News from CROPNET
SDG Conference Bergen
7-8 February 2019 | University of Bergen
re:thinking/re:working - Addressing the inequality of knowledge
CODESRIA 15th General Assembly
17-21 December, 2018 | Dakar, Senegal
EVENT: Africa and the Crisis of Globalisation.
Launch of International Science Council (ISC)
5 July (09.00-18.00 CEST)
LIVESTREAM: the founding of ISC will be celebrated with a Science Day.
Free Online Course in Occupational Health
Start 29 October 2018
Occupational Health in Developing Countries is a free and open online course created by one of CROP's partners, the Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen. No course fees.
Fifth Annual Amartya Sen Essay Prize 2018
Deadline: 31 October 2018
CALL FOR ESSAYS: Assessing the human impact of illicit financial flows out of Africa.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17 October 2018 | London, UK
EVENT: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network panel discussion - Leaving No One Behind.
World Social Science Forum 2018
25-28 September 2018 | Fukuoka, Japan
EVENT: Security and Equality for Sustainable Futures
Changing Course for Sustainable Development: Bold Alternatives to Business as Usual
17 September 2018 | Geneva, Switzerland
LAUNCH of the Civil Society Reflection Group Report.
Child Poverty and Deprivation in Refugee-Hosting Areas. Evidence from Uganda
June 2018
REPORT by UNICEF, Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) and University of Cardiff.
Implementing the SDGs: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?
Deadline: 2 August 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS by UNs Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE).
¡7.500 millones de personas!¿Qué es y para qué sirve la demografía
May 2018
NEW BOOK by Jorge Paz (National University of Salta, Argentina)
Just Transition
April 2018
DIGITAL PUBLICATION – a series of scholars’ and practitioners’ think pieces on the idea that transition towards a low-carbon world requires justice and equity.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Commentary
March 2018
PUBLICATION: A thematic analysis of the Declaration's provisions, including the background to their inclusion, and practical enforcement.
Knowledge for Our Common Future
8-9 February 2018 | University of Bergen, Norway
CONFERENCE: Norwegian Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals.
ISSC General Assembly 2017
24-26 October 2017 | Taipei
The General Assembly will take place within the context of the 32nd ICSU General Assembly, hosted by the Academy of Sciences, Taipei.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2017
17 October 2017
United Nations Call to Action to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and inclusive societies
Higher Education Governance, Research and Policy in Africa
Deadline: 30 September 2017
CALL by CODESRIA for Meaning-making Research Initiatives (MRI)
Sustainability interrogated: societies, growth, and social justice
6-8 September 2017 | University of Bradford, UK
Development Studies Association Conference 2017
4th Annual Amartya Sen Essay Prize
Deadline: 31 August 2017
CALL for original essays on the moral assessment of tax dodging.
Southern Problems of and Perspectives on Global Tax Fairness
Deadline: 31 August 2017
Call for Papers: Anthology publication by Global Justice Program, Yale University.
EADI-NORDIC Conference 2017
21-23 August 2017 | Bergen, Norway
CONFERENCE: Globalisation at the Crossroads - Rethinking Inequalities and Boundaries
Demolishing Development Myths to Meet the SDGs
28 June 2017 | UN Library Geneva
Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Handbook of Alternative Approaches to Economic Development.
Sustainable Development Goals multi-stakeholder platform
Deadline: June 26, 2017
CALL for applications for membership.
Feminist Scholarship, Universities and Social Transformation in Africa
12-23 June 2017 | Dakar Senegal
CALL for applications to CODESRIA 2017 Gender Institute (Deadline 15 May, 2017).
Indigenous Rights to Development, Socio-Economic Rights, and Rights for Groups with Vulnerabilities
June 2017
RESEARCH PAPER by CROP Fellow Camilo Perez-Bustillo (Universty of Dayton) and Jessie M. Hohmann (University of London).
Child Poverty and Household coping Strategies in Croatia
May 2017
POLICY BRIEF by the Institute of Economics, Zagreb.
Transformations to Sustainability
Deadline: 5 April 2017
CALL for funding proposals: Over €13 million available for social science led research.
Migrating out of Poverty: From Evidence to Policy
28-29 March 2017 | London, UK
CONFERENCE: Organised by Department for International Development (DFID). Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2016
World Social Work Day 2017
21 March 2017 | UN, Geneva
EVENT: What can social work contribute and which competencies are needed to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)?
2017 Stein Rokkan Prize
Deadline: 15 February 2017
CALL for nominations for Comparative Social Science Research.
The Poverty of Politics?
2 February 2017 | UN Headquarters, New York
EVENT: Pursuing Sustainable Development for All in Challenging Times.
The Universities and the SDGs
1 February 2017 | UiB Global, University of Bergen
WORKSHOP: How can universities, as part of a system of education and knowledge development, contribute to the promotion of the SDGs?
Convention on the Rights of the Child: UNICEF interactive tool
20 November 2016
Mapping the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17 October 2016
Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms
World Social Science Report 2016
22 September 2016 | Stockholm, Sweden
ISSC REPORT: Challenging Inequalities – Pathways to a Just World
