a changing world in which sustainability is a central tenet. Biodiversity provides ecosystem services which ensure sustainable development. The June newsletter is now available.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tcbr/

Back to top

MSc Global Health: 1 year full time/2 year part time.


This innovative and successful programme, run by the Centre for Global Health, aims to provide graduates with a greater appreciation of the global interconnectedness of health problems and to equip them with a range of analytical and methodological skills to address the challenges of global health. Designed for individuals from a wide range of disciplines and professions, the programme adopts a multidisciplinary approach that integrates health and social science perspectives to analyse, design, implement and evaluate health programmes within a global context.
Contact: Email: cghealth@tcd.ie Website: http://global-health.tcd.ie/postgraduate/msc/

Back to top

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

The joint TCD-UCD Masters degree in Development Practice (MDP) is a two-year programme that offers a world class training and education in development practice at graduate level. The four pillars of the MDP are Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Economics, Management and Health Sciences. Particular emphasis will be laid upon the interconnectedness between politics, governance, civil society, health, environmental conflict and climate change, amongst others. The MDP is delivered jointly by TCD and UCD in collaboration with the National University of Rwanda, Trócaire and Kimmage Development Studies Centre. Students are jointly registered at TCD and UCD.
Contact: Email mdpdub@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/postgraduate/dev-pract/dev-pract.php. To view promotional leaflet please click here.

Back to top

NOURISH: TCD-led Consortium Awarded €1 million by Irish Aid to research Nutrition and HIV in Uganda

Trinity College Dublin has received an award of just over €1m for a project, NOURISH, that will investigate nutrition and HIV treatment outcome through the development of a Ugandan/Irish research cluster. The project will investigate factors that affect the sustainability of treatment responses to HIV.  The award was made to a consortium led by TCD by the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes, Round 3.   Researchers from TCD and six partner institutes with expertise in health sciences, natural sciences and economics will design and deliver interventions to determine the impact of environmental, health and economic factors on the experience and outcomes of Ugandans living with HIV/AIDS.  NOURISH will create a HIV/Nutrition research cluster of academics, clinicians and policy contributors from Ireland and Uganda.  The consortium includes TCD, Makerere University and the Infectious Diseases Institute at MU, Gulu University and the Joint Clinical Research Centre, and supporting partners University College Dublin and King’s College London.  The NOURISH proposal was coordinated by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) and involves researchers from the Schools of Medicine, Social Sciences and Philosophy, Natural Sciences and the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at TCD.   To view the full press release, please click on the link below. See http://www.hea.ie/en/Irish-Aid-Programme-of-Strategic-Co-Operation for further information on the Programme of Strategic Cooperation, Round 3.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2604&pressReleaseArchive=2012

Back to top

Wednesday 5th September: DSA Ireland Annual Conference and AGM

The theme of this year’s DSA Ireland Annual Conference is “Responding to the Global Crises: Linking Research, Policy and Practice”.   Panel topics include: Tax justice, Food security, Health equity, Conflict, Climate justice and Gender.  Keynote speaker: Duncan Green of Oxfam GB and author of From Poverty to Power: how active citizens and effective states can change the world (2008).  There is an open call for posters on development research. Please indicate your intention to submit a poster by 20th August by emailing dsaiconference2012@gmail.com. A template is available (size A0), for those who wish to use it, at http://www.dsaireland.org/sites/all/DSAI_documents/poster.ppt.
Time: 10am – 4pm (Conference)  and 4pm – 6pm (AGM)
Venue: Nursing Building, Dublin City University, Collins Avenue, Dublin 9
Contact: Email: dsaiconference2012@gmail.com, Website: www.dsaireland.org/dcu

Back to top

Development Studies Courses in Ireland

Jacinta Greene, member of the DSAI, has compiled an updated list of all development studies courses available in Ireland.  This list can be found on the TIDI and DSAI websites.  Please click here to view the full list.
Contact: Website: http://www.dsaireland.org/publications and http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/teaching/

Back to top

TIDI Presentations

Presentations from the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 are now available on the TIDI website or by clicking on the link below.   These include presentations delivered by: Paul D. Kenny, Dept. of Political Science, Yale University on “Decolonization and the Fate of Social Democracy”; David Taylor, Professor of Geography, TCD Chair, Trinity International Development Initiative and Scientific Coordinator EU FP7 HEALTHY FUTURES on “Climate Change, Development and Health in Eastern Africa” and “The Political Economy of Green Growth” delivered by Finn Tarp, Professor of Economics and Director, UNU-WIDER, Finland
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/resources/presentations.php

Back to top

New TIDI Video

TIDI has produced a short video which gives an overview of its activities: from research and teaching to its many outreach activities, including TIDI’s vibrant events calendar.   The video is available on YouTube and the TIDI website.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6u8VKY3IbE

Back to top

Irish Aid Funding for TIDI-led TCD Proposal

Trinity College Dublin has been awarded funding under the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes Round 3. The proposal was coordinated by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) and involves researchers from the School of Medicine, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, School of Natural Sciences and the Institute for International Integration Studies at TCD. A total of 7 projects will be supported under this round of funding, including TCD’s NOURISH project. NOURISH will investigate Nutrition and Treatment Outcome: through the development of a Ugandan – Irish HIV/Nutrition Research Cluster. Poor nutritional status and food insecurity is associated with immunological impairment and adverse health outcomes among children and adults infected with HIV, who are receiving treatment. Although Uganda’s response to HIV/AIDS has been recognised to be relatively effective, there are emerging issues which require urgent attention. This project will increase our understanding of the complex interactions between food security, HIV/AIDS and socio-economic factors, to impact intervention programmes at national level and benefit the poor in Uganda. This project will create a HIV/Nutrition research cluster of academics, clinicians and policy contributors which will build research and teaching capacity in Irish and Ugandan institutions and will be the mechanism for delivery of the project objectives. The cluster will be led by Trinity College Dublin with key partners Makerere University and the Infectious Diseases Institute at MU, Gulu University and the Joint Clinical Research Centre, along with supporting partners University College Dublin and Kings College London.
For further information, please click here: http://www.hea.ie/en/Irish-Aid-Programme-of-Strategic-Co-Operation

Back to top

Thank you for completing the TIDI Evaluation Survey

TIDI recently conducted a survey to evaluate its activities. Many thanks to all those who took the time to provide feedback. With the current funding cycle coming to an end, we felt it was an opportune time to gain feedback from our stakeholders and evaluate our impact.   The results of this survey are detailed in the TIDI Evaluation Survey Report.  The main findings of the report show that TIDI has strong support across a range of stakeholders both internally and external to TCD.   TIDI has been successful in raising awareness of development research taking place at TCD and there now exists a strong association among stakeholders, between international development and Trinity College Dublin, which enhances TCD’s image and reputation in this area. To read the TIDI Evaluation Survey Report, please click here. The TIDI Impact Report produced earlier this year can also be viewed here
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/assets/doc/Reports/TIDI%20Survey%20Report%20Final.pdf

Back to top

International Development Townhall Meeting

Champion: Clionadh Raleigh, Dept. Geography, School of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Carol Newman, Champion for Economic Development within the International Integration research theme and Sarah Glavey, Coordinator, Trinity International Development Initiative
TCD currently has 18 priority research themes, one of which is International Development. The townhall meeting for International Development was held on 16th May 2012. Thanks to all those who participated. Documents are available below. The next step will be to form and document several research clusters. The champion’s initial suggestion is to form three clusters around 1)Health, 2)Technology and 3)Political/Economy. If you are interested in being involved in the development of these clusters or have suggestions for additional clusters, please email Sarah Glavey sglavey@tcd.ie who will explain how to participate. All interested researchers are very welcome. Further updates will be posted here in due course.
Documents and Further Information:
TCD’s priority research themes
Dean of Research homepage
Meeting agenda
Presentation
Meeting notes
Audio recording (coming soon)

Back to top

Learning to Read the World Research Briefing

Audrey Bryan, PhD presented her research during Trinity Development Research Week 2011.   A research briefing containing key findings from this study titled 'Learning to Read the World?' is available at the link below. This Research Briefing contains key findings and recommendations from the study ‘Learning to Read the World? Teaching and Learning about Global Citizenship and International Development in Post-Primary Schools.’ The overall aim of the study was to identify the strengths, possibilities and limitations in existing curricular, teaching and learning approaches to Global Citizenship Education across a range of subjects at post-primary level in Ireland. To view the research briefing, please click here.
Contact: Email: Audrey.bryan@spd.dcu.ie, Website: http://spd.academia.edu/AudreyBryan

Back to top

 

Africa Day Conference: Podcasts and Presentations Now Available

Presentations delivered by guest speakers at the recent Africa Day conference held in Trinity College Dublin on 23rd May are now available on the TIDI website at http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/resources/presentations.php. A podcast of the event is also available at the following link: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/resources/podcasts.php
Contact: Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi/resources

Back to top

Wednesday 23rd May: Celebrate Africa Day

TIDI, in collaboration with IIIS, UCD, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, will host TCD’s annual Africa Day celebration on the theme ‘Scaling Up Agriculture: Sharing challenges and experiences of modernising agriculture in Ireland and Africa’. This conference will be addressed by keynote speakers: Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Joe Costello, T.D., Minister of State for Trade and Development and H.E. Catherine Muigai Mwangi, Kenyan Ambassador to Ireland. There will be a panel discussion with Prof. Patrick Paul Walsh, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Dr. Philip Damas, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, Ms. Lara Ladipo, Director, Partner Africa, Kenya, Dr. Carol Newman, Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin and Mr. Kevin Friel from the Irish Dairy Board. This event will be chaired by Prof. David Taylor, Department of Geography and Chair of TIDI, TCD.
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: Synge Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Please RSVP to rsvptidi@tcd.ie by Friday 18th May to secure a place. All are welcome to attend.

Back to top

International Development Townhall Meeting

Champion: Clionadh Raleigh, Dept. Geography, School of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Carol Newman, Champion for Economic Development within the International Integration research theme and Sarah Glavey, Coordinator, Trinity International Development Initiative
TCD currently has 18 priority research themes, one of which is International Development. The townhall meeting for International Development was held on 16th May 2012. Thanks to all those who participated. Documents are available below. The next step will be to form and document several research clusters. The champion’s initial suggestion is to form three clusters around 1)Health, 2)Technology and 3)Political/Economy. If you are interested in being involved in the development of these clusters or have suggestions for additional clusters, please email Sarah Glavey sglavey@tcd.ie who will explain how to participate. All interested researchers are very welcome. Further updates will be posted here in due course.
Documents and Further Information:
TCD’s priority research themes
Dean of Research homepage
Meeting agenda
Presentation
Meeting notes
Audio recording (coming soon)

Back to top

Wednesday 25th April: Paradigm lost? The ‘Aid for Trade’ Agenda and the European Union’s Trade and Development Policies towards Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr Patrick Holden, IIIS and University of Plymouth will deliver this seminar as part of the IIIS Seminar Series.  The WTO Task Force report on Aid for Trade/AfT outlined broad principles for this form of aid. Crucial questions as to the degree of intervention required to ‘make trade work’, the merits of bilateral versus multilateral assistance, and the relationship between export-led growth and poverty reduction, are left to individual donors and partners to resolve. This paper investigates how the EU’s policies towards Africa have evolved in the light of these tensions. Said policies have also been shaped by emerging global norms, heightened global economic competition and financial constraints. The research combines a critical discourse analysis of key texts, and a content analysis of policy documents, with an analysis of funding patterns and legal/institutional developments. All of which is supplemented by interviews with aid officials and civil society. A complex picture emerges in which the EU’s clearest strategy is its support for inter-regional integration, which it now admits has stalled. The EU is currently forging a new trade and development policy which draws a sharper distinction between least developed states and developing economic partners. ‘Pro-poor AfT’ is a vital concept here but there is little evidence of it actualising this.
Time: 1-2 (Sandwiches Provided)
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor Arts Building
Contact: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/events/special-events.php#patrickholden

Back to top

Wednesday 2nd May: 'Happy to be Helped? Humanitarian Psychology at Work.'

Professor Stuart Carr, Massey University, New Zealand will deliver this lecture as part of The School of Psychology, TCD public lecture series entitled ‘Trinity Psychology 50 Master Classes’ as part of a number of events to mark 50 Years of Psychology at TCD.  These lectures will be given by researchers who are leading psychological researchers in the field.  Admission is free and registration is not required. 
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: PACCAR Theatre, Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Trinity College
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Psychology/psychology50/masterclasses.php

Back to top

Friday 4th May: Half day Seminar and Book Launch of Migrant Activism and Integration from Below in Ireland (edited by Ronit Lentin and Elena Moreo)

You are cordially invited to: Integration from below - half day seminar and book launch of Migrant Activism and Integration from Below in Ireland (edited by Ronit Lentin and Elena Moreo, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), based on the Migrant Networks project, Trinity Immigration Initiative, Trinity College Dublin.
Time: 10am – 3pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Institute of International Integration Studies, 6th floor, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/news/bulletin.php#booklaunch

Back to top

Thursday 17th May: Global Finance: Breaking the Mould

Professor Bob Holton will deliver this IIIS Public Lecture. The global financial crisis has revealed deep-seated problems in the ways in which global finance markets, financial regulators and public policies operate. Robert Holton, drawing on his recent book Global Finance, will explore the profound legitimation crisis finance now finds itself in. He will argue that economic thinking is inadequate in explaining market dynamics and market failure. Recent sociological research will be used instead to investigate the social and cultural bases of financial trading and of macro-prudential regulation by central bankers. Market failure to correctly price risk has destroyed trust and confidence. Some implications for financial reform are then discussed, including normative re-regulation of capital markets.
Time: 5pm
Venue: Neil Hoey Theatre, Long Room Hub, TCD
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/news/bulletin.php#may172012

Engage Award for Outreach and Public Engagement: Vote for TIDI!

TIDI has submitted an entry for the Engage Award  - a European-wide Competition for Best Innovations in University Outreach and Public Engagement. We are looking for your help.  Please vote for TIDI through the online public voting system at the link below.  Voting is open until Thursday 19th April. To vote please click here.

As part of the European Commission-funded Ulab project, the Oxford Internet Institute, at the University of Oxford, coordinates the Engage Award - an online competition to identify the most innovative outreach and public engagement activities that have been carried out by European Universities.  Over the past three years TIDI has worked hard to promote TCD’s expanded engagement with research and teaching in international development through its outreach activities.  TIDI’s outreach activities include: the TIDI Fortnightly Bulletin, the TIDI Website, Facebook and Twitter pages, its Partnership Network with NGOs, the development community and international development organisations and universities.  In addition, TIDI has built up a successful and vibrant calendar of events in international development including:

  • TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series
  • Africa Day Celebration
  • Trinity Development Research Week
  • PhD Multidisciplinary Module “Adapting Research Methodologies for Developing Country Conditions”
  • TIDI’s International Development Public Lectures

To vote for TIDI please click on the following link: http://www.engageawards.org/entry/131

Back to top

Monday 16th April: The Neoliberal Policy Paradigm and the Great Recession

TIDI and the Institute for International Integration Studies will host a lunchtime seminar with visiting speaker Howard Stein, Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan who also teaches in the Department of Epidemiology. A biography of Prof. Stein is available here http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=howstein. All are welcome to attend, lunch will be provided.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, Trinity College
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi

Back to top

DSAI Submission to Irish Aid White Paper Review

The Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI) invites interested individuals and organizations to participate in a new networked consultation review of the Irish Aid White Paper. The Steering Committee of DSAI will manage a consultation process and submit a collective response on behalf of the membership. DSAI aims to harness multiple perspectives across sectors, practitioners, public and academics to generate high value feedback and creative proposals on the White Paper. The Steering Committee has compiled a first draft response and now would like to request the input of all interested members. Please review the this document and post your response online at http://www.dsaireland.org/dsai_net/node/98  by Wednesday 11th April. Please note that to join this discussion online you will first need to register with DSAI Net at  http://www.dsaireland.org/dsai_net/  and join the ‘White Paper Review’ group. Alternatively you can review the draft online and submit a response by email to sglavey@tcd.ie (acting on behalf of the committee).

Back to top

Friday 23rd March: The Political Economy of Green Growth

Seminar 2012 Poster

 

Speaker: Finn Tarp, Prof. of Economics and Director, UNU-WIDER, Finland.
This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: The Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, Trinity College
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

 

 

Back to top

TIDI Survey

TIDI would like to take this opportunity to thank you to all of you who completed the TIDI Feedback Survey.  We received a wonderful response.  The winner of the €50 cash prize will be contacted next week.

Back to top

Friday 16th March: TIDI Survey 2012 – Tell us what you think about TIDI and enter a draw for 50 euro!

The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) has now been in operation for three years. The initiative received initial funding through the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes.  This funding is currently coming to an end and, with this in mind, TIDI is now looking to secure additional funding to ensure its sustainability. It is therefore an opportune time to gather feedback and information from our many supporters in order to evaluate our impact. We would appreciate greatly if you would take the time to complete this short, five-minute survey, which will assist us in shaping our future strategy.   The deadline for receipt of completed surveys is Friday 16th March.  Please forward the survey to other supporters of TIDI. Everyone who completes this survey will be entered into a draw to win a cash prize of 50 euro.
To complete the survey please click on this link
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi

Back to top

Thursday 15th March: The Irish Forum for Global Health Development Debate

A first of its kind debate focused on development and global health. Competing are development studies students from Trinity College Dublin and NUI Maynooth.  Topic for debate is: 'Foreign Aid should be cut from countries whose human rights record is poor'.  The event will be chaired by guest of honour Mr. George Hook. The event is proudly supported by the Tropical Medical Bureau and the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI).  Please RSVP to address below by Friday 9th March.
Time: 7.30pm sharp
Venue: Davis Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: info@globalhealth.ie, Website: http://www.globalhealth.ie/

Back to top

Wednesday 14th March: Academic Workshop: Can lessons from 'Aid for Trade' lead to a brighter future for development cooperation?

An academic workshop will take place prior to the public lecture, intended to engage postgraduate researchers and academics in a discussion on the future of development cooperation.
The workshop will be chaired by Prof. Patrick Paul Walsh, Professor of International Development Studies, UCD with contributions from Sam Brazys, Geary Institute, UCD, Patrick Holden, Institute for International Integration Studies, TCD and Plymouth University, Niall Morris, UCD/Irish Aid, William Hynes, OECD Development Assistance Committee.
Time: 10am-12noon
Venue: Luce Hall, Trinity College Dublin, closest entrance to TCD is beside the Science Gallery, see map for details http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/assets/pdf/tcd-main-campus.pdf
Please note that the target audience for this workshop is Academics, PhD researchers and postgraduate students at TCD and UCD, and other interested parties. Other interested parties are welcome to attend but places are limited, therefore please indicate your interest to rsvptidi@tcd.ie.

Back to top

Wednesday 14th March: Sustainable Development and the Future of Development Co-operation

Invitation

TCD and UCD will host a public lecture with speakers  Joe Costello TD, Minister of State for Trade and Development and Brian Atwood, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee.  The lecture will be chaired by Dr. Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, with discussants Justin Kilcullen, Director, Trócaire, Professor Paul Walsh, University College Dublin and Professor Padraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin. This public lecture is organised by the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate in collaboration with TCD-UCD Masters in Development Practice, The Trinity International Development Initiative  at Trinity College Dublin and the Human Development Initiative  at University College Dublin.  Lunch will be provided.   All welcome.  To view the invitation please click here. Please click on the following link to view a map of the venue: www.tcd.ie/Maps/assets/pdf/tcd-campus.pdf
Time: 1-2.30pm
Venue: Stanley Quek Hall, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Pearse St, Trinity College
Contact: Website: https://www.tcd.ie/tidi/news/

Back to top

Friday 9th March: Protecting Human Rights Defenders

Seminar 2012 PosterSpeaker: Mary Lawlor, Executive Director, Frontline.  Human Rights are guaranteed under international law but working to ensure that they are realised can be a dangerous business. Human rights defenders are often the only force standing between ordinary people and the unbridled power of the state. They are vital to the development of democratic processes and institutions, ending impunity and the promotion and protection of human rights. Front Line Defender’s main focus is on those human rights defenders at risk, either temporarily or permanently because of their work on behalf of their fellow citizens.  This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: The Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, Trinity College
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

 

Back to top

Thursday 8th March: Inspiring Futures – Empowerment through Education

Trinity College Dublin will celebrate International Women’s Day with a public lecture, hosted by Concern Worldwide and the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), with speaker Jenny Hobbs, Education Adviser, Concern Worldwide.  The lecture will be chaired by Dr. Maryann Valiulis, Director of the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, TCD. Concern’s Education Adviser will present evidence of the relationship between education and improvements in equality, health, livelihoods and security. She will also discuss the barriers to education such as School Related Gender Based Violence, extreme poverty, conflict and low quality of education provision that serve to marginalise girls and vulnerable children. Using examples from Concern’s experience, the complexities of education programmes to empower girls and inspire futures will be described, along with the successes that emerge from gender responsive, holistic education interventions.
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, Trinity College
Contact: Email: susie.elliott@concern.net, Website: http://www.concern.net/womenofconcern

Back to top

Friday 24th February: Should there be an Aid Programme in the Current Climate?

Seminar Poster

Speaker: Brendan Rogers, Director General of Irish Aid.  This seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided. To view the full seminar series poster please click here
Time: 1-2pm
Venue:  G317, Newnan Building, Belfield Campus, UCD  
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

 

 

 

 

Back to top

Friday 10th February: Climate Change, Development and Health in Eastern Africa

Poster image

David Taylor, Professor of Geography, TCD, Chair, Trinity International Development Initiative (http://www.tcd.ie/tidi ) and Scientific Coordinator EU FP7 HEALTHY FUTURES (http://www.healthyfutures.eu) will deliver this seminar. The seminar is delivered as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at TCD and the Human Development Initiative (HDI) at UCD.  All welcome.  Lunch provided.  To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Newman Building, Belfield Campus, UCD
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

 

 

Back to top

Tuesday 31st January: Seeking Health Care Among Hard to Reach Communities

Dr Alister Munthali, Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi will deliver this lunchtime seminar.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Class Room 309, 3rd Floor, Centre for Global Health, 7-9 Leinster Street South, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: ogenna.uduma@tcd.ie; Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi

Back to top

Friday 27th January 2012: "Decolonization and the Fate of Social Democracy"Poster image


Speaker: Paul D. Kenny, Yale University will deliver the next seminar as part of the TCD/UCD (TIDI/HDI) Development Research Seminar Series.  All welcome.  Lunch provided. To view the full seminar series poster please click here.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Venue G317 1-2 School of Politics and International Relations
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/

 

 

 

 

Back to top

Thursday 26th January: "Do Human Rights and Humanitarian Action Go Together?"

The Trinity International Development Initiative and Evidence Aid invite you to a seminar by David Rieff. David is a New York-based writer and journalist who also teaches at Sciences-Po in Paris. He is the author of nine books including ‘A bed for the night: humanitarianism in crisis’ and ‘At the point of a gun: democratic dreams and armed intervention’. David is currently writing a book on the global food crisis.
Time: 5-6pm
Venue: Seminar Room (309), 3rd Floor, Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, 7-9 Leinster St. South, Dublin 2
Contact: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/ and http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane-reviews/evidence-aid-project

Back to top

Article covering TCD/UCD Climate Justice and Food Security Lecture

World and Media (worldandmedia.com) have produced an article on the lecture delivered by Dr. Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice at Trinity College on 25th November last year. To view the article please click on the link below.
Contact: Website:
http://worldandmedia.com/climate-change/political-will-must-be-mobilised-to-implement-and-extend-un-climate-deal-mary-robinson-2212.html

Back to top

 

Research Focus

MSc in Environment and Development Field Study in Rwanda

Amy Jennings, MSc student in Environment and Development travelled to Rwanda to undertake field work as part of her course.  Below is an article she wrote based on her experience:
“7,000km lie between Dublin and Kigali.  This is a distance that is impossible to comprehend for a small town girl from Maine in the United States--- because it is in metric.  Nonetheless, fourteen hours after boarding a plane in Ireland I looked up from the Skymall catalogue and we were alighting in Rwanda.  We arrived in Kigali in the evening. The beats of hip hop music, some dipped in West African highlife rhythms, resonated in the air, and the city’s warm energy was palpable. My roommate Jane and I slept soundly under the safety of bed nets, but not before brushing our teeth in the sink. We had already forgotten a rudimentary rule of travel within the developing world: avoid tap water at any cost”.
To read the full article please click here

Back to top

Trinity Global Health Expert Speaks before United Nations Commission for Social Development

Trinity College Dublin’s Professor of Psychology, Malcolm MacLachlan of the Centre for Global Health was recently invited to speak before  the United Nations Commission for Social Development,  where he gave a  presentation entitled ‘Community Based Rehabilitation and Inclusive Health: A Way Forward’.  The World Report on Disability (2011) estimates that 15% of the world’s population, or 1 billion people, have a disability, with 80% of these living in low-income countries. Professor MacLachlan’s presentation identified some of the challenges to the inclusion of people with disabilities in international development cooperation policy and programming.  It drew in particular on the work of the Irish Aid/Health Research Board funded African Policy on Disability and Development project (www.a-podd.org) in which Trinity’s Centre for Global Health is the lead partner.  This project has identified policy-gaps that need to be addressed and specific actions that could promote the effectiveness of civil society advocacy for the inclusion of people with disabilities.  These challenges include stigma, competition between aid stakeholders with different agendas, and divergence between disabled people’s organisations.  To view the full article please click here.

Back to top

Evidence Aid: Identifying and Meeting the Need for Systematic Reviews in Disasters

The following article is written by Bonnix Kayabu, MD who is currently undertaking the International Doctorate in Global Health (INDIGO) at Trinity College.
" Humanitarian interventions are complex and uncoordinated in many areas affected by disasters. Furthermore, because of an increasing number of interventions by different aid agencies, it is difficult to measure the outcomes of specific actions and interventions, and the process for choosing adequate interventions remains a major challenge. The decision about which problems to focus on during emergencies all too often depends on how comfortable aid agencies and their partners feel, rather than the magnitude of the problems to be solved or the strength of the relevant evidence.  However, because disasters differ by their nature, actions to solve their consequences also need to differ and need to be appropriate to the relevant settings, drawing on evidence from similar locations, types of population and problems in the past. The choice of actions and interventions should be based on what has been proven to work, and what has the potential to work, in the relevant setting.  My research will help to make choices easier, in part by investigating how decisions are made in such complex situations.  How do humanitarian planners and aid workers know that a particular intervention is going to work in a specific area? How do they know that the intervention has not failed in similar settings, if they don’t consider what has been done elsewhere and what has and hasn’t worked? Most importantly, how do they decide if the chosen action is likely to do more good than harm?"
To read the full article, please click here.

Back to top

New Solar Powered Water Disinfection System Developed by TCD Researchers

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Engineering have developed a new solar powered water disinfection system which could revolutionise the supply of clean, safe water in developing countries.  The solar disinfection unit, which has been piloted in the remote Kenyan village of Ndulyani, is a low cost, low maintenance system which requires only energy from sunlight to run.  The system has been developed under the supervision of Dr Laurence Gill in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, along with PhD research student Joanne MacMahon.  To view the full article  please click here or on the link below.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/news.php?headerID=2298&vs_date=2012-1-1

Back to top

Trinity Researcher Receives Prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant

A €1.4 million grant has been awarded to TIDI Steering Committee member, Dr Clionadh Raleigh of the Department of Geography in the School of Natural Sciences, to enable her to continue her research on the causes of the various types of political violence found within and across African states.  The prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, which aims to support the most talented early career researchers to carry out pioneering work in all fields of research, was awarded for a period of five years.  To read the full article please click on the following link.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/news.php?headerID=2256&vs_date=2011-12-16

Back to top

Meeting of TCD/UCD Masters in Development Practice Students with President Kagame of Rwanda

President Kagame of Rwanda received 20 students from Trinity College and University College Dublin on 17 August 2011.  The students were in the country for more than two months undertaking a Masters in Development Practice as part of a summer placement arrangement with the National University of Rwanda.  The high profile meeting was also attended by the Acting Rector (Acting Provost) of the National University of Rwanda and was covered by the leading national news paper and the Rwandan Television. The joint TCD-UCD Masters degree in Development Practice (MDP) 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 (MDP) is funded by the MacArthur Foundation (U.S.A.) and is part of a global network of Master’s degree programmes in Development Practice, which is led by Columbia University in the United States. To view a press release of the meeting please click on the TIDI Research Focus section or on the link below.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/news.php?headerID=1992&vs_date=2011-8-1

Back to top

 

Trinity News and Events 2012

Monday 11th February: Development Aid: Is it the Solution Debate


Organised by the Trinity Politics Society, this debate will examine whether or not development aid is working. Speakers include Bobby McCormick, Director of Development Perspectives; Joanne Malone, Development Education Manager at Suas Educational Development and Eric Scanlon, Political Advisor to Seán Crowe TD (Dublin South West)
Time: 7pm
Venue: Room 4050B Trinity Arts Block, TCD

Back to top

Global Relations Town Hall Meetings


These Town Hall meetings will provide an opportunity to share the developments made by the Global Relations team, to meet members of the new Global Relations team and to hear plans for coming year as they are finalised. These meetings will also focus on priority regions where Trinity has established research and educational relationships and regions where relationships are hoping to be developed.
Thursday 17th January:  India, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam
Friday 18th January: USA and Canada
Wednesday 23rd January: Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Central Asia and Gulf States.
Time: All meetings will take place between 1-2pm
Venue: Neill-Hoey lecture theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub. 
A sandwich lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to tcdglobal@tcd.ie highlighting the meeting(s) you are interested in attending. 

Wednesday 12th December: Sustainable Environment Theme Town Hall

This event will be opened by Prof Vinny Cahill, Dean of Research followed by a presentation by Prof Blaz Kamber, Sustainable Environment Theme Champion.
Time: 3 – 5pm
Please RSVP to gbowes@tcd.ie to confirm your attendance.  

Back to top

Thursday 13th and Friday 14th December: The 10th Anniversary Conference of the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS)

This conference will be opened by Professor Linda Hogan Vice-Provost /Chief Academic Officer. The Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) was formally established in December 2002. This Conference marks the 10th Anniversary of the Institute's establishment. Since its establishment the Institute has been to the forefront of scholarly enquiry pertaining to the myriad facets of International Integration. The public debate on the merits and demerits of global and European Integration has been extremely vigorous in recent years. This conference makes a valuable contribution to this ongoing debate with members of the Institute contributing on topics ranging from globalisation flows, development, migration, rules & law, industries & enterprises and Europe.
Thursday 13th December 2012 (13.30-19.30) and Friday 14th December 2012 (8.45-16.30)
Full Details of the programme are available here
Venue: Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, Trinity College
Please RSVP to iiis@tcd.ie by Friday December 7th 2012

Back to top

Thursday December 13th 2012: Learning from Poland

Migration Seminar Series and Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS)
Union Availability, Union Membership and Immigrant Workers: Empirical and Theoretical Considerations
Dr Tom Turner, Lecturer, Personnel and Employment Relations, UL
Time: 1-1.50 (sandwiches provided)
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor Arts Building, TCD

Back to top

Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute Lecture Series 2012-13: Tuesday 4th December 2012: When Christians were Jews: The New Jewish Annotated New Testament and its Goals


Prof Paula Fredriksen (Hebrew University & Boston University)
Time: 17:00-19.00
Venue: Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
Contact: Website:  www.tcd.ie/longroomhub

Back to top

Development Education Review: TIDI and Indigo Published Paper

Development Education Review: TIDI and Indigo Publishes its first paper on Doctoral Training for development in Africa Titled: Enhancing research capacity in Africa: A SWOT analysis of the International Doctorate in Global Health. Click here to read this paper.

Back to top 

Wednesday 17th October: Oxfam will be setting up a stand to speak to students interested in volunteering to help increase Oxfam's presence at Trinity.


Time: 11am - 3pm
Venue: Arts Block
Contact: For more information or to get involved please contact Hannah at hannah.partis-jennings@oxfamireland.org or 0868140276, Website: www.oxfamireland.org

Back to top 

Wednesday 3rd October: Biomedical Frontiers


The School of Biochemistry and Immunology is hosting a series of public lectures titled Biomedical Frontiers which will run from October 2012 to May 2013. The inaugural lecture in the series will be given presented by Prof Luke O’Neill on The Science of Inflammation – the prospect of new treatments for arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.
Time: 6.30pm
Venue:   Stanley Quek Theatre Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Pearse Street
Contact: Website:  www.biochemistry.tcd.ie/news/publiclectures.php. Email:  nicabhan@tcd.ie    

Back to top 

Friday 5th October: "1950s Ireland and the Birth of the Modern Economy: A Tale of Two Liberalisations"


The Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College Dublin cordially invites you to a public lecture by Professor Frank Barry, Trinity College School of Business and IIIS Research Associate. To be followed by a reception at which the authors of the 400th published Discussion Paper of the Institute “ Venture Capital in Ireland in Comparative Perspective”Frank Barry, Trinity College Dublin, Clare O'Mahony, Dublin Institute of Technology, Beata Sax, Investors TFI Fund Management, Warsaw will be recognised
Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Theatre TBC
Time: 7pm
Contact: Please RSVP TO Colette.Keleher@tcd,ie by Tuesday October 2nd

Back to top

Tánaiste Launches Trinity College Dublin’s Global Relations Strategy


Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, launched the Trinity College Dublin  Global Relations Strategy  today that aims to build on Trinity’s strong international reputation for research, teaching and innovation in its mission to be a university of global consequence http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2662&pressReleaseArchive=2013

Back to top

The International Doctorate in Global Health (Indigo) Third Annual Research Meeting in Cape Town

The International Doctorate in Global Health (Indigo) recently held its third annual research meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. Indigo is a strongly interdisciplinary programme focusing on social health science strengthening health systems. This consortium is core funded by Irish Aid and has attracted sufficient additional funding to now support 12 PhD students, working across 7 African countries. Progamme partners include four universities in sub-Saharan Africa; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Ibadan (Nigeria), Makerere (Uganda) and University of Malawi; the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, Harvard School of Public Health and the Methodology Hub at Queen’s University, Belfast with links to the UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford. The programme also works collaboratively with South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council’s (HSRC) and the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), based in Geneva. Indigo is led by the Centre for Global Health, Directed by Prof Malcolm MacLachlan of the School of Psychology, and Coordinated by Dr Ogenna Uduma of the School of Medicine.
Contact: Website: http://www.global-health.tcd.ie/news/index16.php

Indigo Capetown Conference

Pictured are (from left): Frederique Vallieres, Indigo student (CGH, TCD); Malcolm MacLachlan, Indigo Director (CGH, TCD); Richland Mugambe, Indigo Student (Uganda); Vincent Jumbe, Indigo Student (Malawi); Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Indigo Partner (Uganda); Alister Munthali, Indigo Partner (Malawi); Camille Boostrom, Indigo Student (School of Psychology, TCD); Bonnix Kayabu, Indigo student (School of Nursing, TCD); Amarech Guda, Indigo Student (Ethiopia); Simon Nantamu, Indigo Student (Uganda); Catharine Ndinda, Indigo Partner (South Africa); Peter Baguma, Indigo Partner (Uganda); Annariina Koivu, Indigo Student (School of Computer Science, TCD); Karen Hand, Indigo Student (School of Psychology, TCD); Joseph Mfutso Bengo, Indigo Partner (Malawi); Karl Peltzer, Indigo Partner (South Africa); Nuha Ibrahim, Indigo Student (CGH, TCD); Isabel Kazanga, Indigo student (Malawi); Ogenna Uduma, Indigo Coordinator (CGH, TCD); Julia Louw, Indigo Partner (South Africa).

Back to top

Master’s in Development Practice Students Visit Murambi Genocide Memorial, Rwanda

Master’s in Development Practice students from Trinity College Dublin University and University College Dublin are featured on the National University of Rwanda website.  Students who are currently on internship in Rwanda through the joint program between the above mentioned universities and the National University of Rwanda visited Murambi Genocide Memorial on 14th June 2012. The visit aimed to provide an overview and understanding of the history of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.  To read the full article on the student visit, please click on the link below.
Contact: Website: http://www.nur.ac.rw/spip.php?article1049

Back to top

The Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research (TCBR) June Newsletter Now Available.

The Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research (TCBR) focuses on understanding biodiversity in the context of a changing world in which sustainability is a central tenet. Biodiversity provides ecosystem services which ensure sustainable development. The June newsletter is now available.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tcbr/

Back to top

Tuesday 31st July: Closing Date for Applications for Irish School of Ecumenics, TCD Taught Programmes Courses

The Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin is now accepting applications for its taught programmes courses:
•         MPhil Intercultural Theology & Interreligious Studies – contact: ecumsec@tcd.ie
•         MPhil International Peace Studies – contact: peacesec@tcd.ie
•         MPhil Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation - contact: reconsec@tcd.ie
•         Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies (P.Grad.Dip.) – contact: cdrssec@tcd.ie
•         M.Litt and Ph.D. Degrees (Dublin and Belfast) – contact: ressec@tcd.ie
Contact: Tel: 01 2601144 Ext. 101, Website: www.tcd.ie/ise 

Back to top

The Professorial Encore Program (PEP) at University of Makeni, Sierra Leone for Retired Academics

The Professorial Encore Program (PEP) is a new program of the University designed to allow newly retired academics to volunteer for either a semester or a year at the University of Makeni, Sierra Leone.  Every year, enough academics retire to staff entire University systems; these academics, with a life of experience, represent a vast and presently untapped resource that could contribute to the strengthening of tertiary educational programs in Sub-Saharan Arica, and in Sierra Leone in Particular.  Under this program newly retired academics, who come from disciplines where the University of Makeni faces challenges acquiring qualified local staff, will be invited to lecture at the University of Makeni.  Applications for this program should be directed to algoguen@gmail.com for consideration by the University of Makeni, and may be made individually or through a partnering organization.  
Contact: Dr. Sean Farren, Email: S.Farren@ulster.ac.uk, Tel: +44-7734473485

Back to top

Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies by Pasquale Tridico, IIIS Research Associate

A new book written by IIIS Research Associate, Pasquale Tridico entitled “Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies” has been published. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the economies of Central and Eastern European countries and Former Soviet Republics have developed in different ways, with some considerably outperforming others. This book explores the reasons behind this: the models of capitalism that each country aimed at, the role of institutions and of institutional change in development, and the main determinants of economic and human development. Moreover, it also examines the relationship between democracy and development, and questions whether democracy is a prerequisite.  The book also considers the relevance of social capital in transition economies to test the relationship between social capital and development. A comparative analysis of state policies is conducted in order to assess which policies have helped societies in transition to boost democracy, reinforce the middle class, reduce the influence of oligarchs and fill an initial systemic vacuum.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/news/bulletin.php#iiisevents

Back to top

 

HEALTHY FUTURES Newsletter Now Available

The June edition of the HEALTHY FUTURES Newsletter is now available.  Among the items in this issue is a brief description of the session on climate and infectious disease interactions that HEALTHY FUTURES co-organised and co-hosted at this year's European Geosciences Union (EGU) meeting in Vienna, Austria.  Also included are summaries of a research visit to Burundi made by two TCD-based postdoctoral researchers funded through the project - Laragh Larsen and Gayle McGlynn - and of our sister EU FP7 Environment & Health project QWeCI.
Contact: Website: http://www.healthyfutures.eu

Back to top

Thursday 28th June: Joint: A Fresh Look at the Link between Corporate Taxation and Inward Foreign Direct Investment

Speaker Professor Holger Görg, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy will deliver this joint ESRI/IIIS Research Seminar. The authors use unique exogenous corporate tax policy changes in the Republic of Ireland to investigate how corporate taxation affects foreign direct investment at the extensive and intensive margin. To this end the authors construct exhaustive sectoral and plant level panel data and use difference-in-differences strategies. The results indicate that the increase in corporate tax rates for exporters did not affect the entry or exit of foreign plants in Ireland, even though foreign firms use Ireland as an export platform. However, at the intensive margin there is evidence that foreign plants in Ireland reduce the size of their operations in response to the tax change.  All welcome. No registration required.
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
Time: 4pm
Contact: Website: http://www.esri.ie/news_events/events/forthcoming_events/event_details/index.xml?id=342

Back to top

Thursday 28th June: The Story of Ivermectin: a drug for the control of River Blindness and other parasitic diseases

The School of Natural Sciences, TCD present this Public Lecture with guest speaker Prof. William C. Campbell, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA. In human medicine, periodic treatment with ivermectin (made possible by donation of the drug) has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the prevalence of River Blindness, and is contributing to the international effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (the major cause of elephantiasis) from the tropics. Prof. Campbell, a Natural Science (Zoology) graduate of Trinity, will be a recipient of an Honorary degree on Friday 29th June 2012. In 2001 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Map: http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/map.php
Time: 11.30 am
Venue: Botany Lecture Theatre, Botany Department, Trinity College, Dublin 2
Contact: Website: http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/news/articles/2012/public-lecture.php

Back to top

Thursday 21st June: Business-foundation Partnerships as an Instrument of Corporate Responsibility: Do their effects extend beyond the charitable donor-recipient role?

Maria Jose Sanzo, IIIS Visiting Academic and Professor of Marketing, University of Oviedo, Spain will present this lecture as part of the IIIS Seminar Series. This research analyzes the effects of partnerships between firms and non profit organizations (specifically, foundations) on the foundations' development of two critical capabilities, namely, human resource management and information and communication technology competence.
Time: 1-2 (Sandwiches Provided)
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis

Back to top

 

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th May 2012: Conference of Irish Geographers 2012: Geographies of Globalisation and Crisis: Climate, Food, Fuel and Finance.


The Department of Geography, The School of Natural Science, Trinity College Dublin in association with The Geographical Society of Ireland (GSI) presents a Conference of Irish Geographers with keynote speakers
o          Professor David Simon, Royal Holloway, University of London
o          Professor Helga Leitner, University of Minnesota
o          Professor Eric S. Sheppard, Regents
o          Professor, University of Minnesota
o          Incoming President, Association of American Geographers
Please note the GSI is pleased to announce a small fund to assist unfunded postgraduate students to attend the Conference of Irish Geographers 2012 click here for further details. For further information and to register for the conference please see http://www.tcd.ie/Geography/news/articles/cig%202012/CIG_Registration_Details%281%29.php
Contact: Web: http://www.tcd.ie/Geography/news/articles/cig%202012/CIG_Registration_Details%281%29.php

Back to top

Thursday 24th May:  The Geopolitics of Peace and Conflict:  Colombia, Kurdistan, Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka   

A public meeting on: ‘The Geopolitics of Peace and Conflict:  Colombia, Kurdistan, Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka’.  The meeting will examine how international factors influence these four conflicts, and compare efforts to achieve a just and peaceful resolution to them.  Key experts and activists from the conflict zone will address the meeting.  The meeting is organised by: Grupo Raices (Grupa Fréamhacha), Colombia Solidarity in Ireland, Irish Forum for Peace in Sri Lanka, Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, Kurdish Association of Ireland and Latin American Solidarity Centre in Ireland
Time: 7-9pm
Venue:  Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact:  Email: geopolitics2012@gmail.com, Website: http://www.ecumenics.ie/events/

Back to top

Wednesday 18th April: Trinity Week Academic Symposium: Geology in Modern Society Conference

Professor Murray Hitzman, Charles F. Fogarty Professor of Economic Geology, Colorado School of Mines will deliver the keynote lecture on ‘Making High-Tech and Clean Energy Possible — Critical Elements for 21st Century Technologies’.  Other speakers include: David J.Hall, Stratex East Africa, ‘Life after Trinity, A career in mineral exploration’; Professor Balz Kamber, Chair of Geology and Mineralogy, Trinity College Dublin; ‘Geological detective work using very high-precision geochemical data’ and Dr Timothy P. Brennand, Trinity Alumnus, ‘A life in petroleum geology and beyond’.
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre, Arts Building
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/trinityweek/wednesday/

Back to top

 

Friday 13th April: Asian Development Outlook 2012 “Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia"

The Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College Dublin & the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cordially invite you to the launch of the Asian Development Outlook 2012. The growing size and financial power of developing Asia is transforming the global economic landscape. ADB’s flagship economic publication Asian Development Outlook 2012 (ADO) provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in developing Asia, with growth projections by country and region. The ADO special theme chapter on confronting rising inequality in Asia examines how policy makers in Asia can respond to growing inequality.  Mr. Joseph Zveglich, ADB’s Assistant Chief Economist, will present the key findings of the Asian Development Outlook 2012, including this year’s special theme chapter on Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia. In addition, the Asian Development Outlook 2012 includes analysis of 45 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific, including People’s Republic of China and India. The report also examines the medium-term prospects for developing Asia, by country and by sub region: East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and West Asia, and the Pacific. Access to the event is free but we would kindly ask you to please register your participation by 11 April 2012 at the link below.
Time: 11.30am - 1.30pm
Venue: Thomas Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGhaUHAybFQwVnpwNEV5X09ucmctdHc6MQ

Back to top

Thursday 12th April: ‘Honesty is the best policy: Human rights norms, epistemological uncertainty and political choices in adjudication’.

This Irish Jurisprudence Society seminar will be delivered by Dr Alan D.P. Brady.
Time: 7pm
Venue: Room 11, House 39, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: http://www.irjursoc.org/category/events/ijs-events/

Back to top

New Book by IIIS Research Associate: Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies by Pasquale Tridico

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the economies of Central and Eastern European countries and Former Soviet Republics have developed in different ways, with some considerably outperforming others. This book explores the reasons behind this: the models of capitalism that each country aimed at, the role of institutions and of institutional change in development, and the main determinants of economic and human development. Moreover, it also examines the relationship between democracy and development, and questions whether democracy is a prerequisite. The book also considers the relevance of social capital in transition economies to test the relationship between social capital and development. A comparative analysis of state policies is conducted in order to assess which policies have helped societies in transition to boost democracy, reinforce the middle class, reduce the influence of oligarchs and fill an initial systemic vacuum.
Contact: Website: https://www.tcd.ie/iiis/news/bulletin.php

Back to top

Policy Coherence for Development: Indicators for Ireland

This report commissioned by the Advisory Board for Irish Aid was authored by Michael King and Alan Matthews, Institute for International Integration Studies, Sutherland Centre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.  Building on the 2009 IIIS report “Policy Coherence for Development: The State of Play in Ireland”, this report is the first systematic attempt at developing a set of policy coherence for development (PCD) indicators for an EU member state. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the coherence of Irish policy, in areas such as agriculture, trade, migration, security and the environment, with official overseas development objectives. This research responds to recent calls from the OECD and the EU Commission for greater evaluation of policy coherence efforts and was commissioned by the Advisory Board for Ireland Aid (ABIA). To download the report please click here
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/news/bulletin.php

Back to top


Bridge21: An Educational Initiative between Trinity College Dublin and Suas Educational Development

A collaboration strengthening Bridge21, an exciting initiative to bring about radical change in second level class room practice  that involves Trinity College Dublin’s Centre for Research in IT in Education (CRITE) and Suas Educational Development was signed  on February 20th and witnessed by the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn.  Bridge21 embodies the best in progressive educational thinking and practice. Its new approach to learning encourages creativity, problem solving and collaborative skills and a sense of personal responsibility for learning. It has been trialled and tested in an out-of-school context and, in the formal classroom on a pilot basis nationwide in selected second level schools. The eight schools involved are Mercy Goldenbridge, Mt Anville, CBS Westland Row, St Mark's Tallaght, Mercy Sligo, Scoil Chonglais Baltinglass, John Scottus and Coláiste Bríd Clondalkin. The goal is to expand that network to 25 schools in 2012 and 50 in 2013.  To view the full article please click here.
Contact: Email: info@bridge21.ie Website: http://www.bridge21.ie/

Back to top

Wednesday 4th April: Immigration and Schooling in the Republic of Ireland - Making a Difference? 

Dr Dymphna Devine will deliver this seminar as part of the Sociology Research Seminar Series
Time: 11 – 11:50am
Venue: School Conference Room, 6th floor at College Green, Trinity College
Contact: Email: daniel.faas@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/seminars/

Back to top

TCBR Newsletter (March 2012) Now Available

The most recent edition of the Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research (TCBR) Newsletter is now available, featuring articles on TCD’s Green Week and the BioChange Synthesis Report.
Contact: Website: https://www.tcd.ie/tcbr/

Back to top

Thursday 29th March: Presentation by Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders Ireland are inviting Engineers, Scientists and technical people from all disciplines and stages of their career to come and join the debate on how technology fits into the development picture.  There will be three short presentations from the following: Appropriate Technology by Dr. Tony Robinson, Dept. of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, TCD; The General Picture of Development by Dr. Joseph Assan, Dept. of Geography, TCD; Placement Experience by Alan Andrews  (recently completed a placement abroad facilitated by EWB as part of his MSc in Sustainable Development in DIT).
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Luce Hall, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: aoife.wilson@ewb-ireland.org, Website: www.ewb-ireland.org

Back to top

Wednesday 28th March: “Anthology of Islamic Theology”

A conversation with academic staff, research students on Prof. John Renard’s current research project
Time: 3-5pm
Venue: Seminar Room, the Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, Trinity College
Contact: Email: ressec@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.ecumenics.ie/uncategorized/islamic-studies-events-27-28-march-2012/

Back to top

Wednesday 28th March: “Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective”

A seminar session on Prof. John Renard’s new book “Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective”. 
Time: 11-1pm
Venue: 3rd floor lecture room, Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE), Trinity College Dublin, Milltown Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
Contact:  Email: ressec@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.ecumenics.ie/uncategorized/islamic-studies-events-27-28-march-2012/

Back to top

Tuesday 27th March: Friends of God’ in Islamic Devotion and Visual Arts

Prof. John Renard, an Islamic Studies scholar from St. Louis University, will visit the School of Religions, Theology, and Ecumenics, and the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin to deliver a series of lectures. All are welcome to attend
Time: 5-7pm
Venue: Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, Trinity College
Contact: Email: ressec@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.ecumenics.ie/uncategorized/islamic-studies-events-27-28-march-2012/

Back to top

Friday 23rd March: Deadline for Application for Position of Assistant Professor in Development Practice

Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin are part of a global network of Masters in Development Practice funded by the MacArthur Foundation in the United States. The two universities wish to recruit an Assistant Professor in Development Practice to teach on this programme and to contribute to its administration.  The TCD-UCD MacArthur Masters in Development Practice is part of a global network of universities with a Secretariat at Columbia University in the United States (http://mdp.ei.columbia.edu/). TCD and UCD now seek to recruit an outstanding candidate for a fixed-term 14 month Assistant Professorship (with possible renewal) to teach on this programme. Developing curriculum and helping coordinate the delivery of the programme are important duties of the post-holder. The successful applicant will be expected to teach primarily on postgraduate teaching programmes in the School, particularly the two year Masters in Development Practice, develop an active research profile and play an appropriate role in attendant administrative tasks.  This is a fixed term 14 month contract commencing 1st May 2012.
Contact: Website: https://www.tcd.ie/vacancies/

Back to top

Friday 16th March: Fishing Matters – historical perspectives on the impacts of fisheries on ecosystems and human societies

Prof. Poul Holm, Trinity College Dublin will deliver this seminar as part of the Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series run by the School of Natural Sciences.  Beverages and snacks provided after the presentation.
Time: 3pm
Venue: Botany Lecture Theatre, Botany Building, Trinity College
Contact: Email: ian.donohue@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/assets/pdf/E&E%20Seminar%20series_2012.pdf

Back to top

Tuesday 13th March: Dublin City of Science 2012: Detecting the Impact of Climate Change on Plants and Animals

The National Botanic Gardens will host an evening of talks by international and national guest speakers exploring the impact that climate change is having on plants and animals.   This event has been organised as a collaboration between the National Botanic Gardens, the Environmental Protection Agency, Trinity College Dublin and the National Biodiversity Data Centre as part of Dublin City of Science 2012. Please register using the following link: http://bit.ly/2012Phenology
Time: 7pm
Venue: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.
Contact: Website: http://www.epa.ie/news/events/name,31845,en.html

Back to top

Tuesday 13th March: Ethical Volunteering Abroad- Points to Consider *Rescheduled*

Volunteering abroad can be fraught with complications. Everything from the period of time you are volunteering, your personal motivations, costs involved and what organisation you work with need to be considered carefully. As part of its Volunteering Options Programme, Comhlámh is delivering a lunchtime session in College which offers the opportunity to hear more about the issues you need to consider before making a decision about volunteering. It also provides an opportunity to ask any questions you might have about your options. Comhlámh is an association of returned development workers whose mission is to challenge society on the root causes of global poverty and inequality and empower people to demand equity in global relations
Time: 3pm-4pm
Venue: Careers Seminar Room, 5 College Green, Trinity College
Contact: Email: volunteer@tcd.ie, Website: https://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Noticeboard/local/fe_notices.html#21746

Back to top

Fundraising Campaign for Innovative Water Disinfection System

TCD Environmental Engineering is raising funds to provide a borehole for a village in Kenya to feed an innovative water disinfection system which uses sunlight to disinfect water. The drought in the region had caused the original village water source for the system (a dammed river) to dry up and so an alternative water source is required.
Contact: Laurence.gill@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.fundit.ie/project/solar-water-disinfection

Back to top

Tuesday 28th February: Global Relations Strategy (For TCD Staff and Students)

Prof Jane Ohlmeyer, Vice Provost for Global Relations, will hold a series of ‘Town Hall’ Meetings with staff, students and alumni on the University’s Global Relations Strategy in regions that already have close research and educational ties with College.  Those of interest to development researchers
include: Tuesday 21st February - East Asia (to include China and Japan) and South East Asia (to include Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore) and Tuesday 28th February - South America and Africa. To reserve a place at one of these meetings please rsvp to the address below. Sandwich lunch will be provided.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Neill/Hoey Theatre, The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Email: TCDGlobal@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/

Back to top

Tuesday 21st February: Engaging Charles Taylor on Intercultural Ethics in a Secular Age

Prof. William A. Barbieri Jr. (The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA) will deliver this lecture as part of the Long Room Hub Lectures Spring 2012.  To his earlier contributions on multiculturalism, intercultural dialogue, and social imaginaries Charles Taylor has recently added a powerful analysis of the contemporary dynamics of secularity. This body of work, together with his practical engagements with Canadian politics, provides a fruitful source of reflection on the challenges posed by cultural and religious diversity under the current conditions of globalization, mobility, and what some are calling “post-secularity.” After outlining Taylor’s broad approach and indicating some areas in which it needs to be developed further, Prof. Barbieri will explore what insights it might offer with specific respect to the status of immigrant Muslim communities in North Atlantic societies. William A. Barbieri Jr. is an associate professor of religious ethics in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America, where he also directs the Peace and Justice Studies programme.
Time: 5-7pm
Venue: The Long Room Hub, Fellows Square, TCD
Contact: Email: ressec@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/index.php

Back to top

Tuesday 21st February: Think Global, Act Local

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of TCD's Green Week, the longest running college green week in Ireland, the Simon Perry Sustainability Lecture 2012 will be held in TCD’s Science Gallery from 6.30pm on the theme of "Think Global, Act Local".  This event will cover how each and every person can contribute to improving sustainability and how engineers can promote sustainable development. It will also outline Trinity's path to gaining a Green Flag.
Time:  6.30pm
Venue: Paccar Theatre, The Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: http://www.sciencegallery.com/events

Back to top

Tuesday 14th February: Eye Disease and Development

The Department of Economics Research Seminar Series will continue with a seminar by Carl-Johan Dalgaard (University of Copenhagen) on “Eye disease and development” 
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Email: plane@tcd.ie: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/Seminars/

Back to top

Tuesday 7th February: Another Perspective on Gender Specific Access to Credit in Africa

John Rand, Life Institute at the University of Copenhagen will deliver this presentation as part of the Department of Economics Research Seminar Series.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Email: plane@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/Seminars/

Back to top

Friday 3rd February: (TCD Students) Application Deadline for Summer Volunteer Projects in South Africa with Going Brown

The new Irish NGO Going Brown is recruiting for a summer volunteer project in South Africa. Core activities are either building or teaching English but also involve side projects around the interests and capacities of individual volunteers. Going Brown collaborates with the local Tshulu Trust to offer this three week project to build a pre-school classroom and run a winter school (it is winter in South Africa in June) in HaMakuya, a rural chieftancy in the north-eastern Venda region of South Africa, close to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the Kruger National Park. Volunteers are required to raise €2500 as part of the programme.
Contact: Website: www.tshulutrust.org

Back to top

Thursday 2nd February: Roots and Dynamics of the Ongoing Revolutionary Upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa

Professor Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London will deliver this seminar organised by the Centre for Post-Conflict Justice, the Department of Sociology and MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict.
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Thomas Davis Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/cpcj/news-events/#feb2gilbertachcar

Back to top

Tuesday 31st January: (TCD Staff and Students) Ethical Volunteering Abroad- Points to Consider

Volunteering abroad can be fraught with complications. Everything from the period of time you are volunteering, your personal motivations, costs involved and what organisation you work with need to be considered carefully. As part of its Volunteering Options Programme, Comhlámh’s event offers the opportunity to hear more about the issues you need to consider before making a decision about volunteering. It also provides an opportunity to ask any questions you might have about your options.
Time: 1pm
Venue: Careers Seminar Room, 5 College Green, TCD
Contact: Róisín McGrogan, Civic Engagement Officer, Email: volunteer@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/Community

Back to top

Tuesday 24th January: Is Aid Volatility Harmful? 

Gani Aldashev (University of Namur) will deliver this presentation as part of the Department of Economics Research Seminar Series.
Time: 12.30 – 2pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Email: plane@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/Seminars/

Back to top

Thursday 19th January to 8th March: Human Rights and Religion Evening Course

An Eight week course on Human Rights and Religion offered by the School of Religions and Theology in collaboration with the Irish Centre for Human Rights.   The course will address a number of questions on Human Rights and Religion. It is designed to encourage participants to go beyond stereotyping, to support dignity, to respect religious minorities and to work towards a more inclusive community. Fee (150 euro, 80 concession). There are a number of free spaces for interested students.
Contact: Dr. Roja Fazaeli, Email: fazaelr@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Religions_Theology/

Back to top

Tuesday 17th January: Message in Madness: How Our Words Change Our World 

Diplomat, investor, entrepreneur, business mentor, speaker, philanthropist and author, Bill Liao co-founded the business social network service XING and is a venture partner at SOS Ventures, a global venture capital firm and investment management firm. Bill is a special diplomatic envoy for St Kitts and Nevis for sustainable development and the environment. He is also the founder of WeForest.org, an international not-for-profit organization combating global warming in the most natural way possible by sustainably and holistically reforesting previously degraded land - the organisation is approaching planting its millionth tree. Bill is dedicated to the vision that business and enterprise, both commercial and social, conducted fairly and with respect for the environment, can and will create a better environment for work, life and the world that we all share. This vision is captured in his book: Stone Soup; a Secret Recipe for Making Something from Nothing.
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: The Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Website: http://www.sciencegallery.com/events

Back to top

Now Until 20th January 2012: Waterwise! Geography Research Exhibited in the Science Gallery’s New Exhibition ‘Surface Tension: The Future of Water’

This Science Gallery exhibition features innovative artworks, events, and a lab in the gallery, all of which explore the complex tensions surrounding the future of water. TCD researchers working on development challenges will exhibit including Laurence Gill with his project ‘Using Sunlight to Clean Water’. Curators:  Ralph Borland, Michael John Gorman, Bruce Misstear and Jane Withers.
Opening hours: 12noon-8pm Tuesday to Friday, Closed on Monday. 
Contact: Ruth Doyle, Email: rdoyle4@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.sciencegallery.com

Back to top

December 2011 to March 2012: Lessons in Global Health – Intensive Short-Courses in Global Health

The following intensive short courses are being offered by the Centre for Global Health at Trinity College Dublin:
•           Human Rights & Inclusive Global Health: 30 January – 4 February
•           Climate Change and Environmental Health: 6-8 February
•           Culture, Health and Illness: 13-15 February
•           Nutrition: 20-22 February
•           Human Resources for Health: 5-7 March
•           Reproductive, Maternal and Child health: 12-14 March
•           Systematic Reviews: 14-15 March
•           Media and Advocacy in Global Health: 20-23 March
Five free places will be allocated in each class for NGOs (on a first-come, first-served basis). 
Venue: Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, 7-9 South Leinster Street, Dublin 2
Contact: Dee McKiernan, Email: cghealth@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.global-health.tcd.ie/postgraduate/msc/prog-struct/hilary.php

Back to top

Announcement of The Global Health Press: An Initiative of the Centre for Global Health at TCD

The Global Health Press is a not-for-profit open access publisher.  It provides a web-based outlet for the dissemination and utilization of research products, other than journal papers or monographs published by pay-for-access publishers.  The Press focuses on: Global Health Project Briefs – these one-page A4 summaries of project findings highlighting policy and practice recommendations; Research Manuals – these manuals collate and summarise new research methods, and provide guidance as to how to use and interpret results arising from them; Project Reports  - these are usually reports to funders, which are made available for dissemination purposes. The Global Health Press is a collaborative initiative facilitated by the staff of the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College, Dublin.
Contact: Website: http://www.global-health.tcd.ie/press/index.php

Back to top

EquiFrame Write-up In The Parliament: Politics, Policy and People Magazine

The Parliament: Politics, Policy and People Magazine (Issue 339, 5 December 2011) which is aimed at Parliamentarians Europe-wide outlines the work carried out by EquitAble Consortium led by Prof Malcolm MacLahlan, Trinity College Dublin and based at TCD’s Centre for Global Health.  In specific the write up outlines EquiFrame Policy analysis framework developed under the leadership of Prof. Mutamad Amin, Ahfad University for Women, Sudan. To view the article, please click on the following link: http://www.global-health.tcd.ie/docs/EquiFrame_write-up.pdf
Contact: Website: http://www.global-health.tcd.ie/news/index12.php

Back to top

Monday 16th January: Submission Deadline for Call for Papers for 10th Anniversary of the IIIS Special Edited Volume.

The 10th anniversary of the establishment of the TCD Institute for International Integration Studies takes place in December 2012. To mark the anniversary it is intended that the Institute produce a special edited volume of papers focusing on the overarching theme of the Institute. The IIIS is seeking submissions that address the process of globalization as enacted via flows of capital, ideas, investment, knowledge, people, trade etc., the institutions and governance related to those flows and the concomitant integration of markets, peoples, states etc.  All submissions covering the broad expanse of globalisation studies are welcome. Since international development is a key research interest for the institute submissions on development-related topics are encouraged.
It is intended that the volume be as inclusive as possible. Interdisciplinary submissions are especially welcome. The target readership is intended to include those with a general interest in the field of globalisation as well as those with more specialist interests in the field. Submissions which should not exceed 4,000 words in length (excluding diagrams, tables etc) can be single or multi-authored.
Contact: Email: Colette.keleher@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/

Back to top

Research Funding Opportunities

European Master in Social Work with Families and Children


This Erasmus Mundus MFAMILY is a two year master programme of 120 ECTS. Students will spend a semester each in Lisbon, Stavanger and Gothenburg before moving to the desired partner institution to work on their master’s thesis. The language of instruction for the programme is English. Upon completion of the programme, students will be awarded a joint degree by the consortium. Deadline for applications: 15th January 2013
Contact: Website: http://mfamily.iscte-iul.pt/ 

Back to top

 

Call for Papers: Harvard Africa Policy Journal, 2013 Edition

Deadline: Sunday, January 6, 2013. A short 200-300 word abstract should be submitted by November 25, 2012 by 5:00PM EST.
The Harvard Africa Policy Journal (APJ) is the premier scholarly journal in the United States dedicated to African policy.  Its mission is to promote a rigorous, informed, and influential policy dialogue that is relevant to the current and future issues of governance, economics, politics, and security on the African continent. We seek to publish thought-provoking content that provides fresh insight into the most significant opportunities and challenges facing African nations. E-Mail Submission to the Africa Policy Journal: Contact: Website: Email: Africa_Journal@Hks.Harvard.Edu or Bakary_Seckan@Hks13.Harvard.Edu

Back to top

Call for Abstracts, Deadline 30th November: Environment and health in Africa (Climate and vector-borne diseases) Symposium

As part of the 4th East African Community Health and Scientific Conference, scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda on 27 – 29 March 2013, the EC 7th Framework Programme funded projects; HEALTHY FUTURES (Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity) and QWeCI (Quantifying Quantifying Weather and Climate Impacts on Health in Developing Countries), will jointly host a symposium. Both projects are funded through the Environment and Health component of the 7th Framework Programme, and involve several eastern Africa-based partners.
The symposium, "Environment and health in Africa (Climate and vector-borne diseases)", brings together researchers at the cutting edge of research in understanding the relationships between health and environment, and in particular links between climate and vector-borne diseases, in Africa. A Call for Abstracts has been announced with the deadline for receipt of abstracts: 30 November 2012
Contact: Website:  http://tinyurl.com/bdbgs4q 

Back to top

Call for Papers: PRAXIS, The Fletcher Journal of Human Security

Now in its third decade, PRAXIS provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and seeks to promote innovative research in the field of human security. Together with the Institute for Human Security at The Fletcher School, the journal explores the intersections between the historically separate fields of humanitarianism, development, human rights, and conflict resolution.
The journal, published annually with a different theme each year, is produced entirely by Fletcher students in coordination with the Institute for Human Security. PRAXIS welcomes articles from a wide geographical and disciplinary range of practitioners and academics on topics that cut across the fields of humanitarianism, development, human rights, and conflict resolution.
Contact: Website: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/Praxis

Back to top

Call for papers: International Conference on New Horizons in Education in 2013 Rome - Italy

Full Article Deadline: Until June 19, 2013. Registration Fee Deadline: Until June 19, 2013
International Conference on New Horizons aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest trends in education can be presented and discussed in a friendly environment with the aim to learn from each other. Prospective presenters are encouraged to submit proposals for papers and posters/demonstrations that offer new research or theoretical contributions. Presentations should be in Italian, Turkish, English, Czech, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian languages and should address both theoretical issues and new research findings. Furthermore if the presenter is unable to attend the oral presentation, the virtual presentations and video presentations are available. For further information on how to submit, please refer to the Paper Submission section on our website. For paper guidelines, please refer to the Paper Guidelines section. INTE 2013 conference is supported by Sakarya University and TASET and will take place on June 25-27, 2013 in Mercure West Rome Hotel, Rome, Italy.
Abstract Deadline: Until June 18, 2013
Contact: Website: www.int-e.net
Venue: Mercure West Rome Hotel, Rome, Italy.

Back to top

Call For Papers: 2nd Annual International Conference on Global Healthcare Conference (Ghc 2013)

A healthy way of life should be every individual’s goal. However, healthcare privileges differ across societies, and requires the combined efforts of government, the private sector, the public and health workers themselves to ensure both the accessibility and affordability of healthcare services. Funding for health and medical facilities are vital to the health and well-being of the public.
But most importantly, health and medical researchers and developers serve the task of advancing health care and medical science through the study and proper dissemination of information, in order to improve the state of health care service of any country.
Website: http://www.globalhc-conf.org
Date: 8th – 9th July 2013,
Venue: Singapore

Back to top

Wednesday 5th September: Call for Proposals: Grand Challenges Canada

Grand Challenges Canada is seeking bold ideas for humanity through the Stars in Global Health call for proposals. This round of proposals enables innovators in low-and-lower-middle income countries and Canada to develop their bold idea with a big impact to improve global health conditions.  Awards are initially valued at Canadian $100,000 for up to 12-18 months to demonstrate proof of concept. Scale-up grants of up to Canadian $1 million with potential linkages to private sector investments may be awarded after the initial 12-18 months.  Proposals must also include a two-minute video explaining the target global health problem, the proposed solution and why it is creative, bold and innovative. The purpose of the video is to engage the public in global health and demonstrate the creativity of innovators. Videos will also be subject to public voting.
Contact: Website: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/What-we-do/Research-and-evidence/news/research-news/2012/Call-for-Proposals-Grand-Challenges-Canada/

Back to top

Tuesday 11th September: Application Deadline: Joint Global Health Trials Scheme: Launch of the third call for proposals

The Department for International Development (DFID), Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Wellcome Trust have recently announced nine new projects funded under the Joint Global Health Trials scheme.  Proposals are invited from academic groups, based either in the countries where the studies will take place or in the UK, to submit plans for interventions that will contribute to improving health in low- and middle-income countries by addressing the major causes of mortality or morbidity. The scope of the scheme encompasses but is not limited to behavioural interventions, complex interventions, disease management, drugs, vaccines, hygiene and diagnostic strategies. This scheme is focused on late-stage (phase III/IV) efficacy and effectiveness trials. Outline applications are now being accepted and the deadline for submission is 16:00 BST 11th September 2012.
Contact: Email: jointglobalhealthtrials@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk, Website: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/jointghtrials

Back to top

Acumen Fund Global Fellows Program.

The Acumen Fellowship is a one year program that immerses Fellows in world-class leadership training, field work with social enterprises on the front lines, and a community of changemakers and thoughtleaders. Fellows come from all over the world undergo two months of leadership training in New York and are then placed in one of Acumen Fund’s global investments for nine months. It is highly competitive with over 550 applications from over 65 different countries received in 2011 for just 10 positions. Successful applicants generally meet the following criteria:
•           Experience working in emerging markets
•           Proven track record of leadership and management responsibilities
•           Unrelenting perseverance, personal integrity, and critical thinking skills
•           Strong passion and commitment
•           3-7 years of work experience
•           Graduate degree preferred
Further details can be found on: http://www.acumenfund.org/fellows.html

Back to top

Friday 31st August: Closing Date for Applications for Development Education Grants scheme 2012


Concern Worldwide invites Applications for Development Education Grants scheme 2012. As part of its commitment to ending poverty and hunger Concern Worldwide invites organisations and groups to submit applications for grant funding for development education projects in Ireland. 
Contact: Website: http://www.concern.net/resources/concerns-grants-scheme. 
 
Back to top

Visiting International Fellowships: Centre for Environment Economics and Policy in Africa


The Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) offers a Visiting International Fellowship to support the contribution of internationally renowned scholars in this field to teaching, research and curricula development activities at any of the participating departments in eastern and southern African universities. The international fellow will be required to spend a considerable period of time at these departments or at CEEPA supporting teaching, curricula development, supervision of students' thesis and faculty research activities. This Visiting Fellowship program provides financial support of up to USD$30,000.00 per annum in total for a full 9 months residency period. However, applications can be made for any appropriate length of residency with a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 9 months period. Individuals as well as participating departments are eligible to apply for this fellowship. University departments and research centres with existing or planning to introduce training and research programs in the field of environmental economics and policy analyses may apply for hosting a visiting fellow supported by this program. Applications are received anytime and successful candidates will be notified as early as possible.
Contact: Dalène du Plessis, E-mail: dalene.duplessis@up.ac.za, Web Site: http://www.efdinitiative.org/policy-making/job-openings/external-job-openings-archive/visiting-international-fellowships-for-enhancing-capacity-of-african-institutions-in-environmental-economics

Back to top

Tuesday 31st July: Dissertation Research Fellowships on Gender and Agriculture: Call for Applications


IFPRI and its partners are pleased to announce a call for applications for Ph.D. dissertation research fellowships on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI). The first of its kind to directly capture women’s empowerment and inclusion levels in the agricultural sector, the purpose of the Index is to understand why women in developing countries face persistent obstacles and economic constraints to inclusion in the agriculture sector though they play a critical role in agricultural growth.
Applicants must be full-time Ph.D. students in the social sciences or humanities and complete all Ph.D. requirements except dissertation by the time the fellowship begins.
Proposals are due July 31, 2012 and will be awarded on August 31, 2012.
Contact: Website: http://genderfoodpolicy.wordpress.com/

Back to top

Monday July 9th to Thursday July 12th: Climate Change Winter School in Botswana Bursary


The school will address emerging ways of thinking about climate change in Africa and its impact on food security, renewable energy, health, water resources management, rural livelihoods and gender. It will also include a discussion on the decisions taken at the recent 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).To apply for the DocLinks bursary, please download the full bursary application form and follow instructions carefully and email your application to the DocLinks Secretariat.
Contact: Email: kelesitsek@mopipi.ub.bw,
Website: http://doclinks2012residentialschool.myevent.com/?cp=1

Back to top

Sunday 1st July: Edgar Graham Book Prize 2012 - Submissions Now Open

The Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies invites submissions for the Edgar Graham Book Prize 2012. This academic prize was established in 1984 to commemorate Edgar Graham who at the time of his death in 1983 had been Governor of the School for seven years. Edgar Graham's own book, The Modern Plantation in the Third World, was published posthumously by Croom Helm (1984). The prize of £1000 is awarded for a work of original scholarship on development in Asia and Africa.  Authored and co-authored books published between 2010 and 2012 are eligible for the Prize.
Contact: Website: http://www.devstud.org.uk/events/news/edgar_graham_book_prize_2012__submissions_now_open-118.html

Back to top

Friday 22nd June:  Deadline for Call for Papers for Second International Conference on Engineering, Science, and Technology, Mekelle Institute of Technology, Ethiopia


Conference Theme: “Innovative Ideas and Adaptable Technologies for Growth and Transformation”
Mekelle Institute of Technology, founded to contribute its part in alleviating the shortage of professionals in critical fields of engineering, science, and technology, is preparing to celebrate its Tenth Year Anniversary. A non-profit, elite school being funded by the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigrai is: assisting the socioeconomic development of Ethiopia by preparing highly qualified workforce in engineering, science, and technology, introducing modern science and technology via dedicated scholarship, research and development, and good public relations, assisting in the transfer of science and technology, and promoting better tradition of executing higher education programs. The Second International Conference, will be a platform for: celebrating the contributions of the Institute and sharing innovative ideas that promote national growth and transformation. The event will also be an important showcase for the Institute’s Alumni to tell their career stories.  Deadline for submission of Abstracts for Preliminary Review is 22nd June 2012.
Venue: Mekelle Institute of Technology, Ethiopia
Contact: E-mail: ICT_conference@mitethiopia.edu.et, Website: www.mitethiopia.edu.et

Back to top

Friday 15th June: CODESRIA Call for Proposals: Comparative Research Networks 2012

A new call for African scholars to collaborate on social science research has been made by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). The Council is inviting proposals from researchers based in African universities and centres of research on a broad range of topics that resonate with their strategic themes for 2012-2016. The purpose of the call is not only to create new knowledge on these themes, but to generate learning around methods of collaboration across the African continent.  The budgets for CRNs will vary from group to group, but grants awarded in the recent past  have ranged from US$10,000 to US$35,000. The average size of a CRN should be between four to six members.  CODESRIA states, “It is advantageous to ensure that a proposed CRN is multidisciplinary in composition, sensitive to gender issues, and accommodative of younger scholars.” DFID supports the Council through the ESRC/DFID International Development (Poverty Alleviation) Research Scheme.
Contact: Email: nwg@codesria.sn, Website: http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1545&lang=en

Back to top

Friday 15th June: Research Positions at the University of Greenwich


The University of Greenwich is looking to appoint a substantial number of new research professors to the university and
o          food and nutrition
o          food and agriculture policy.
o          Sustainable Agriculture
o          Agriculture and Climate change
o          Sustainable development in engineering
Dead line for applications 15th June. Contact: Website: https://jobs.gre.ac.uk/researchprofessors.

Back to top

Saturday 16th June: Science without Borders: Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Researchers to Work in Brazil

Young post-doctoral researchers can apply under the "Attraction of Talented Youth" (Atração de Jovens Talentos) programme. Applicants working abroad (outside Brazil) who have excelled in their scientific or technological career are eligible to receive funding and resources to perform a two to three year-long research project in Brazil. The host research group would also receive funds, in the form of a bench fee. The programme anticipates the availability of at least 100 scholarships for young researchers per year. A hosting research institution in Brazil may be identified after application. Visiting researcher grants are also available which foresee the possibility for internationally recognized science leaders to perform joint projects with research groups in Brazil and to work in Brazil for up to three months every year during two to three years. The grant will include the support for living expenses during the period the researcher spends in Brazil and also funding for the local laboratory.
Contact: Website: http://www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/web/csf-eng/opportunities-for-individuals-from-abroad

Back to top

Friday 25th May: Deadline for EADI Working Group on Disasters, Call for Papers


The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)’s Working Group on Disasters has issued a call for papers for their meeting in Copenhagen on 21st/22nd June 2012. Deadline for papers is 25th May.
Contact:  Email: Terry Cannon (t.cannon@ids.ac.uk) or Andrew Crabtree (as.ikl@cbs.dk).

Back to top

Friday 20th April: ESRC-DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation). Call for Proposals: Evidence Synthesis Research Awards (ESRA)

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and DFID are inviting applications to review and synthesise the research that has been funded under the ESRC-DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation) on the themes of: social protection food security
ESRC and DFID have jointly funded short- to medium-term poverty-focused research since 2005. So far, 46 projects have been funded under Phase 1 and 37 projects under Phase 2 of the Scheme. More projects will be funded in 2012. ESRC and DFID are undertaking a series of synthesis reviews of the commissioned research. It is anticipated the syntheses will be conducted during the period from April to August 2012 with final reports submitted in September 2012. Applications can be made for up to £10,000 for each synthesis. Applicants are welcome to undertake one synthesis up to a maximum of £10,000; or both, up to a maximum of £20,000.
Contact: Email: dfid@esrc.ac.uk, Website: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/funding-opportunities/international-funding/esrc-dfid-joint-scheme/funding-calls/ESRA.aspx

Back to top

Thursday 12th April: Proposals Invited for 2012 Funding Scheme

Sightsavers invites proposals for the 2012 MRCG/HRB funding scheme. A successful proposal will be funded with up to €100,000 per annum for up to 36 months. The focus of the research should be on health and development of children with disabilities in the early (pre-school) periods of life. Proposals must be submitted by 12th April 2012.
Contact: Email: fischercc@gmail.com, Website: www.sightsavers.ie 

Back to top

Monday 2nd April: Application Deadline for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: Saving Lives at Birth


Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has launched its second call for innovative prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the world. In this round, the Saving Lives at Birth partners will fund transformative approaches that cut across three main domains: (i) science & technology; (ii) service delivery; and (iii) demand-side innovation.
Contact: Website: www.savinglivesatbirth.net.

Back to top

Monday 2nd April: ESPA 2012 Grants

The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programme Executive Board invites Expressions of Interest to attend a Grant Development Workshop near London on 2–4 July 2012. This is the first stage in an application process for major ESPA projects which will be followed by outline proposals and full proposals. This Announcement of Opportunity is for empirical ESPA projects where original in situ research will lead to a significantly increased understanding of ways to enhance the benefits that poor people in low-income countries will derive from multiple ecosystem services. ESPA projects will be required to deliver research excellence with impact. The ESPA programme aims to deliver cutting-edge research that will improve our understanding of how to manage ecosystems and their services so that they deliver more for poverty reduction and inclusive growth processes. ESPA will bring together researchers from the physical, natural and social sciences in interdisciplinary teams across the world to provide evidence and tools to enable decision makers and end users to manage ecosystems sustainably and in ways that contribute to poverty reduction. Projects will generate new data and knowledge from integrated studies of a wide range of ecosystem services. This call is specifically focussed on how ecosystems and their services in multi-functional landscapes can better support enhanced multidimensional well-being of poor people in low-income countries.
Contact: Website: http://www.espa.ac.uk/funding-opportunities

Back to top

Sunday 1st April: Applications invited for EIL Travel Awards

If you are over 16, are interested in what is going on in the world, would like to experience living in a different culture or in being an Ambassador for Ireland and are free to travel in Summer 2012 then you might be interested in applying.  The Awards offer amazing free summer experiences which include such diverse adventures as four weeks in Ecuador involving a visit to the Amazon Jungle, six weeks in Japan attending a local secondary school, nine weeks in Mexico volunteering on a local indigenous project, twelve days in Vermont USA attending the Governor's Youth Initiative and a ten week placement in Argentina with a child welfare project.
Contact: Email: marika@eilireland.org, Website: http://www.eilireland.org/travel-awards

Back to top

Friday 23rd March: Application Deadline for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: Rising Stars in Global Health


Grand Challenges Canada is seeking proposals for Rising Stars in Global Health, a program looking for emerging innovators from developing countries with bold ideas with big impact to address real-world global health challenges.
Contact: Website:  http://bit.ly/sFPYsT

Back to top

March 2012: Deadline for Individual Applications for TCD-UCD Masters in Development Practice Scholarship Program

The Global MDP Network (www.globalmdp.org), including the TCD-UCD Master in Development Practice, is now a recognized network that can be funded as part of Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP scholarship) for the 2012 Academic Year. JJ/WBGSP eligibility criteria can be read in detail on their website (below). Students must be studying outside of the country of study at the time of scholarship consideration. The proposed MDP program of study should start during the academic year 2012/2013 for a maximum of two years.  The JJ/WBGSP does not support applicants who are already enrolled (i.e., taking classes) in graduate degree programs.   Applicants must also submit evidence of current unconditional admission to at least one of the MDP programs. (Students who have applied to an MDP program and are waiting on their admission status, can note on their applications that their MDP program admission status is pending
Contact: Email:  ppwalsh@ucd.ie;  Website: http://go.worldbank.org/6KLLM2C0Q0  and https://www.tcd.ie/naturalscience/postgraduate/dev-pract/dev-pract.php

Back to top

Tuesday 20th March: Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships 2012/13

The IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities and Social Sciences including Business and Law are valued at up to €16,000 per year for up to three years. The cost of EU academic fees (up to max. €5,750 per year) is also covered. As part of this scheme, the Conflict Resolution Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the IRCHSS, invites applications for the Andrew Greene Scholarship in Conflict Resolution. This year, for the first time, the IRCHSS is using an on-line application system for applicants, supervisors, referees and institutional endorsement.  Internal TCD Deadline is 8th March, while the external deadline is 20th March.
Contact: Website: https://www.tcd.ie/research_innovation/research/funding/Irish/irchss.php#postgrad

Back to top

Monday 19th March: Deadline for Submission of Three Scholarship Programmes

The Coimbra Group Office has published the call for its three Scholarship Programmes for 2012.  These scholarship programmes are for:
Scholarship Programme for young African researchers
Scholarships Programme for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin American Universities
Scholarship Programme for Young Researchers from European Neighbouring Countries
Contact: Tel: +32 2 513 83 32, Website:  http://www.coimbra-group.eu/sp

Back to top

Friday 16th March: Closing Date for Applications for International Development Scholarship

Unique Scholarship Opportunity for those interested in working in the international development sector: Access International Development is an EU funded project, designed at providing continuous professional development opportunities for those who are interested in working in the international development sector (further details on the project available at: http://www.aidproject.eu).  They are currently developing a pan-EU CPD training programme that responds to the needs of both the international development sector at large and the employability needs of those wishing to work in International Development, at home or abroad. To this end, they are offering the unique opportunity of 22 fully funded places in the UK for those wishing to work online towards a Certificate in Personal and Professional Development accredited by the University of Ulster (for more information about the Certificate see: http://adl.ulster.ac.uk/lll/), normally costing in the region of £700 to complete this accredited training. The other participants on the programme will be drawn from Spain and Bulgaria. This Certificate course starts on 16 April 2012 and ends in December 2012. The modules that make up the Certificate are delivered online and assessment is based on a pass/fail only basis. Content will require a commitment of 6-8 hours/week on the part of participants. No prior qualifications or expertise in the field is required. 
Contact: Roisin McEvoy, Email: r.mcevoy@ulster.ac.uk, Website: http://adl.ulster.ac.uk/lll/

Back to top

Tuesday 13th March: Deadline for EU Call for Proposals: Fundamental Rights and Citizenship "Action grants" 2011-2012

This programme is aimed at protecting fundamental rights of citizens and is one of five schemes under the programme for Fundamental Rights and Justice. It offers support to the fight against racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, civil society associations, the protection of fundamental rights and the protection of the Rights of the Citizen, through an interfaith and multicultural dialogue. Budget: €20.97 million (combined 2011 and 2012). The programme is open to institutions and public or private organisations; universities; research institutes; non-governmental organisations; national, regional and local authorities; international organisations and other not-for-profit organisations established in the European Union or in one of the countries participating.
Contact: Website: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/grants/111201_en.htm

Back to top

Monday 27th February: Deadline for Submissions for Can Your Research Make An Impact?

The Irish Independent and the Higher Education Authority are inviting research students in any discipline at an Irish higher education institution to make a short submission on the difference that your research work will make to a particular aspect of Irish life, to the country as a whole or indeed, internationally. The five researchers, who in the opinion of an independent adjudication panel, put forward the most innovative or challenging ideas will be invited to present how their research is making an impact at a public event at The Helix at Dublin City University on Tuesday 24th April. They will have a maximum of ten minutes to make the presentation, followed by a brief question and answer session with an expert panel. Two awards of €2,500 sponsored by the Irish Independent will be made at the end of the evening, one by the expert panel and the other by a vote of second level students who will form part of the audience. Entries should be no longer than 1,000 words or if in video format, no longer than ten minutes and should communicate in language accessible to a layperson, why your research will make a real difference. Think of it as if you were writing a newspaper article or doing a short TV or radio interview.
Contact: Email: impact@hea.ie, Website: www.hea.ie/impact

Back to top

Thursday 16th February:  Call for Applications for Women in the Workplace Study Visit

The Irish Institute at Boston College is now accepting applications for a 10 day funded study visit Women in the Workplace.   Up to ten individuals, including human resource specialists, business leaders, relevant non-governmental organization leaders, and academics from Ireland and from Northern Ireland will be selected to engage with their American counterparts to examine the development and promotion of female-friendly work environments.
Venue: Boston, MA & Washington, DC
Contact: Email: gilien@bc.edu, Website: www.bc.edu/irishinstitute

Back to top

Wednesday 15th February: Deadline for Application to TCD fellowship for Indian nationals

Trinity College Dublin is offering sixteen postgraduate fellowships for postgraduate studies to Indian nationals. The scholarships are being offered in any of the university’s  taught  masters courses offered  in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences,  Science, Computer Science, Engineering,  Mathematics and Health Sciences. In addition two scholarships are offered to Indian nationals pursuing PhD studies over three years. Students will be expected to commence studies in October 2012. For further information see website below.
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Graduate_Studies/IndianScholarships/index.php

Back to top

Wednesday 15th February: Call for Nominations for King Baudouin African Development Prize

The Prize aims to reward individuals or organisations who are making an outstanding contribution to development in Africa.  It pays particular attention to initiatives which stand out as the best in their field, significantly improve the quality of life of the populations they serve, and empower local communities to take development into their own hands. 
Contact: Website: www.kbprize.org.

Back to top

Friday 10th February: Development Studies Association Launch New Ideas Initiative Funding Opportunity

The Development Studies Association (DSA) is delighted to announce the launch of its New Ideas Initiative - a new funding opportunity for researchers to be awarded small-scale funding for exploring new ideas, collaborations and knowledge sharing within the international development sector.  DSA will be awarding between 5 - 8 grants of no more than £8000 each and the deadline for applications is 10th February.
Contact: Email: newideas@devstud.org.uk, Website: http://www.devstud.org.uk/events/news/new_ideas_initiative-106.html

Back to top

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Invites Applications for Grant Awards

The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty globally to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. Applications are now invited in various categories of the on-going grant award scheme for the use of global health, poverty and development, education and information; and other special projects in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America and South America. Interested applicants should email the address below for further information on application procedure
Contact: secretariat@bill-melindagatesfoundation.org, Website: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
 
Back to top

Monday 6th February:  (TCD Students) Deadline for Receipt of Proposals for Student Project Prizes

Each year alumni give back to Trinity as they value the role the College has played in their lives. This year TCD is giving away €20,000 of alumni monies to deserving student projects that are making a difference to Trinity, Ireland and the World. To be in with your chance to win let us know what you're doing and how your idea will or can make a difference. Simply complete the short entry form outlining your proposal, its impact and how you would spend the prize money. Prizes awarded will range from €1,000-€5,000. A committee of staff, students and alumni will shortlist ten entries. The shortlist will then be open to voting by the Trinity community and shortlisted entries will be invited to make a 5 minute presentation to the committee before final allocation. Entries are open to registered students of the College only.
Contact: Website:  http://www.tcd.ie/alumni/groups/college/grantcompetition.php

Back to top

Monday 6th February: Proposal Deadline for 2012 Climate Advocacy Small Grants Fund

Population Action International (PAI), a Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization, advocates for women and families to have access to contraception in order to improve their health, reduce poverty and protect their environment, is soliciting proposals for its 2012 Climate Advocacy Small Grants Program: Drawing Linkages between Population, Reproductive Health, Gender and Climate Change Adaptation. Only organizations based in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, the Philippines, and Tanzania are eligible to apply. Several grants of up to $20,000 USD will assist civil society organizations in identifying opportunities to promote the integration of reproductive health and gender considerations into national strategies and plans to address climate change. These one-year grants will support organizations in their efforts to document entry points for advocacy at the national and regional levels; strengthen cross-sectoral research, communication and collaboration; and build national-level support for the integration of reproductive health, gender, and climate change in national policies.
Contact: Roger-Mark De Souza Email: rmdesouza@popact.org, Website: http://www.populationaction.org/

Back to top

Friday 3rd February:  Deadline for Applications for Position of Assistant Professor in Developmental Geography, Trinity College Dublin

The position of Assistant Professor in Developmental Geography is now open for applications for a fixed term contract until 31 December 2012 (9 months approx) in the Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences, TCD.  The duties of the post will entail teaching modules on Globalisation, Globalisation and African Development and Advanced Research Methods, Changing World’s and contributing to modules on the Masters in Development Practice and Masters in Environment and Development , supervising undergraduate dissertations, and contributing to administration for the Masters in Development Practice and the Moderatorship in Political Science and Geography and other duties as directed by the Head of Discipline and School. Applicants should have a PhD in Geography or Cognate field with a focus on African Development and an established or promising research record in terms of publications and award of grants.  Applications via e-recruitment only.
Contact: Tel: +353 1 896 8489, Email: lorraine.shiels@tcd.ie, Website: http://www.tcd.ie/vacancies/

Back to top

Tuesday 31st January: Deadline for Call for Applications: 2011 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition

The Global Development Network (GDNet) invites researchers and organizations from developing and transition countries to submit research proposals, completed research papers and proposals for scaling-up development projects. Competition Themes include: The Interactive Economy and Urban Development; Urban Externalities (Contagious Disease, Congestion and Crime) and Urban Poverty; The Enabling Environment – Housing, Transportation and Infrastructure. The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is open only to researchers and organizations from developing and transition countries.
Contact: Email: awards@gdn.int, Website: http://www.gdnet.org/~2011_awards or http://opa.gdnet.org

Back to top

Friday 20th January: Deadline Application for UNHCR Internship

A 6 month internship is available with UNHCR's External Relations Unit in Dublin. Closing date for applications is 20 January 2012 with interviews during week commencing 23 January. The position starts on 30 January. The position is unpaid but a small allowance is payable for travel expenses.
Contact: Email: kennedy@unhcr.org, Website: http://www.unhcr.ie/how-to-help/internships

Back to top

Irish Council for International Students

The Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) is an independent organisation advocating for the rights of all international students in Ireland, whether studying in higher education, further education, in a language school or other setting. Their website provides information and advice on studying in Ireland and outlines activities and advocacy work in the area of International Education.  Information is also available on the Irish Aid Fellowship Training Programme, part of the Irish Government's programme of assistance to developing countries, which is administered in partnership with ICOS. The FTP is closely aligned with Irish Aid's priorities and provides key professionals with postgraduate educational opportunities in Ireland to enhance their contribution in their home countries after their studies.
Contact: Website: http://www.icosirl.ie/

Back to top

 

 

Last updated 21 February 2013 by Trinity International Development Initiative (Email).

Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2.
Central Switchboard: +353 1 896 1000.