The Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) in the School of Environment and Development wishes to appoint an outstanding individual to contribute to research and teaching in the field of development studies.

The NPC offers a range of opportunities for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in poverty research and poverty-related policy.

Deadlines: Sept 9 & Oct 18, 2010

The Global Development Network (GDN), a non-profit organization, invites applicants to an international competition for research on development. About $2 million has been distributed in these awards since the competition was founded in 2000.

Deadline: 15 May 2010

The project should be related to one of SUMs research areas; Poverty and Development, Culture, Ethics and Sustainability, Governance for Sustainable Development or Energy and Sustainable Consumption.

The mission of the foundation is to tackle extreme poverty and hunger among rural small farmers in Nigeria by boosting small scale agricultural production.

Deadline: 30 April, 2010

The award is presented annually to an organization or individual from any region of the world for outstanding achievement in the promotion of human rights and democratic development.

Deadline: 30 April, 2010

Within the framework of the 50th anniversary of African independence, SHS-UNESCO is launching a “Call for Ideas” for prospective proposals in favour of Africa’s development within the next decade.

DesiguALdades.net is an international, interdisciplinary, and multi-institutional research network. Doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships are available.

UiB ISSC

News from CROP Net

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".