May 13-15, 2013 / University of Bergen, Norway

Organized by the Department of Health Promotion and Development (HEMIL), UiB Global, and CROP.

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?

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".

March 25-30, 2013 / Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Quito, Ecuador

ISSC calls 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".

February 21-22, 2013 / Bergen, Norway

CROP and Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) organize this conference to explore ways in which poverty and social injustice are addressed by different religious actors and communities.

December 10-12, 2012 / Cairo, Egypt

This cross-continental and interdisciplinary workshop will approach social change toward poverty eradication and prevention in an interdisciplinary and critical way taking current politics as the point of reference.

11:00-13:00, Nov 21, 2012 / University of Western Cape

Growing poor population in Middle Income Countries necessitates a re-thinking of poverty reduction policies, how these are developed, the role played by politics and how social development policies are shaped.

Cape Town, South Africa / November 22-24, 2012

This workshop, organized by CROP and the Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape, aims to enhance comparative and critical views of poverty politics; to consolidate the recently formed Working Group on Poverty Politics and Social Policy, and to prepare the publication of an anthology based on selected contributions.

October 15-19, 2012 / San Juan, Argentina

CROP Scientific Director Alberto D. Cimadamore will participate in the panel "Política y Programación Social" (Politics and Social Programmes).

Bergen, NORWAY / August 22, 2012

Public event at the Bergen Resource Center for International Development, with participation of CROP Scientific Committee members.

Bergen, NORWAY / August 23, 2012

Public event at the Bergen Resource Center for International Development, with participation of CROP Scientific Committee members.

Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA / August 1-4, 2012

CROP Fellow and Co-Editor of the CROP-Zed Books series Juliana Martinez-Franzoni will organize and chair two session hosted by the Research Committee on Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19).

CROP/UiB Global, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen, NORWAY / 14:00, June 19, 2012

A CROP/UiB Global lecture, held by CROP Fellow Camilo Perez-Bustillo, Research Professor Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM), Mexico.

CROP/UiB Global, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen, NORWAY / 09:30-11:00, June 26, 2012

A UiB Global/CROP lecture, held by John Crowley, editor of the International Social Science Journal, UNESCO.

San Francisco, USA / May 23-26, 2012

Session sponsored by CROP at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2012 congress: "Toward a Third Century of Independence in Latin America."

May 28 - June 1, 2012 / San Jose, Costa Rica

Applications are invited from young social scienctists from Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haití, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.

April 17, 2012 / CROP, UiB Global, Bergen

The CROP & University of Bergen Poverty Lecture, by Enrique Dussel, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.

7-9 December 2011, Mexico D.F.

CLACSO-CROP Programme, Working Group on Poverty and Social Policies (CLACSO), Economics Research Institute (IIEc-UNAM), Seminar on Social Question (SUCS-UNAM) and Social Research Institute (IIS-UNAM) have jointly organized this international workshop.

March 13-15, 2012 / Mexico D.F.

CROP and El Colegio de México jointly organize the interdisciplinary seminar, examining sound policies for eradicating poverty among peasants.

28-30 November, 2011 / Kampala, Uganda

This cross-continental and interdisciplinary seminar was jointly organized by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, Makerere University, The Nile Basin Programme (NBRP) and The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI).

26-27 October, 2011 / Bergen, Norway

CROP session at the second conference of the Norwegian Latin American Research Network (NorLARNet).

21-23 October, 2011, New Delhi, India

Organized by CROP, Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Incentives for Global Health (IGH) and the Developing Countries Research Centre at the University of Delhi.

3-4 September, 2011 / Oslo, Norway

Workshop jointly organized by the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), and CROP.

1 September, 2011 / Bergen Resource Centre for International Development

Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) is an international organization of scholars and teachers which aims to increase the impact of academics on global poverty through promoting and supporting collaboration, public outreach and policy intervention.

30 August, 2011 / Bergen, Norway

Poverty, social justice and global health: How can the Health Impact Fund (HIF) make a difference? This question was the focus of attention in a public meeting in Bergen. The event was co-organized by CROP, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) and the Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen (SiB).

25-27 August, 2011 / Seoul, Korea

CROP is co-sponsoring a session at the annual meeting of the ISA Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19).

23 May, 2011, University of Birmingham

The UK launch conference of Academics Stand Against Poverty seeks proposals.

23 April, 2011, Yale University

CROP is co-sponsoring the launch conference of Academics Stand Against Poverty to be held at Yale University 23 April.

7-11 March, 2011 / Guatemala

Capacitation workshop for young reseachers in Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the CLACSO-CROP Young Fellows programme.

2-4 February 2011 / Tampa, USA

This is the first large meeting of its kind to bring together leading scholars (in dialogue with other actors) from throughout the world to collectively advance our understanding of what new forms of governance are emerging in the Americas and how they relate to the poor.

13-14 December 2010 / Nagoya, Japan

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.

1 December 2010 / Oslo, Norway

Organized by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, NorLARNet, UiB Clobal and Department of Comparative Politics, University or Bergen.

3 December, 2010 / Stockholm, Sweden

Organized 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.

25-26 November, 2010 / Det Teologiske Menighetsfakultet, Oslo

CROP will co-organize this plenary session at the NFU Conference 2010 "Rethinking Crises: Vulnerability, Community and State in Development Research"

25 November 2010 / Oslo, Norway

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.

November 30 / UiB Global, Bergen, Norway

Organized by CLACSO-CROP Programme, in cooperation with NorLARNet, UiB Global and Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen

11-13 November, 2010 / Havana, Cuba

Organized 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

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

Organized by 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.

3 June 2010 / IDEP, Dakar, Senegal

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.

14-15 June, 2010 / The Pennsylvania State University, USA

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.

11 May, 2010 / 17:30 / Bergen Resource Centre for International Development

Poor thinking: challenging dominant poverty research narratives. This roundtable 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.

10-12 May, 2010 / Bergen

The next meeting of CROP's Scientific Comittee will be held in Bergen.

23 March, 2010 / Brussels, Belgium

Briefing Session for Parliamentarians and Policy Makers.

1-5 March 2010 / Panama

Capacitation Workshop on Poverty for young reseachers in Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the CLACSO-CROP Young Fellows programme.

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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.

“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.

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

CROP Events

May 13-15, 2013 / University of Bergen, Norway

Organized by the Department of Health Promotion and Development (HEMIL), UiB Global, and CROP.

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?

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".