General Newsletter no. 19 January 2012
ISS Newsletter no. 19 January-February 2012
We are happy to send you the latest ISS newsletter. In it you will find a list of events taking place at ISS over the coming two months as well as ISS news and publications. We are very open to receive your suggestions and comments. Please also feel free to forward the newsletter to anyone you feel may be interested in finding out more about ISS.
Contents
- What's going on at ISS
- ISS news
- New ISS publications
- Video interviews - new publications
- Staff and PhD news
What's going on in January and February at ISS?
January | |
12 | Dr. Jon Lovett - Energy for Africa Research in Progress Seminar |
13 | Leo de Haan - ISS in a Nutshell: Possibilities of cooperation with UNESCO-IHE Speech by Leo de Haan and signing of Memorandum of Understanding |
19 | Michael Grimm - Investment Decisions of Small Enterprises in the Context Strong Sharing Norms Research in Progress Seminar |
26 | Milagros Sosa - Water Management with Mining Context in the Peruvian Andes Research in Progress Seminar |
February | |
2 | Susan Newman - Preliminary Findings and Thinkings on the Financial System Allocation of Capital in South Africa Research in Progress Seminar |
9 | Serena Cruz - HIV and Sex Workers in Uganda Research in Progress Seminar |
9 | Seminar to be held on the occasion of the retirement of Professor Gerrie ter Haar |
16 | Nathifa Greene - Research in Progress Seminar |
23 | Anna Kende - Children's Ideas of Marginalisation - A case study from Hungary |
ISS News
New ISS website
On 7 December 2011 ISS launched its new website
The new design and menu structure make it easier for visitors to find their way around the website and the special 'action boxes' on the home page provide direct links to the most important parts of the website such as our teaching and research pages.
The web editors are very interested to hear what you think of the new site, so feel free to send them an email via webupdate@iss.nl and tell them what you do and don't like about it.
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MA Graduation and Best Teaching Award 2011
Howard Nicholas, Dubravka Zarkov, Helen Hintjens and John Cameron
The 2010-2011 batch of MA students graduated their certificates on 16 December 2011. As well as receiving their degrees, the students also presented the best teaching award to Howard Nicholas, Dubravka Zarkov, Helen Hintjens and John Careron. The students also made a short film explaining why they chose these four teachers.
You can watch some videos of the graduation ceremony and take a look at some of the photos taken during the afternoon.
Congratulations to all the students and the ISS' best teachers!
ISS alumnus wins prestigious award
Chia Thye Poh was awarded with the prestigious Lim Lian Geok Spirit Award
ISS alumnus Mr. Chia Thye Poh from Malaysia, who studied Politics of Alternative Development in 1999/2000 and completed a PhD in 2006, was awarded with the prestigious Lim Lian Geok Spirit Award.
He won the award for upholding his belief in democracy and never losing his faith despite 32 years of unjust detention without trial.
Read more about Chia Thye Poh and the award
His Excellency Amadou Toumani Touré, President of Mali pays visit to ISS
He gave a lecture on peace and security in the Sahelo-Saharian region
The President visited the ISS on 30 November 2011. His speech, delivered in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was entitled: ‘Reflections on the democratization processes in Mali and in Africa after the national conferences of the 1990s and the question of peace and security in the Sahelo-Saharian region’.
Read the full text of the speech (in English) and see a photo impression and videos of the event
New ISS Publications
The ISS libarary maintains a depository of publications by ISS staff and current and former students. The library also highlights ISS publications on its webpages.
Some recent publications by ISS staff
'Does foreign aid increase private investment? Evidence from panel cointegration.' Herzer, D. and Grimm, M. In Applied Economics 44/20.
The pattern of specialization and economic growth: The resource curse hypothesis revisited Murshed, S.M. and Serino, L.A. In Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 22/2.
Solidarity economy in Brazil: movement, discourse and practice. Analysis through a Polanyian understanding of the economy Helmsing, B. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 524.
Social Institutions as a Form of Intangible Capital Bansha Dulal, H. and Foa, R.
Citizens Forum Zambia Kabanda, S.
Private Sector Involvement in Urban Solid Waste Collection. Performance, capacity and regulations in five cities in Ghana Oduro-Kwarteng, S.
To Measure is to Know? A Comparative Analysis of Gender Indices. Van Staveren, P.
When ‘civics’ go ‘governance’: on the role and relevance of civic organisations in the policy arena in Sub-Saharan Africa Brouwers, R. The Power of Civil Society Working Paper Series 9.
Sustainable Value Chains and Labour - Linking Chain and "Inner Drivers" - From Concepts to Practice Pegler, L. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 525, (2011)
Firm Heterogeneity and Development: A Meta Analysis of FDI Productivity Spill-overs Mabratie, A.D. and van Bergeijk, P. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 526, p1-22 (2011)
Climate Change and Development Framings: A Comparative Analysis of the Human Development Report 2007/8 an the World Development Report 2010 Gasper, D. R. Portocarrero, A.V., Lera St. Clair, A. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 528, p1-30 (2011)
Video interviews - new publications
Authors talk about their new books
Staff and PhD news
Departing Staff
Professor Ben White held his valedictory lecture on 13 October 2011
Ben held his valedictory during the ISS' 59th Dies Natalis celebration with a lecture entitled 'Who will own the countryside? Dispossession, rural youth and the future of farming'
Professor White joined ISS in the 80' and was appointed professor of Rural Sociology in 1994. His main research interests focused on processes of change in rural societies and the anthropology and the history of childhood and youth, particularly in the area of child work and education.
Professor Marc Wuyts held his valedictory lecture on 8 December 2011
Marc's valedictory lecture was entitled 'The working poor: a macro perspective'. He was Professor in Quantitative Applied Economics at ISS and Visiting Professor of Economics and Development at The Open University.
Senior Lecturer Joao Guimaraes retired in October 2011
Joao studied at ISS in 1973-74 and joined the teaching staff a few years later. He specialized in research and teaching in human resources and human development.
Lecturer Peter de Valk retired in November 2011
Peter joined ISS in 1978. He taught courses on the economics of sustainable development.
Completed PhDs
Congratulations to the following ISS PhD researchers for successfully completing their theses
Xiao Liang 'The economics of sustainable urban water management: the case of Beijing'
Xiang Feng
Akimi Yessoufou 'Local actors in top-down implementation of curricular reform in Benin's primary education system'
Henry Aniagoa Kifordu 'Nigeria's political executive elite: paradoxes and continuities, 1960-2007'
Bilisuma Bushie Dito 'Essays on women's bargaining power and intra-household resource allocation in rural Ethiopia'
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