Alumni news & careers

Rebecca Davidson (MA Human Rights, Development and Social Justice, 2007/2008) started a new job at CUSO-VSO (www.cuso-vso.org) as Program Funding Advisor in Ottawa, Canada.

Dawood Mamoon (PhD 2008) has been appointed as Director Monitering Evaluation at the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD), Ministry of Commerce, Pakistan since October 2009. His prime responsibility is managing the trade related research projects of PITAD as well as to evaluate the trade policy of Pakistan. Before joining PITAD, he served as Foreign Professor at National Defence University Pakistan and in Saudi Arabia as an Economist for Aldu Kheil Fianacial Group (AFG).

Sergio Lenci (MA Politics of Alternative Development Strategies 1995/96) has left the UNDP and now works as freelance consultant, based in Brasilia, Brasil. He is available for consultancy in the areas of development evaluation, programme design and monitoring.

Shabbir Ahmed Chowdhury from Bangladesh (MA Agricultural and Rural Development 1987/1988) would like to form an ISS alumni group in Bangladesh and invites all ISS alumni to contact him on shabbir.ac@remove-this.brac.net. Shabbir Ahmed Chowdhury is Director Training, BRAC, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh. Tel 880-2-9881265 Ext. 2203, cell no. 8801713011963.

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ISS news

Mailing to all ISS alumni

In September this year, we are preparing a huge mailing to all our alumni. We will send you ISS promotion material including the new Prospectus, the new DevISSues as well as a small gift. Please make sure that we have your updated postal address. You can send it to us through alumni@remove-this.iss.nl, Facebook or Linkedin.

Refresher course for NFP alumni

ISS is offering a refresher course for NFP alumni on 'Globalization and Labour' with the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) in September 2010. The course is open to alumni from the South and Southeast Asian region. The application deadline is May 31, 2010.

8th Development Dialogue call for papers

This yearly initiative from PhD students is on the theme " Knowledges for Development - Development for Knowledges". The event will take place from 21-22nd June 2010 at ISS.

Online application for NFP fellowship

As of November 2010 you can apply online for an NFP fellowship through Scholarships Online (SOL). The Huygens Programme, which is also administered by Nuffic, is already using Scholarships Online. For the NFP, SOL will be adjusted to enable Dutch institutions, Embassies and consulates to have access to the online application. In addition to a new application procedure there will also be a new selection procedure. Under this new procedure the preferences of respectively the Dutch institutions and the Embassies will together determine who will be selected. While the Dutch institutions will focus on academic qualities, Embassies and consulates will base their preferences on country-specific criteria.

Using the online application will have some big advantages for both applicants and Dutch institutions and Embassies. First of all, all parties involved can keep track of the status of an application. This also means that applicants can find out at an earlier stage if they are selected. An additional advantage is that the applications will be digital. The present procedure is still based on hard copy applications.

Honorary appointment for Max Spoor

Professor Max Spoor has received an Honorary Appointment as Guest Professor at the Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
The appointment was confirmed by decision of the President of the NAU, Professor Xiaobo Zheng on March 4, 2010.

Civil society project

On April 1, 2010 ISS started a new project entitled 'Civil Society for Development: Decentralization and Participation in Georgia (CSD).' The project is financially supported by the Social Transformation Programme (MATRA) of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Find out more about the project and the project team by downloading the file: MATRA SCD project - April 2010 (pdf 9.05 kB)

DevISSues

The latest DevISSues was published at the end of April to coincide with ISS Rector Professor Louk Box's farewell. This issue was written almost entirely by ISS alumni and gives a good illustration of the research ISS alumni are involved in. Click on the cover image to download your copy. Later this year all ISS alumni will receive a hard copy of DevISSues. You can also read the articles and start a discussion on the new DevISSues Facebook page. Become a fan at www.facebook.com/devissues

New Prince Claus chairholder

On 30 March 2010, Professor Patricia Almeida held her inaugural address as Prince Claus Chair holder 2009-2011. The title title of her address was Corporate Social Responsibility: A Role only for Business Leaders?
Download the text of the address or watch one of the two videos of the event:
Video academic procession (1 minute)
Video Inaugural Address (1 hour)
Prince Claus Chair 2010 Inaugural Address (pdf 543.14 kB)

Farewell to rector Louk de la Rive Box

On 22 April 2010, ISS bid farewell to rector Louk de la Rive Box. The afternoon's events were a combination of academic and cultural activities which culminated in a buffet dinner and a live band. Photos of the day, Professor Box's inaugural address (video and text) and many more details about the day are available on the dedicated page on the ISS website.

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Other news

Gender and Land Rights Database now online

The FAO has created this freely accessible database which covers the relationship between gender and land rights. It is intended for policy makers, government officials, and other interested parties.

EASY-ECO Brussels Conference "Sustainable Development Evaluations in Europe"

The 2010 EASY-ECO conference in Brussels on the European perspective of evaluation of sustainable development (SD) (17-19 November 2010) will be the final event in the EASY-ECO series of events and therefore presents a good opportunity to keep in touch with the EASY-ECO network. It will take stock of almost a decade of the EASY-ECO programme and SD evaluation practice at EU and national levels in order to – together with important European actors – identify the challenges ahead. Submit your abstracts and apply for EU grants until 15 June 2010.

Volunteer projects in Peru

GTE Volunteers is a leading Peruvian based volunteer and social travel organization. It offers purpose-based travelers affordable, unique, and life-changing adventures in Peru. GTE Volunteers offers the possibility to participate in humanitarian, environmental or economic development projects in Peru. A wonderful opportunity for hands on field experience in a developing country. For this summer GTE Volunteers is offering ISS Alumni volunteer and travel programs to Peru at a discount rate. For more information visit their website: www.gte-volunteers.com or contact: info@remove-this.gte-volunteers.com

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Alumni meetings

Upcoming meetings

New York, US

ISS alumni are invited for an alumni event on Tuesday 4 May 2010 in New York City that is organized by Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Venue: 3 West Club (Lincoln Room), 3 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019. The event starts at 6.30 pm (and ends around 9.30 pm) and is open to all EUR, RSM, IHS and ISS alumni.
Guestspeaker is Heleen Mees, economist, lawyer and columnist. Theme of her presentation is: The unintended consequences of the welfare state.
If you want to register please send an email to alumni@smc.eur.nl with a copy to alumni@iss.nl

Seoul, South Korea

Deputy Rector Academic Affairs of ISS, Professor Wil Hout, will visit South Korea and meet with ISS alumni on 17 June 2010. Place and time still to be determined.

Kyoto, Japan

Professor Wil Hout will also visit Kyoto in Japan. An alumni meeting will be held there on 23 June 2010. Also here the venue and the time have to be determined.

Nairobi, Kenya

Professor Gerrie ter Haar will visit Kenya in July and will be very happy to host an ISS alumni meeting. This fits very well into the activities of ISS alumni to create an ISS alumni association. The meeting will (most likely) be organised at the end of July but more details will follow soon.

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New publications

ISS Working Paper 495: Movements of the ‘we’: international and transnational migration and the capabilities approach. Des Gasper and Thanh-Dam Truong.
ISS Working Paper 496: Is China turning Latin? China’s balancing act between power and dependence on the wave of global imbalances. Andrew Martín Fischer.
ISS Working Paper 497: The global forum on migration and development: ‘all talk and no action’ or ‘a chance to frame the issues in a way that allows you to move forward together’? Bernice Roldan and Des Gasper.
ISS Working Paper 498: Managing migration in the IOM’s world migration report 2008. Beatriz Campillo Carrete and Des Gasper.
ISS Working Paper 499: Short and long run macroeconomic effects of trade policy in the presence of debt servicing. Syed Mansoob Murshed.
ISS Working Paper 500: Economic crisis and women's employment rate in a sub-Sahara African country. Rose Wambui Wamuthenya.

You can also subscribe to the free email notification service for the ISS Working Paper Series. Just supply your email address and you will receive a message each time a new issue is published, including the abstract and the link to the online version.

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