Alumni Newsletter No. 21, June 2011
Alumni news & careers |
Alumnus H.E. Mr. Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Thailand, H.E. Dr. Virachai Plasai, Ambassador of Thailand in The Netherlands and a Thai delegation visited ISS on 1 June. Mr. Piromya graduated with a Diploma in International Relations in 1971 and a Master of Social Science in 1972. |
Agnes Khoo (Politics of Alternative Development Strategies 1989/1990) has translated a book (from Chinese to English) about the lives of Southeast Asian migrant workers in Taiwan. The original Chinese version of the book, written by Ms. Ku Yu-ling - leader of Taiwan International Workers' Associations (TIWA), has won several awards in Taiwan. It was also listed as best seller by Asia Week in 2008. This English version of the book will allow many more migrant workers in Asia and beyond to read stories told by other migrant workers. |
Samer Srouji from Lebanon (International Political Economy and Development, 2004/2005) has written an article on development cooperation in Ecuador that was published in Claves para el Desarrollo in Spain, by the University of Cantabria. www.ciberoamericana.com/publicaciones/claves-para-el-desarrollo |
Alumni on LinkedinOver 1,000 ISS alumni have now joined the ISS alumni group in Linkedin.
Johan Westra was the thousandth member to join. After studying PADS in 2004/2005 he was the International Coordinator of the international volunteer organisation Service Civil International (www.sciint.org) for four years. Now he is working (till coming October) for the Belgian Ministry of Health and Environment. |
ISS on Facebook
Apart from the restricted ISS alumni and students/staff group in FB, ISS has also a general FB page since the beginning of this year. Many of you have found this already. It's now possible to include this page in your profile (as a university in the education section). |
Scholas has organized an afternoon for students in May where three ISS alumni elaborated on their lives and careers after graduating from ISS: Fiona Dove (Executive Director of Transnational Institute), Jasper van der Munckhof (Manager Marketing & Productmanagement Eco Energy) and Michael Conteh (Coordinator Gender Training and Reserach Program, University of Namibia). A great opportunity to hear and discuss the effects of studying at ISS. |
International Alumni BarometerA big thank you to all alumni who already have taken the trouble to answer the questions in the i-GO international alumni barometer in which ISS participates with other faculties of Erasmus University Rotterdam. This barometer is an alumni tracking survey that will give us insights into your career progression after studying at ISS. It is the first time that ISS participates in this. As we have still one week to go for replies, we would very much appreciate if you could participate. The survey is for international MA alumni (apologies to Dutch alumni). The link to the survey is http://survey.euro.confirmit.com/wix3/p661927995.aspx and it should take no more than 10/15 minutes to go through it. If questions mention Erasmus University, please read it as ISS. Thank you very much in advance! |
ISS news |
Mohamed Salih Deputy Rector Research Affairs
Mohamed Salih has been appointed the new Deputy Rector Research Affairs. He will take up this position in September 2011 for a period of three years. Mohamed Salih is currently Professor of Politics of Development at ISS and the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden. |
Wil Hout member of International Accreditation Council
In its March meeting in Oslo, the EADI Executive Committee of EADI (the European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes) appointed former ISS Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs, Professor Wil Hout,as Member of the International Accreditation Council for Global Development Studies and Research (IAC/EADI), which will be set up as an autonomous agency of EADI. The task of the IAC will be to oversee the process of accreditation of training programmes in development studies in Europe and beyond and to initiate partnerships and capacity building activities with institutes in the global South. |
Open to all students wishing to study at ISS, the Scholarship Fund for Excellent Students and the Hardship Fund, offer self-financing students the opportunity to receive a discount on the tuition fee. More information is available from the ISS website |
World Bank: The Complete World Development Report OnlineOn this new website you will find every page of every World Development Report published by the World Bank since the first report was released in 1978. You can search and browse across and within all WDRs and the most recent background papers - all in one single place at: www.wdronline.worldbank.org |
Alumni meetings |
Upcoming meetings |
Karachi, Pakistan, on 25 June 2011An ISS alumni meeting will be held in Karachi on 25 June 2011. The lunch meeting will start at 14.30 hrs. and will be hosted by ISS' Almas Mahmud. Further details will be communicated through the ISS website, FB and Linkedin. |
RwandaISS is preparing an alumni meeting in Kigali in Rwanda. More details to follow. |
Recent meetings |
Tokyo, Japan, 1 June 2011After having to go through some trouble finding the right venue, ISS alumni enjoyed a wonderful evening in Tokyo where Dr. Howard Nicholas was hosting an informal alumni gathering. |
Kyoto, Japan, 7 June 2011On the 7th of June an ISS alumni gathering was held in Kyoto, also hosted by Dr. Howard Nicholas. Comment on FB: "Fantastic alumni meeting in Kyoto tonight!" |
New 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. |
Publications |
Deconstructing childhood vulnerability: and introduction Kristen Cheney |
The Critical Development Studies Handbook: Tools for Change edited by Henry Veltmeyer with contributions by Jos Mooij, Saturnino Borras Jr., Haroon Akram-Lodhi and Cristobal Kay (and others) |
Corruption, Development and the Environment Lorenzo Pellegrini |
Employment, Inequality and Globalization: a Continuous Concern Rolph van der Hoeven |
Social Protection for Inclusive Development, European Report on Development with a contribution by Arjan de Haan |
The Politics of Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change co-edited by Satunino (Jun) Borras |
Economic diplomacy, trade and developing countries. Article by Peter van Bergeijk and Mina Yakop, in the special issue on 'Development and Geography' of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society |
The PRS approach and the Paris agenda: Experiences in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua. A.G. Dijkstra and K. Komives in the European Journal of Development Research |
Assessing the Scope for Partnerships Between Local Governments and Community-Based Organizations: Findings from Rural Morocco. S.I. Bergh in International Journal of Public Administration (33) |
Book Review on: Jenny Pearce (ed.): Participation and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century City. S.I. Bergh in Voluntas (21) |
Working Papers |
Bending the private-public gender norms: negotiating schooling for young mothers from low-income households in Kenya Alice N. Wekesa ISS Working Paper no. 515 |
Incorporating perceptions and experiences of violence into livelihood decision-making: a micro level study in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh Mohammad Badiuzzaman ISS Working Paper no. 516 |
Rescuing exclusion from the poverty debate: group disparities and social transformation in India Arjan de Haan ISS Working Paper no. 517 |
Chinese competition: do we need a new competition policy regime? Pierrette B. Gaasbeek and Peter A.G.van Bergeijk ISS Working Paper no. 518 |
Human autonomy effectiveness and development projects Mirtha Muñiz Castillo and Des Gasper ISS Working Paper no. 519 |
Multi-membership and the effectiveness of regional trade agreements in western and Southern Africa. A comparative study of ECOWAS and SADC Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor and Peter A.G. van Bergeijk ISS Working Paper no. 520 |
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