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Upcoming Events on Development Studies

This section collects news we acquire about call for papers, seminars, workshops and conferences on topics related to development studies. Click here to look for past events.

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Past Events

Conoscere per capire: Gerusalemme e i giovani

Venerdì 8 maggio dalle ore 9:00 alle 13:45, all'Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Aula 1 del Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra - Roma, P.le A. Moro, 5, verranno presentati gli elaborati dei 14 vincitori delle borse di studio 2008 bandite dalla Fondazione Angelo Frammartino in collaborazione con i Centri di Ricerca della Sapienza.
Segui il link per vedere il programma.

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A glance to the future: problems, aspects, connections, different approaches

The conference A glance to the future: problems, aspects, connections, different approaches will take place at the Faculty of Economics of the Sapienza University of Rome on 23 March 2009.
Please follow the link to see the programme.

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Changing Identity of Rural India

The book  "Changing Identity of Rural India" edited by Elisabetta Basile and Ishita Mukhopadhyay and published by Anthem Press (Delhi and London) will be launched on the 4th of February in Calcutta University, Kolkata. The editors and some of the authors will be there as well as the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University Prof. Suranjan Das and the Italian Consul General Bruno Campria.

The volume is the outcome of the scientific collaboration between SPES Research Centre on Development Studies at La Sapienza and Calcutta University.

Global Governance for Sustainable Development

The 12th EADI General Conference will take place in Geneve, Switzerland, from 24th to 28th June, 2008.
EADI is the European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes, to which SPES participates from 2007.
The conference's theme is Global Governance for Sustainable Development. The conference's official web site is http://eadi.org/gc2008/

Please follow the link to download the program.

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Change, Institutions, and Identities in Rural India

Jointly with the University of Calcutta, SPES Development Studies organises the Workshop Change, Institutions, and Identities in Rural India, that will be held on 11-12 September 2006, Calcutta University – Kolkata.

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• 2006, May, Conference "Reassessing Civil Society, the State, and Social Capital: Theory, Evidence, Policy".
The Conference is organized by the University of Bergen, Centre for Development Studies, and will be held in Hardanger, Norway, on May 11, 12 & 13, 2006.

• 2006, May, Workshop "Trust in Agent Societies"
The Workshop will be held in Hokudate, Japan, on 8-12 May 2006. Deadline for submitting a paper is January 15, 2006.

• 2006, May, International Conference on "Ethical Aspects of Management in Theory and Practice".
The Conference will be hosted by The Freie Universität Berlin (Department of Economics and Business Administration) on 11th - 13th May 2006.

• 2006, May, International Conference on " Economics of Poverty, Environment and Natural Resource Use".
The Conference is organized by the Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group of the Wageningen University, and will be held in Wageningen on 17-20 May 2006.

• 2006, May, Deadline of the Call for paper by the Journal of Accounting & Organisational Change.
Topics for papers include social capital, social networks and social norms.

• 2006, May, 40th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association.
The Conference is organized by the Concordia University and will be held in Montreal, Québec, from May 26 to May 28 2006. The deadline for papers submission is February 28, 2006.

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• 2006, June, Conference "Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade, DEGIT"
The Conference will be held in Jerusalem, on 18-19 June 2006. Deadline for submitting a paper is March 31, 2006.

• 2006, June, European Network on Industrial Policy International Conference 2006
The Conference will be held in Limerick, 20-22 June 2006. Deadline for submitting a paper is 9 December 2005.

• 2006, June, Fifth Proximity Congress
The Conference will be held in Bourdeaux on June 28 - 30, 2006. The deadline for paper submission is January 15, 2006.

• 2006, June, 8th International Conference on Linking Systems Thinking, Innovation Quality, Entrepreneurship and Environment.
The Conference will be held in Maribor, Slovenia, on 28-30 June, 2006. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 10th January, 2006.

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• 2006, July, CES Annual International Conference on Governing Rapid Growth in China: Efficiency, Equity and Institutions.
The Conference is organized by the Chinese Economists Society (CES) and will be held in Shangai, July 2-4 2006. Deadline for paper submission is February 15, 2006.

• 2006, July, Work Pensions and Labour Economics (WPEG) Conference 2006.
The Conference will is organized by the University of Kent and will be held in Canterbury, on 10-12 July 2006. Deadline for submitting an abstract is February 28 2006.

• 2006, July, Fourth International Conference on Cultural Policy Research.
The Conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, on 12-16 July 2006. Deadline for submitting an abstract is 31 October 2006.

• 2006, July, The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World, ISA World Congress of Sociology.
The Conference is organized by the International Sociological Association and will be held in Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006. Deadline for submitting a paper is December 15, 2005. Grants to afford participation costs are available.

• 2006, July, XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology.
The Congress will be held in Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006. A Spanish language session will be devoted to "Capital social y redes sociales: El "pegamento" del desarrollo social" (Social capital and social networks: The "glue" of social development and welfare).

• 2006, July, 8th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare.
The Meeting will be held in Istanbul, on 13th-17th of July, 2006. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2006. The submitters will be notified about the status of their submissions by April 15, 2006. 

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• 2006, August, "Trust, Reciprocity and Social Capital", 2006 Ratio Colloquium for Social Scientists.
The conference is organized by the Ratio Institute of Stockholm and will be held in Stockholm, August 25-26, 2006. Deadline for submitting an abstract is February 15, 2006.

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• 2006, September, Tackling the Determinants of Health
The Conference will be held in Sydney on 25 -27 September 2006. Deadline for paper submission is 1 April 2006.

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• 2006, October, Conference "The good company. Catholic Social Thought and Corporate Social Responsibility in Dialogue"
The Conference will be held in Rome on October 5-7, 2006. The deadline for paper submission is 31 January 2006.

• 2006, October, "Culture Matters. Understanding Development from the Perspectives of Marginal Communities".
The Conference is organized by the Deshkal Society and will be held in New Delhi, India, on 13th - 15th October, 2006. The deadline for submitting an abstract is 30 April, 2006.

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• 2006, November, Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth.
The Conference is organized by the Halle Institute for Economic Research and will be held in Halle, Germany on November 23, 2006.

• 2006, November: "The role and Organisation of European Civil Society".
The Conference is organized by the CINEFOGO Network of Excellence and will be held in Roskilde, Denmark, on 15th – 17th of November 2006.

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• 2006, December: The Ravage Of The Planet 2006
First International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards.
The Conference is organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and the University of Siena, Italy, and will be held in Bariloche, Argentina, 12-14 December 2006.

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• 2006, March, Seventh Biennial ACS Gender Studies Conference "Governing Bodies: Reflections on the Self, Society, and State".
The Conference is organized by the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) and Centenary College of Louisiana, and will be held in Shreveport, Louisiana, on March 24-25, 2006. Deadline for abstracts' submission is October 22, 2005.

• 2006, March, International Conference "Women as Global Leaders: Communities in Transition"
The Conference will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on March 12-14, 2006. Deadline for submitting a paper is January 1st, 2006.

• 2006, March, Workshop on " Forensic Economics in Competition Law Enforcement".
The Workshop will take place in Amsterdam, on March 17, 2006, and is organized by the The Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) at the University of Amsterdam. Deadline for submitting a paper is February 1, 2006.

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• 2006, April, International Meeting on "Open Macroeconomics and Development".
The Conference is organized by CEDERS and the Université de la Méditerranée (Aix-Marseille II), and will be held in Aix en Provence, France, on April 27th – 28th, 2006.

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• 2006, February, Sociology of Education Association 2006 Annual Conference, "Social Capital and Educational Achievement".
The conference will be held in Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove, California. The deadline for submitting papers is October, 15, 2005.

• 2006, February, International Conference on "Successful Small Business & Entrepreneurship from Small Islands" .
The Conference will be held in Malta, 2nd, 3rd and 4th February 2006. Deadline for submitting a paper is 30 November 2005.

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• 2005, December, Conference "Health Financing in Developing Countries".
The Conference is organized by the CERDI (Centre for Studies and Research on International Development) in partnership with the World Bank Institute, the World Health Organization and the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and will be held in Paris on 1st - 2nd December 2005.

• 2005, December, Conference "Building Social Capital in Networks".
The Conference will be held in Phuket, Thailand, on December 11-14 2005. Abstracts should be submitted by February 25, 2005. The final paper must be sent to the conference organiser by May 27, 2005.

•  2005, December, COE/JEPA International Conference "Towards a New Economic Paradigm: Declining Population Growth, Labor Market Transition and Economic Development under Globalization".
The Conference is jointly organized by the Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) and the Center of Excellence (COE) Program of Kobe University, and wil be held in Kobe, Japan, 17-18 December 2005.

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• 2005, November, RSA Conference "Sustainable Regions: Making Regions Work".
The Regional Studies Association annual conference will be held in London on 24th November, 2005. The deadline for papers submission is 6th June, 2005.

• 2005, November, ACSEG 12th International Meeting
The meeting will be held in Aix en Provence, France, on 17-18 November 2005. Topics for papers submission include networks and multidimensional data analysis.

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• 2005, October, "L'Africa che cambia".
A Meeting organized by te Italian NGOs Casa della Cultura, Isiao Milano, Afriche e Orienti, Centro culturale multietnico La Tenda and by the online magazine El Ghibli and sponsored by the University of Milan, Faculty of Political Sciences and by the Province of Milan, on Saturday, 15 October, 2005, Casa della Cultura, Milano.

• 2005, October, International Conference "Climate or Development?".
The Conference is organized by the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) and will be held in Hamburg, Germany, on October 28-29, 2005.

• 2005, October, PASCAL International Conference on "Making Knowledge Work".
An international conference on "Making Knowledge Work. Building Sustainable Communities through Partnerships in: Place Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning" hosted by the PASCAL observatory at the University of Stirling.

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• 2005, September, Conference on "What is social capital? Social capital: definition, measurement and applications".
The Conference is organized by the Social Capital Foundation and will be held in Bugibba, Malta, on 20-22 September, 2005.

• 2005, September,  3rd PhD Conference in Economics: Research in Economics: The Importance of Methodology in Social Sciences.
The 3rd PhD Conference in Economics will be held in Turin, Italy, 8-10 September 2005.

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• 2005, August, International Conference on Engaging Communities
The Conference is an Initiative of the United Nations and Queensland Government, and will be held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 14-17 August, 2005.

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• 2005, July, Queen Elizabeth House 50th Anniversary Conference: New Development Threats and Promises.
The Conference is organized by the Queen Elizabeth House at the University of Oxford, and will be held in Oxford, 4-5 July 2005.

• 2005, July, XXV IUSSP International Population Conference.
The Conference is organized by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, and will be held in Tours, 18-23 July, 2005.

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