CROP Events 2010
Changing Nature – Changing Sciences? The challenges of global environmental change research for the social sciences and humanities
13-14 December 2010 | Nagoya, Japan
CONFERENCE: The focus of the joint ISSC-CIPSH symposium will be to further stimulate and advance debate about the social sciences and humanities contributions, challenges, and capacities to advance global environmental change research.
God, Virtue and Politics: Inequality & Social Justice in Latin America
3 December 2010 | Stockholm, Sweden
WORKSHOP organised by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, Institute of Latin American Studies, Stockholm University, in collaboration with UiB Global & the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen; and NORLARNET.
A church for the voiceless? Religion, politics and social justice in Latin America
1 December 2010 | Oslo, Norway
PUBLIC EVENT organised by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, NorLARNet, UiB Clobal and Department of Comparative Politics, University or Bergen.
God, Virtue & Politics: Inequality & Social Justice in Latin America
30 November 2010 | UiB Global, Bergen, Norway
SEMINAR organised by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, in co-operation with NorLARNet, UiB Global and Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
Policy Discussion Silent Crises, Politics, Mobilization and Development Research
25-26 November 2010 | Det Teologiske Menighetsfakultet, Oslo, Norway
ACADEMIC PANEL: CROP will co-organise this plenary session at the NFU Conference 2010 "Rethinking Crises: Vulnerability, Community and State in Development Research"
Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics
25 November 2010 | Oslo, Norway
PUBLICATION: The new UNRISD report seeks to explain why people are poor and why inequalities exist, as well as what can be done to rectify these injustices. CROP is assisting UNRISD and NORAD with the launch of the report in Norway.
Poverty, Environment and Climate Change
11-13 November 2010 | Havana, Cuba
WORKSHOP organised by CLACSO-CROP Programme on Studies of Poverty in Latin America, the Caribbean, with the Centre for Psychological and Sociological Research, and the Antonio Núñez Jimenez Foundation for Nature and Man
Present time history of Christianity in the world of the poor
4-6 October 2010 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
WORKSHOP organised by the CLACSO-CROP Programme and CEHILA. The workshop will focus on issues like what is the "power of the poor" in present time Latin American history; how to construct (historical) "memories" in the world of the poor and the relationships between churches and governing institutions.
10 Years of War Against Poverty: What have we learnt since 2000 and what should we do 2010-20?
8-10 September 2010 | Manchester, UK
ACADEMIC PANEL: CROP is co-sponsoring the Chronic Poverty Centre Conference hosted by Brooks World Poverty Institute. The final programme is now available.
The Forgotten Half - Collaborative Research on Child Poverty
14-15 June 2010 | The Pennsylvania State University, USA
CONFERENCE: This working conference will bring together a group of committed scholars who share a common interest in the circumstances of children in the Global South.
Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change
3 June 2010 | IDEP, Dakar, Senegal
SEMINAR: The IDEP Monthly Development Seminar is a public knowledge-sharing and discussion forum where key global and regional development questions that carry implications for economy, politics, governance, culture and society in Africa are freely debated.
Poor Thinking
11 May 2010 (17:30) | Bergen Resource Center for International Development, Norway
PUBLIC EVENT: "Poor Thinking: Challenging dominant poverty research narratives". This round table of leading, international poverty researchers will examine contemporary global trends in poverty and inequality and discuss the possibilities and responsibilities for eradicating, minimizing and preventing them.
CROP Scientific Committee Meeting
10-12 May 2010 | Bergen, Norway
MEETING: The next meeting of CROP's Scientific Comittee will be held in Bergen.
Post Copenhagen: Practical Consequences for Europe
23 March 2010 | Brussels, Belgium
ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION: Briefing Session for Parliamentarians and Policy Makers.
CLACSO-CROP Capacitation workshop
1-5 March 2010 | Panama
WORKSHOP: Capacitation Workshop on Poverty for young reseachers in Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the CLACSO-CROP Young Fellows programme.
Norwegian National Committee meeting
4 February 2010 | Oslo, Norway
The first meeting of the Norwegian CROP National Committee took place at SUM in Oslo.
