CROP Events 2013
Towards the end of the Millennium Development Goals Era: What contribution have our universities made?
1-5 December 2013 | Lilongwe, Malawi
ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION: 4th Biennial SANORD International Conference
Discourses on Poverty, Marginalization and Vulnerability
28-29 November 2013 | Oslo, Norway
ACADEMIC PANEL: CROP will co-organise a panel at the annual NOLAN conference 2013 entitled "Latin America: Challenging Frotiers"
Human Rights and Economic Justice: Essential Elements of the Post-MDG Agenda
18-20 October 2013 | University of Yale, USA
CONFERENCE co-sponsored by CROP, with participation by the CROP Scientific Director, CROP Chair, and several members of the CROP Scientific Committee.
ISSC General Assembly and WSSF
10-15 October 2013 | Montreal, Canada
ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION: The CROP Chair and CROP Scientific Director will participate at the ISSC General Assembly and World Social Science Forum.
Poverty, Language, and Media in Latin America
25-27 September 2013 | Medellin, Colombia
CONFERENCE: Kick-off Conference co-organised by CROP, in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Language (University of Bergen) and other project partner participating in "Poverty, Language, and Media in Latin America". The event will be hosted by the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.
World Bank Global Poverty Measures
22 August 2013 | Mexico DF, Mexico
SEMINAR by Thomas Pogge, Chair of CROP Scientific Committee.
CROP Chair Thomas Pogge at Bergen Summer Research School
18 June 2013 | University of Bergen, Norway
LECTURE: Food as a global development challenge is the cross-cutting theme of the Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2013.
CROP 20th Anniversary Activities and Events
10-11 June 2013 | CROP, UiB Global, Bergen Resource Center for International Development, Norway
ANNIVERSARY EVENT: CROP was launched in 1992. To mark the Programme's 20th birthday, many events on poverty research will be held at the CROP Secretariat.
Development and Sustainability Science - The Challenge of Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Social Change
13-15 May 2013 | University of Bergen, Norway
SEMINAR organised by the Department of Health Promotion and Development (HEMIL), UiB Global, and CROP.
Crisis and Austerity: A painful watershed for the South European welfare state
6 May 2013 (12:00-14:00) | Bergen Resource Center for International Development, Norway
LECTURE by visiting researcher and CROP Fellow Professor Maria Petmesidou: What is the status and impact of the financial crisis on the welfare states in Greece and other countries in South Europe?
Peoples in Movement
3 May 2013 | IMER, University of Bergen, Norway
LECTURE by CROP Fellow and University of Bergen SPIRE guest researcher Camilo Pérez-Bustillo.
World Social Science Fellows Seminar
25-30 March 2013 | Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Quito, Ecuador
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The ISSC is looking for applications from outstanding early career social scientists around the world to become World Social Science Fellows and participate in a World Social Science Seminar on "Sustainable Urbanization: Innovative approaches to understanding urbanization in the 21st century".
Sustainable Urbanization: Innovative approaches to understanding urbanization in the 21st century (WSSF)
26-27 March 2013 | Quito, Ecuador
ACADEMIC PANELS at the World Social Science Forum, co-organised by CROP, the ISSC, IHDP and Andean University Simon Bolivar
Religion, Poverty and Politics
21-22 February 2013 | Bergen, Norway
CONFERENCE organised by CROP and Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) to explore ways in which poverty and social injustice are addressed by different religious actors and communities.
The Structural Roots of Poverty: Theory Meets Practice
14-16 February 2013 | Yale University, USA
CONFERENCE: This conference will bring together academic, advocacy, and policy communities to address the structural roots of global poverty relating to illicit financial flows and tax policy, the post-2015 development agenda, climate change, and global health.
