The CROP Secretariat

The CROP Secretariat is located at the University of Bergen, Norway. The Secretariat, in coordination with the Scientific Committee and the sponsors,  is responsible for the effective coordination, implementation, evaluation and development of the Programme activities the activities of the Programme.

The Secretariat maintains the website to present updated resources on poverty research, keeps the CROPnet directory updated, coordinates publications, and co organizes events and workshops. 

The Secretariat also works closely with the National committees and CROP Fellows seeking to promote new research projects, seek funding and resources.

The Secretariat is integrated in the University of Bergen by also promoting and coordinating poverty research and educational activities locally.

The Secretariat is headed by the Scientific Director together with administrative personnel. And it also hosts researchers and visiting fellows.

Asunción Lera St. Clair

CROP Scientific Director, Ex-officio member of SC
Professor / Department of Sociology, University of Bergen

Santiago Kosiner

Assistant, CLACSO-CROP Programme
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Håvard Haarstad

Head, Latin America Programme
Coordinator - Researcher /

Bjørn Enge Bertelsen

Coordinator - Researcher
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Inge Tesdal

Executive Officer /

Hans Egil Offerdal

Head, CROP Latin American and Caribbean Programme /
UiB ISSC

News from CROP Net

Member of CROP Scientific Committee Julio Boltvinik is writing a weekly column "Economía Moral" in the Mexican newspaper La Jornada.

The concept of human security offers a new approach to the challenges of climate change, and the responses that could lead to a more equitable and sustainable future.

In this new CROP Poverty Brief, Prof. Thomas Pogge writes that while we are congratulating ourselves on how successful we all are in the fight against poverty, the FAO reported in 2009 that the number of chronically undernourished people has broken above 1 billion for the first time in human history.

CROP Events

8-10 September, 2010 / Manchester, UK

CROP is co-sponsoring the Chronic Poverty Centre Conference hosted by Brooks World Poverty Institute. The final programme is now available.

4-6 October 2010 / Buenos Aires, Argentina

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.

10-13 November, 2010 / Havana, Cuba

Organized by the CLACSO-CROP Programme in collaboration with CIPS and FANJ.