Scientific Committee

CROP Scientific Committee provides guidance on scientific and academic aspects of the programme and constitutes the main body for advising and formulating the overall scientific goals of the Programme.

It is composed of recognized academic authorities in the field of poverty research, appointed by the International Social Science Council in agreement with the University of Bergen. SC members are appointed on the background of academic achievements and to represent geographical regions and disciplines.

CROP SC for the period 2013-2014 is integrated by:

Thomas Pogge

Chair of CROP Scientific Committee

Leitner Professor / Philosophy and International Affairs Yale University, USA

Michiel Baud

Director / Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA)

Norman Duncan

Dean of Humanities / University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA.

Varun Gauri

Senior Economist / Development Research Group, The World Bank. INDIA.

David Hulme

Professor and Head of Institute / Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester

Juliana Martinez-Franzoni

Associate Professor, Researcher / University of COSTA RICA

Alberto Minujin

Professor / The New School, USA.

Elma Montaña

Researcher / National Research Council of Argentina. ARGENTINA

Etienne Nel

Associate Professor / University of Otago, NEW ZEALAND.

Sigmund Grønmo

Ex-officio member

Rector / University of Bergen, NORWAY

Heide Hackmann

Ex-officio member

Secretary General / International Social Science Council (ISSC)

Scientific Committee 2010-2012

News from CROP Net

Peoples in Movement

May 3 2013, 14.15-16.00 / IMER, Univ of Bergen

Potential contributions of migrant rights movements of Latin American origin to the emergence of counter-hegemonic paradigms of human rights- comparative aspects in the Euro-African and global context.

ICSU/ISSC: Food Futures networking conference

“Food Futures” is an invitation to think creatively on the potential for change and transformation of our food systems and how research can help define and achieve these visions.

Revolution and Social Transformation in Egypt

Public round table session held at the "Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South" workshop.

CROP Events

Crisis and austerity: A painful watershed for the South European welfare state

May 6, 2013, 12-14, / University of Bergen

Open lecture with 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?

Public Meetings at World Social Science Seminar

March 26-27, 2013 / Quito, Ecuador

CROP, jointly with the ISSC, IHDP and Andean University Simon Bolivar, is organizing two public panels, taking place within the framework of the WSS Seminar "Sustainable Urbanization: Innovative approaches to understanding urbanization in the 21st century".