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Putting Learning and Evidence into Use: Building on One World, One Future: Ireland’s Policy for International Development

Irish Aid, in conjunction with the Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI), the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), have organised a seminar with the following objectives: disseminating Ireland’s new Policy on International Development; presenting Irish and ODI research on areas related to the new policy goals and priorities; and building research and learning links between Irish third level institutions, NGOs and ODI.

This event is timely, following on from the recent launch of Ireland’s new Policy on international development and in advance of the launch of a new Research Strategy for Irish Aid. The policy and its priority areas will act as the frame for the presentations and discussions. The seminar will look at the how the impact of the policy can be maximised through putting learning and evidence into use. The aim is to identify the particular role of research institutions, to foster greater collaboration, and to highlight the centrality of a results-based approach to research. The expected outputs include:

  • An initial mapping of Irish research relevant to the policy for international development;
  • Identification of potential links between Irish research and ODI’s work for Irish Aid;
  • An action plan for following up on ways of collaborating between Irish third level institutions, NGOs and ODI.

About TIDI
TIDI is a Trinity College initiative which coordinates and promotes TCD's expanded engagement with research and teaching on subjects related to international development. By helping to forge links between different teaching and research activities, it aims to ensure that the College’s overall approach to international development is distinctive, coherent and integrated.

About DSAI
The DSAI is the Irish affiliate of the DSA UK and Ireland and represents all of the main Universities and Higher Education Institutions in Ireland. DSAI’s vision is a dynamic and evidence-driven development sector in Ireland contributing to the effective reduction of global poverty. DSAI aims to be the central point to connect and promote research for development in Ireland and act as a meaningful platform for dialogue between the development studies ‘constituency’, NGOs, Irish Aid and other international development stakeholders.

About ODI
ODI is the UK’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. The Institute works to produce a body of research on a range of themes that are relevant to Ireland’s policy priorities for international development including governance, power and politics, fragile states, secure livelihoods, social protection and humanitarian action. ODI is interested to make links with Irish institutions and organisations; the seminar is an opportunity to facilitate this and enhance ODI’s understanding of the Irish context and vice versa.

You can download a Draft Programme (PDF) for this event. To RSVP for this event, please e-mail Dawn Quinn: dquinn4@tcd.ie or Michael McManus: Michael.McManus@dfa.ie.

Date: Thursday 5 September 2013; Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: M4, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin

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TIDI Hosts its Fifth Annual Africa Day Conference

TIDI, with the support of the African Ambassadors in Ireland recently hosted its fifth annual celebration of Africa Day on Friday the 24th of May at Trinity College Dublin. This successful morning conference titled ‘Africa Rising: New Paradigms of Development in Post 2015 Africa’ highlighted successful case studies and movements coming out of Africa in the realm of health, economics, green economy and human rights. The event’s success was ensured by the distinguished guest speakers and officials who provided insightful, thought provoking and engaging presentations in each of their fields.
These guest speakers were;
Minister Joe Costello: Minister of State for Trade and Development
Prof. Adrian Hill: The Jenner Institute
Mr Adewale Soyingbe: Director, EMEA Trade, Citi Europe plc, Dublin
Mr. Dereje Agonafir Habtewold: Director, Environmental Units Program Directorate, Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority
Prof. Martina Hennessy: Chair of TIDI, Consulting Physician, School of Medicine, TCD
Mr. Vinay Nair: Head of International Business Development, Acumen
Prof. Padraig Carmody: Department of Geography, TCD
Prof. Attracta Ingram: UCD School of politics & international relations
H.E. Paramente Phamotse: Ambassador of Lesotho to Ireland
The conference was also attended by Ambassadors and representatives from seven African countries- Lesotho, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria
TIDI wishes to sincerely thank all who attended and helped contribute to such a successful event.

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Friday 24th May: Celebrate Africa Day!


Friday 24th May: Celebrate Africa Day! ‘Africa Rising: New Paradigms of Development in post 2015 Africa’
TIDI, with the support of the Group of African Ambassadors in Ireland, will host TCD’s fifth annual Africa Day celebration on the theme ‘Africa Rising: New Paradigms of Development in post 2015 Africa’. This conference, which will be opened by Minister of State for Trade, Joe Costello and with a closing address from the Ambassador of Lesotho to Ireland, aims to present critical stories from Africa which will reflect the progress which is being achieved and development challenges which remain. This progress will highlight specific case studies across a range of disciplines including health, natural sciences and economics and will include contributions from:

  • Prof. Nana Poku, University of California, Berkeley
  • Mr. Wale Soyingbe, Director Trade, CITIBANK, Dublin
  • Mr. Dereje Agonafir Habtewold, Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority
  • Prof. Martina Hennessy, Chair of the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) & Consulting Physician, School of Medicine, TCD
  • Mr. Vinay Nair, Head of International Development, Acumen, UK
  • Prof. Padraig Carmody, School of Natural Sciences, TCD
  • Prof. Attracta Ingram, UCD School of Politics & International Relations

Time: 10am – 1.15pm
Venue: Davis Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

Please RSVP to tidi@tcd.ie

Africa Day 2013 Poster

 

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Sunday 26th of May: Call for Applications- Africa Day Family Event


To celebrate Africa Day 2013, Irish Aid is hosting a flagship Africa Day Family event in the grounds of Farmleigh Estate in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Irish Aid are now accepting applications from groups and individuals who would like to participate. Applications are being accepted under the categories of

  1. Community Groups
  2. NGOs
  3. Commerical concessions (dry goods/ non food)


Applicants are invited to consider the following before submitting their application

  • The event is aimed at families and, as such, interactive elements are welcomed.
  • The event will be free to members of the public, and is aimed at increasing the public’s understanding of Ireland’s

development programme in Africa, as well as broadening public understanding of African culture.
To apply, please complete the relevant application form available at www.africaday.ie and email it to africaday@dhr.ie
Deadline: Wednesday 1st May, 5pm

 

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TCD UCD Development Research Seminar Series available on TIDI iTunes

The following seminars have recently been made available on the TIDI iTunes collection:

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Friday 10th May: Child Soldiers International, Lunch time Seminar


Richard Clarke, director of Child Soldiers International (http://www.child-soldiers.org/) will deliver a lunch time seminar on Friday the 10th May. Child Soldiers International (formerly the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is a London-based NGO campaigning to end the recruitment and use of children as soldiers worldwide.
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Venue: Geography Seminar Room B, Museum Building, TCD

 

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TIDI and the DSAI

TIDI and the Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI) have agreed to engage on a collaborative partnership, reflecting the synergy existing between these two entities. In a very concrete expression of this partnership, TIDI and the DSAI have cooperated on the employment of a suitably qualified Coordinator to support the enhancement and growth of both organisations.  Whilst the Coordinator is a joint position providing support to both TIDI and DSAI, the post-holder will be based in Trinity College under the existing TIDI structure.

TIDI’s vision is that TCD will be internationally renowned for excellence in development research and education and for the provision of practical solutions to real-world challenges. TIDI will continue to deliver on its vibrant outreach programme and to raise awareness among the wider community of development issues and of TCD’s role in addressing these. TIDI looks forward to this partnership with the DSAI, and to a productive and collaborative future.

TIDI would like to take this opportunity to thank Irish Aid, and the Trinity Foundation at Trinity College for their generous support.

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Tuesday 9th April: Making Time National Global Health Debate


Organised by The Irish Forum for Global Health (IFGH), with generous sponsorship from the Making Time Foundation, students from Trinity College Dublin, NUI Galway, University of Limerick and Queens University Belfast will debate if medical aid should prioritise equity of access above outcome. This debate will be chaired by Nobel Laureate, Harald zur Hausen.  The winning team will receive €800 in order to attend a conference in Europe during summer 2013. Find out more:
http://globalhealth.ie/index.php?c=196.@gmail.com.
Time:  7.45pm
Venue: Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, Dublin

 

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TCD UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2013

 

Please note unless other wise stated these seminars are open to the public, and do not require registration.
Contact: Email: tidi@tcd.ie, Website: www.tcd.ie/tidi, or http://www.ucd.ie/hdi/.

To view the full seminar series poster please click here.

Seminar Series Poster

 

Friday February 8th: Social Movements and Political Change: An Analysis of the Arab Uprisings


Speaker: Dr. Vincent Durac, UCD SPIRe
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Belfield Campus, UCD

Friday 15th February: Making the Post-2015 Framework More Accountable to the World's Poor


Speaker: Dr Lorna Gold, Head of Policy & Advocacy, Trócaire
Time: 1-2pm
Venue:  G317, Newnan Building, Belfield Campus, UCD  

Friday 8th March: Women, Violence and Social Change


Speaker: Dr. Melanie Hoewer, UCD SPIRe and IBIS
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: G317, Newman Building, Belfield Campus, UCD

Friday 22nd March: The Role of Branding in NGO


Speaker: Karen Hand, Ms. Karen Hand , PhD Candidate, School of Psychology , Centre of Global Health.
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Seminar Room, The Luce Hall, School of Natural Sciences, TCD


Friday 5th April: A Perspective on the Human Resource Issues Facing the Overseas Development Sector


Speaker: Frank Flood, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Seminar Room B, Museum Building, TCD

 

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Trinitys Engagement with Rwanda: Visit by Dr. Patrick Prendergast, Provost of TCD

Trinity Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast visited Rwanda in September 2012 forging links with universities in Africa in education and research as part of the Trinity International Development Initiative. Click here to read this article.

To view a short video clip of this visit please see here.


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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

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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.

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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!

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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

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Research Focus


Sustaining Health: Pilot funding for cross-disciplinary research connecting environment, nutrition and health

The Wellcome Trust has launched a ‘Sustaining Health’ awards scheme in the broad area of 'connecting environment, nutrition and health'.  They want to support work, embracing the research themes of behaviour change, global nutrition, health impacts of climate change, and ecological public health, that will yield deeper insights into the issues at stake and develop strategies to mitigate the risks to human health.  This call aims to stimulate the formation of creative partnerships that bring together the diversity of competences required to tackle these complex problems and inform the global response through multidisciplinary research.  They welcome proposals from a broad range of disciplines and particularly encourage applications from cross-sector collaborations, involving academic organisations, industry/business, non-governmental organisations and/or government agencies based in the UK and overseas.  Participating organisations may be located in any country, and the principal investigator may be employed in any sector.
Further information on this funding call is available at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Technology-transfer/Awards/Sustaining-Health/.  Enquiries should be sent to: sustaininghealth@wellcome.ac.uk.
Deadline for concept notes: 27 August 2013
Deadline for preliminary applications: 7 October 2013
Deadline for full applications: 10 January 2014
Funding Committee: 27-28 March 2014

 

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DSAI Conference 2013 in partnership with the Irish Forum for Global Health and the Gender Advanced Research Consortium: Health and Gender Equity in a Period of Global Crisis.


The DSAI welcomes proposals for the DSAI Conference 2013 from all researchers- whether advanced or early career researchers, whether in academia or in NGOs or government research departments- to submit paper proposals for this conference to be held on 28th/29th November 2013 in Galway.
The DSAI requests that you present only a 500 word Abstract showing how you would propose to address the Conference theme (see below) along with a brief (50 word) cv.  The conference academic committee will then select the papers that align best with the conference theme.  If your paper proposal is not selected you will be asked to produce a poster on your research. Two prominent research themes that have emerged through the past DSAI events, and especially the postgraduate event and annual conference in 2011 and 2012 are health and gender. 
For more information please see here
Deadline for receipt of the Abstract and cv is 1st October 2013. 
Please send to Dawn Quinn, DSAI Coordinator by e-mail: dquinn4@tcd.ie

 

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Call for Proposals: The Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) project at the World Bank in Washington DC

The Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) project at the World Bank in Washington DC have launched a call for proposals targeting universities in West and Central Africa, specifically in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo.  The objective of the project is to promote regional specialization among participating universities in areas that address regional challenges and strengthen the capacities of these universities to deliver quality training and applied research. Proposals must address a specific development challenge in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and/or Health and Agricultural Sciences.  Each proposal must be led by a single academic institution but must include expenditure of 15% of the budget on partnership activities with partners from academia and industry both nationally, regionally and globally.  Therefore, there is scope for academic institutions outside Africa to participate (e.g. European institutions); indeed this is an important component of the project.  The Association of African Universities is the regional coordinator for the project and all details of the call for proposals are available on their website http://www.aau.org/?q=content/introduction-1.
Deadline for application: 2 September 2013.

 

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Announcement for current Irish Research Council (IRC) Awardees

The IRC is holding its Annual Research Symposium on 14 September 2013 from 10am – 4pm in the Convention Centre, Dublin.  This year’s event will address the value of investing in researchers in Ireland and explore the pathways within the headline theme of ‘My Research Career – Next Steps’.  If you are a current IRC Awardee and have not yet received your email invitation from the IRC, contact Una Daly (udaly@research.ie).

The IRC is hosting a digital poster competition with Research Networking and Travel Grants of €1,000 for the winning Principal Investigator poster and the winning HSS, STEM and Enterprise posters by researchers at Masters, PhD and Postdoctoral levels.  The Digital Poster Competition is open to all current IRC Awardees.  Only ONE entry is allowed per researcher and the winning researcher must be there on the day to pick up the prize
Website: http://www.research.ie/event/2013-07-03/irish-research-council-annual-symposium-digital-poster-competition-2013

 

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Connect Summer Youth Programming Competition

A new grant competition will award $150,000 to libraries, museums, and other nonprofits to provide hands-on learning opportunities this summer for youth across the country to help make the online experience more civil, safe and empowering. The Project: Connect Summer Youth Programming Competition is administered by the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC), with support from the MacArthur Foundation through a grant to the University of California, Irvine, and in partnership with the Born This Way Foundation.  Grants will support a series of local hands-on events July through September where young people collaborate and compete through activities such as hackathons, maker spaces, digital journalism and communications labs, and mentoring workshops.  Programs must be based on the understanding that learning happens anywhere, anytime and should be equitable, social, participatory, and reflect kids’ interests.  More information can be found on the Digital Media and Learning Competition Contact: website: http://dmlcompetition.net/?
Deadline: 10 June 2013

 

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Call for Papers:  Centre for Post-Conflict Justice, TCD , Postgraduate research conference

The Centre for Post-Conflict Justice, Trinity College Dublin, invites proposals from postgraduate PhD or Masters research students for a one-day research seminar to be held on November 15, 2013. We invite papers from research students across the arts, humanities and social sciences whose work relates to aspects of post-conflict justice. Proposals should be not more than one page in length and should be sent to cpcj@tcd.ie along with a 200-word biography.
Deadline for submission: June 20th, 2013
Date:  November 15th, 2013
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, TCD

 

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Call for Abstracts and Registration for the first 2013 International Conference on Sustainable Development Practice: Advancing Evidence-Based Solutions for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda


The Global Association of Master's in Development Practice Programs (MDP), in collaboration with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), are delighted to issue this call for abstracts from parties interested in participating in the First International Conference on Sustainable Development Practice (ICSDP)  which will take place on September 6-7, 2013 at Columbia University, New York.
Contact: Website: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sdp-conference-2013/
Deadline: 31st May 2013
Date: 6th – 7th September 2013
Venue: Columbia University, New York

 

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June 13-14th- Applications invited for the 3rd Annual DSAI Postgraduate Research Workshop

Applications are invited from students at all stages of their postgraduate research, as well as those thinking of starting or who have recently finished studies. To apply and more information: http://www.dsaireland.org/node/65#overlay-context=&overlay=node/65/edit
Deadline: 10th May  

 

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Call for Papers for seminar on The Politics of Land Grabbing - Strategies of Resistance 


The seminar, organised by the Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick, in partnership with Christian Aid Ireland will focus onthe impacts of large scale land acquisitions on local communities.
Full details on the call for papers available at http://www.ul.ie/ppa/content/files/Christian_Aid_flyer.pdf or by contacting Rachel Ibreck,
Contact email: rachel.ibreck@ul.ie. 
Date: 4-5 July
Closing date: 27th April

Friday March 29th: Annual Health & Scientific Conference


The 4th Annual Health & Scientific Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2013, targets eastern African health priorities and opportunities in a changing world. Spread over three days, the Conference programme comprises four sub-themes (Maternal and Child Health, Non Communicable Diseases and Trauma, Health Systems Quailty of Health Care) and four symposia (HIV and AIDS, Integrated disease surveillance and disaster preparedness, Environment and health in Africa, and Tobacco control). The Environment and health in Africa Symposium is being jointly coordinated by members of the HEALTHY FUTURES and QWeCI (http://www.liv.ac.uk/qweci) research projects and brings together researchers at the cutting edge of efforts to understand the relationships between health and environment, and in particular links between climate and vector-borne diseases, in Africa.
Venue: Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Trinity News and Events 2013

New European Mobilities: Education, Migration and Employment Symposium

The Employment Research Centre (ERC) in association with the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) are hosting a one day symposium on New European mobilities: education, migration and employment.  As places are limited we request you to register in advance.  For further details visit here or contact iiis@tcd.ie
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor Arts Building
Date: Monday, 16 September 2013; Time: 9am to 5pm

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Euro-Visions Public Lecture Series on Europe

This Euro-Visions Public Lecture Series  will bring together Irish and international scholars from across a wide range of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines. The lecture series will interrogate the current crisis of the EU from the vantage points of both the Social Sciences and the Humanities and will instigate an interdisciplinary dialogue about possible responses to this crisis. It will combine political, sociological, historical and cultural perspectives to reflect on a range of issues such as questions of identity and cultural memory within Europe, links between the past and the present, and social, political and financial models for the EU. Overall, the series will present fresh perspectives from experts across a broad spectrum of disciplines and positions towards the crucial debate about the future of Europe and Ireland’s position and role within the EU. Please find a printable version available for download here.
Date: Thursday, 24 January
Time: 19.30
Venue: Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin

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TCD-UCD Masters in Development Practice

Have you considered to a career in International Development in the Government, INGOs, IOs or the private sector?  The TCD-UCD Masters in Development Practice (MDP) is part of 24 top Universities that teaches the same curriculum and has a strong record in placing MDP students into employment all over the world.
The course blends academic courses, including global classrooms, with four development practice engagements over two years.  All students will become part of a GMDP Association that is led by Professor Jeff Sachs, UN Advisor on the MDGS and Post 2015 agenda, and Director of the Earth Institute in Columbia University in New York.
It is the only joint masters degree between TCD and UCD in the state, and MDP students enjoy benefits from both institutions including access to the libraries and the other facilities.
If you have an interest please contact:
TCD Contact Details:
Tel: +353 1 8962414/E-mail: mdpdub@tcd.ie
UCD Contact Details:
Tel: +353 1 7168643/E-mail: mdpdub@ucd.ie

For further information, please visit the course website.


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Tuesday 23rd April 2013: WATER = BLUE GOLD: Intel Ireland Water Summit


Our planet’s available water supplies are running out, poor water quality is amongst the world’s biggest killers, water prices will rise, water is not replaceable and the nexus with food and energy needs to be considered. We need to think differently about water!
Time: 8am- 4:30pm
Venue: The Science Gallery, Pearse Street
Pre Bookings essential.
To Book: http://sciencegallery.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=286
Contact Website: http://sciencegallery.com/

 

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Monday 29th April 2013: Growing up with the Millennium Development Goals:  A Longitudinal Study of Children in Four Developing Countries


The Structured PhD in Child and Youth Research in association with the Children's Research Centre, School of Social Work and Social Policy and Trinity International Development Initiative is pleased to host a Public Lecture by Dr. Virginia Morrow, Young Lives, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. The lecture entitled “Growing up with the Millennium Development Goals: a longitudinal study of children in four developing countries” will discuss  research from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, Andhra Pradesh (India), Peru and Vietnam over 15 years, the lifespan of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. The paper explores patterns of inequality and who gets left behind in contexts of rapid economic development and social change.
Please RSVP with the subject title: Public Lecture by Dr. Virginia Morrow, Monday 29th April to Lorraine Swords at swordsl@tcd.ie.
Time: 4pm
Venue: Neil Hoey Theatre, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin.
Contact: Website: http://www.socialwork-socialpolicy.tcd.ie/

 

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Energy Researchers at Trinity, Engineer a Generator that provides Electricity from Cooking to Homes in Rural Malawi

Energy researchers at the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin have just completed an Irish Aid, Intel and IRCSET funded research project that generates electricity from cooking stoves, providing lighting and phone charging in Malawi, one of the world’s least developed countries. Promoted by Irish Aid and in collaboration with the non-governmental organisation, Concern Universal, the generator is specifically designed to be used with low cost stoves now being produced by women’s groups in rural areas. The results have recently been published in the journal Applied Energy. To read the full news item pleases visit the TCD Communications Office here.


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Public Lectures with Professor Rémi Brague, Universities of Munich and Paris Sorbonne

Monday 11th March: Questions of Methodology in Islamic Studies
Public lecture by Prof. Remi Brague, (Universities of Munich and Paris Sorbonne)
Venue: Museum Building Room M 20
Time: 5pm

Tuesday 12th March: Philosophies of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Medieval Cultural Space
Public lecture by Prof. Remi Brague, (Universities of Munich and Paris Sorbonne)
Venue: Neill / Hoey Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
Time: 5pm

Thursday 14th March: Medieval Dialogues on the True Religion and on the Good Life
Venue: Museum Building, Room M 4
Time: 3pm

Thursday 21st March: Abrahamic Religions?
Venue: Museum Building, Room M 4
Time: 3pm

 

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Friday 22nd March: The World is Bumpy: Power, Uneven Development and the Impact of New ICTs on South African Manufacturing with speaker Padraig Carmody


Some now assert Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) marginalization in the global economy is being reversed by an information technology revolution. However, while many claims are made for new ICTs - and mobile phones in particular - very little research has been done on the precise ways in which firms use these technologies and their developmental impacts. Drawing on over fifty firm-level interviews, this paper examines evidence of the uses and impacts of new ICTs in the wood products industry in Durban, South Africa and its surrounding region. In contrast to assumptions in much of the literature, it finds that rather than primarily being used to connect to global markets, they are most commonly used as technologies of local labour control and inter-firm competition. Consequently the use of these technologies may deepen existing inequalities and uneven development, and in some instances disinformationalisation, rather than reduce or overcome them.
Time: 1pm
Venue: IIIS Seminar Room, 6th floor Arts Building, TCD
Contact: Website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/news/bulletin.php#mar22

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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

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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. 

 

Research Funding Opportunities

DISCOVER RESEARCH DUBLIN 2013 – 27 September 2013

Call for Expressions of Interest

Context
TCD and the RIA have successfully coordinated a bid to host Discover Research Night - Ireland’s 2013 contribution to European Researchers’ Night, an annual event to raise public awareness of researchers and research careers across Europe. European Researchers’ Night 2013, funded by the FP7 Marie Curie Programme, will take place on 27 September 2013 for one night only.  The funding we have received will support a few “headline events” as well as an administrative and communications infrastructure (website, printed programme, signage, security etc.).

Call
Within this context, the Discover Research team, based in the Trinity Long Room Hub, would like to invite researchers, research institutes, themes and projects to participate on the night, so as to promote research activities across TCD and across Dublin.  Although the slots for large-scale events have all been allocated, we would expect that the platform we provide will give researchers an easy way to gain profile for their activities in a broader, well-developed context.  This could also be an effective way for EU-funded projects to increase their impact and audience.

We are open to any discipline, idea or research area, but the presentation of the research should be accessible to a general audience, be interactive and engaging, and bring the audience into direct contact with researchers.  Hands-on or participatory events are particularly welcome, as per the European Commission’s guidelines for activities on the night.

Contact
If you are interested please email us at DiscoverResearchDublin@gmail.com, with a brief description of your proposed event (a paragraph) and the names of the researchers who are involved. You can visit our website at: www.discoverresearchdublin.com; Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverResearchDublin2013; Twitter: @ResearchDublin.
Expressions of Interest must reach us on or before the 1st July 2013.

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Call for Papers: International Science, Technology And Engineering Conference Istec 2013 Songdo-Dong/ Korea

International Science, Technology & Engineering Conference (ISTEC) aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest trends in science and technology 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, posters/demonstrations and video presentations that offer new research or theoretical contributions. Presentations should be in Turkish, English and Korean languages and should address both theoretical issues and new research findings.
ISTEC 2013 conference is supported by Sakarya University, SUNY Korea and TASET and will take place on July 18-20, 2013 at SUNY Korea Lecture Hall 156. All full paper presentations will be published in an online proceedings book of ISTEC 2013 and the selected papers will be published in The Online Journal of Science and Technology.
Date: 18-20 July 2013
Abstract Deadline : July 01, 2013
Full Article Deadline : July 30, 2013
Registration Fee Deadline : July 10, 2013
Website: www.iste-c.net

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PhD Conference on International Development 2013: Call for Abstracts


The School of International Development at the University of East Anglia (UEA), in collaboration with the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE), Ruhr-University Bochum, and their partners in the UAMR Graduate Centre for Development Studies, and the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, is delighted to be hosting this year’s PhD Conference on International Development.  We invite current or recently-graduated PhD students working on issues of international development to submit 500 word abstracts for paper presentations on any contemporary theme within international development. For more information go to www.uea.ac.uk/international-development/dev-phdconference2013. Email abstracts to dev.phdconference2013@uea.ac.uk
Deadline for abstracts: 5th July
Venue: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Date: 19 and 20 September 2013

 

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Cracking the Nut: Improving Rural Livelihoods and Food Security - Call for proposals to present

The 'Cracking the Nut' Advisory Committee invites interested persons to submit proposals to present at the Cracking the Nut Africa: Improving Rural Livelihoods and Food Security conference.  This conference’s core themes for the breakout sessions are:

(1) Reducing Costs and Risks of Serving Rural Clients. How can Africans ensure they will produce enough food, of the right quality to feed its people a nutritious diet and avoid long-term negative implications of chronic food insecurity? What policies are needed to protect staple crops and rural incomes?

(2) Preparing for Sustainability of Future Livelihoods. What technologies and methodologies can be applied to reduce costs of serving rural populations with financial products (savings, loans, insurance, etc.), business development services and agricultural extension services?

(3) Enticing Investors to Key Agricultural Value Chains. What are the growth markets and skills needed for future jobs and business opportunities in the rural sector? How will globalization and innovation change the landscape for livelihoods in the future? To what extent are life skills and financial literacy important?

For further information on instructions and guidance, please visit: http://www.crackingthenutconference.com
For additional information regarding conference proposals, please contact Kim Ha at kha@azmj.org.

Venue: Kigali, Rwanda
Date of conference: 14-16 October 2013
Deadline for receipt of proposal submissions: 5pm (EST), Friday, 12 July 2013.

 

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International Distance Education Conference: Call for papers


International Distance Education Conference (IDEC) aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest trends in distance 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, posters/demonstrations and video presentations that offer new research or theoretical contributions. Presentations should be in Turkish, English and Korean languages and should address both theoretical issues and new research findings. Furthermore if the presenter is unable to attend the oral presentation, video presentation is available. For further information on how to submit, please refer to the Paper Submission section on the website. For paper guidelines, please refer to the Paper Guidelines section.
Venue: Suwon/KOREA
Date: 15-17 July 2013
Contact: Website: www.id-ec.net


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Concern Development Education Grants Scheme


As part of its commitment to poverty elimination, Concern recognises the importance of engaging with civil society groups here in Ireland, to promote and build support for efforts that achieve long term, sustainable change for the world’s poorest people.  Through the work of our Development Education programme we seek;

  • To support and encourage people in Ireland to reflect on the current challenges of human development worldwide.
  • To inform and stimulate that reflection and to offer opportunities for expanded positive engagement with the issues.

The provision of funding, through the Concern Grants Scheme, to groups engaged in development education activities across broad sectors of the Irish public, is an acknowledgement that development co-operation is an undertaking that must involve society as a whole.
Full details on the Grants scheme and application process are contained in the grants scheme booklet - https://www.concern.net/get-involved/development-education-grants-scheme
Closing date for applications: 31 July 2013

 

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Thursday 9th and Friday 10th May: The Irish Economic Association Annual Conference


The Twenty-seventh annual conference of the Irish Economic Association will be held on 9th and 10th May, 2013 at the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. The Association invites submissions of papers to be considered for the conference programme. Papers may be on any area in Economics, Finance and Econometrics.
The 2013 Conference will run over 2 days, starting at 9am on the morning of Thursday 9th, and finishing before 7pm on Friday 10th. Accommodation will be available at the Glenroyal hotel, but must be booked separately from the main conference registration. More details on this website later. For the full Call for Papers, and details regarding paper submission, see here.
Venue: Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co Kildare

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Call for papers: 2nd Annual Global Health Care Conference (EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15TH MARCH 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.
Contact: Website: http://www.globalhc-conf.org/ Email: info@.globalhc-conf.org

 

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Hubert H. Humphrey Endowed Visiting Professorship


The Macalester College Geography and Environmental Studies Departments seek to appoint a distinguished scholar, public servant or professional with expertise in the realm of land change science and remote sensing to the Hubert H. Humphrey Visiting Professorship.  The Humphrey Professorship was established in 1968 to strengthen international education at Macalester by bringing to the campus distinguished individuals with international expertise. The successful candidate will teach two courses (e.g., intro to remote sensing, a seminar on land change science, land use/land cover change in the Global South) aimed primarily at an upper level, undergraduate audience of geography, environmental studies and biology students.  He/she will contribute substantially to the life of the Macalester community.

This appointment as a visiting scholar-teacher will be for either the fall or spring semester of academic year 2013-2014. The Humphrey Professorship provides excellent remuneration, relocation expenses, occupancy of a comfortable home near campus, and support for academic travel and research. At the chair-holder’s option, the home and a campus office could be available for the entire academic year. 

Review of applications will begin on March 1, and will continue until the position is filled.  To apply, go to http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo and electronically submit a detailed cover letter, curriculum vitae, two brief course descriptions, and the names and contact information for three references.  If necessary, hard copy applications may be mailed to Laura Kigin (Humphrey Search), Geography Dept, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105 USA. For any questions about the position or submission of materials, contact the chair of the search committee, Dr. William Moseley, at moseley@macalester.edu or 651-696-6126.

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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/ 

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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

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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 

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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

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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.

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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

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