ISS Newsletter No. 20 May-June 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
- New ISS Publications
- ISS News
- Staff and PhD News
What's going on in May and June at ISS?
May |
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3 | Kitty Jurrius Children's perspectives on ethical participatory child research Research in Progress Seminar |
7 | Claudio Sardoni Essential and Peculiar Causes of the Present Crisis Development Research Seminar |
14 | William Milberg Capturing Dynamic Gains from International Trade: The Role of Financialization Development Research Seminar |
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Jessica Milgroom Research in Progress Seminar |
21 | Stella Luz A. Quimbo |
24 | Mieke Lopes Cardozo Teacher and teacher education in Bolivia Research in Progress Seminar |
31 | Farhad Mukhtarov Lost or found in policy translation? How to account for cross-country travel of policy ideas Research in Progress Seminar |
June |
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4 | Samantha Ashman Heterodox Political Economy and Financialisation by Sam Ashman Development Research Seminar |
5 | Mohammed Eusuf Poverty Dynamics in Bangladesh using Pseudo Panel Data Special Research in Progress Seminar |
7 | Giulia Sinatti Research in Progress Seminar |
7 | Global land grabbing: towards broader and deeper theoretical and empirical perspectives |
11 | Jayati Ghosh Development in a Time of Financial Crisis: How Good is the Bad News? Development Research Seminar |
12 | A critical gender lens on ‘greening’ the economy Second colloquium on 'Critical Engagements with the Green Economy' |
21 | Agnes Camacho, PhD Candidate at Radboud University in Nijmegen Ethno-religious conflicts in the Philippines Research in Progress Seminar |
28 | Khomla Tsey Research in Progress Seminar |
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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
- Determinants of road traffic crash fatalities across Indian States Michael Grimm and Carole Treibich; ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 531, p1-28(2012)
- Universal Jurisdiction: State of Affairs and Ways Ahead Liesbeth Zegveld and Jeff Handmaker;ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 532/532, p1-17 (2012)
- Visible and invisible walls: world trade patterns and the end of the Cold War, Peter A.G.van Bergeijk, ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 533, p1-21 (2012)
- Land title to the tiller. Why it’s not enough and how it’s sometimes worse Rosselynn Jaye Garcia de la Cruz. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 534, p1-46 (2012)
- Exports, government size and economic growth (Evidence from Iran as a developing oil-export based economy) Sajjad Faraji Dizaji. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 535, p1-41 (2012)
- Child malnutrition and antenatal care: Evidence from three Latin American countries Nohora F. Ramirez, Luis F. Gamboa, Arjun S. Bedi and Robert Sparrow. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 536, p1-28 (2012)
- Constrained gazelles. High potentials in West Africa’s informal economy Michael Grimm, Peter Knorringa, and Jann Lay. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 537, p1-35 (2012)
- It takes two to quango: post-Soviet fiscal relations, political entrepreneurship and agencification from below Barbara Lehmbruch. ISS Working Paper Series / General Series 538, p1-26 (2012)
- Commodity Conservation. The restructuring of community conservation in South Africa and the Philippines. Büscher and Wolfram Dressler
- A perverse ‘Net’ effect? Health insurance and Ex-ante moral hazard in Ghana. Zelalem Yilma Debebe with Luuk van Kempen and Thomas de Hoop
- Human Autonomy Effectiveness and Development Projects Mirtha R. Muniz Castillo and Des Gasper
- Environmental Studies in Turkey: Critical Perspectives in a Time of Neo-liberal Developmentalism, Murat Arsel
- The Marks Race. India's dominant education regime and new segmentation Jos Mooij and Manabi Majumdar
- Neoliberal Conservation, Uneven Geographical Development and the Dynamics of Contemporary Capitalism Bram Buscher and Murat Arsel
Video interviews - new publications
Authors talk about their new books
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ISS News
Development Dialogue - call for papers
10th Development Dialogue part of the ISS' 60th Lustrum celebrations
Send your abstract of your original research on one of the themes of this year's Development Dialogue. To find out more about Development Dialogue, this call and the themes, visit the DD page on the ISS website.
From Peace to Justice 2012 - call for papers
For the annual conference of the Hague Academic Coalition
If you are interested in presenting a paper at the conference on one or more of the questions or themes described below, please send the title and abstract to secretariat@haguecoalition.org by 15 Ma.
More details of the conference and the themes
Scholarship for MA in Development Studies
Students focusing on decent work for lesbian, gay, trans- and intersexual persons
Dreilinden provides a related scholarship for an MA student from the Global South and East. The selected applicant will participate in the ISS MA Programme in Development Studies with a specialization in Work & Employment (W&E).
More details of the scholarship opportunity
Alumni meeting in Bogota, Colombia
Join fellow alumni for an informal get-together on 12 May 2012
The meeting will be hosted by Georgina Gomez. More information and registration
Bram Büscher and Murat Arsel guest edit Journal for Economic and Social Geography
Special issue on Neoliberal Conservation
In their editorial Bram Büscher and Murat Arsel critically reflect on the connection between the ongoing financial crisis and the crises in the sphere of environment and development.
Specialization blogs
For debate, discussion and news
More and more of ISS' MA specializations have their own blogs to engage in debate and discussion on topics linked to the specialization. So far there are blogs for the Human Rights, Conflict and Peace Studies specializations and more are on the way - keep an eye on the teaching pages of our website.
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Staff and PhD news
Completed PhDs
Lucienne Maas A time to enroll, a time to stop: policies, perceptions and practices influencing the right to basic education in Yemen
Alexander Blandón López Economic restructuring and value chains: The search for regional competitivenessin Colombia CD-ROM (Case Studies)
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