Short-term Consultancy opportunities available - LOT 9 EC Framework Contract.
CfBT’s Consortium has been selected to be a service provider for the new round of EC Framework Contracts Lot 9.

This 4-year Framework Contract is the EC’s fast-track mechanism for commissioning short-term advisory services on all aspects of the EU project cycle, from design to final evaluation.

As of mid September CfBT will receive regular requests for experts from EC Delegations worldwide, usually at very short notice, within the following sectors:

- Education
- Vocational Education and Training
- Labour market and employment
- Social inclusion and protection
- Culture
- Poverty analysis and monitoring How to apply
If you are able to provide advisory, technical and analytical services in any of the skill areas within the sectors above, then please register your interest by sending an updated EC-format CV to ... read more

The Black Sea Link Fellowship Program, sponsored by the VolkswagenStiftung (Hannover, Germany), targets talented young researchers from Moldova, the Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as from other regions around the Black Sea.
The grants allow fellows to work on projects of their choice while in residence in Bucharest, Romania. NEC welcomes a wide variety of disciplines in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Conditions: Applicants must be doctoral students, or hold a Ph.D. title. Preference will be given to candidates below the age of 40.
Duration of the Fellowship: one term (5 months), from October 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011, or from March 1 to July 31, 2011; or a full academic year (10 months) from October 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011.

Location: New Europe College-Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest.

The Fellowship consists of: a monthly stipend of 650 € (tax free), accommodation, international transportation ... read more

The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in art and visual culture of the United States.
A variety of predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior fellowships are available. Fellowships are residential and support independent and dissertation research. The stipend for a one-year fellowship is $27,000 for predoctoral fellows or $42,000 for senior and postdoctoral fellows, plus research and travel allowances. The standard term of residency is twelve months, but shorter terms will be considered; stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve
months.

The application is available online at www.AmericanArt.si.edu/fellowships

Amelia Goerlitz, Fellowship Program Coordinator
Research and Scholars Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum
PO Box 37012 MRC 970
Washington, DC 20013-7012
(202) 633-8353 Phone
(202) 633-8 ... read more

To lead and support Medair’s Country Programmes in accordance with Medair's mandate, values and quality standards.
Medair brings life-saving relief and rehabilitation in disasters, conflict areas, and other crises by working alongside the most vulnerable. Its staff are inspired by their Christian faith to care for people in need, providing practical and compassionate support, regardless of race, religion, or politics. Medair has achieved the ISO 9001:2000 quality certification worldwide, which denotes consistent and effective project management activities for the well-being of its beneficiaries. Founded in 1989, Medair’s unwavering commitment continues to bring hope to the world’s most vulnerable.
Responsibilities
The Desk Officer has the shared responsibility with the Country Director (CD) for the initiation, management, hand-over and exit of Medair's projects in the Country Programme(s) under their control.

This is fulfilled through the following key activiti ... read more

NACO invites applications in prescribed format from young researchers to provide opportunity and incentive to pursue quality and need based research in HIV/AIDS in bio-medical/clinical, epidemiological, behavioral and social disciplines.
Eligibility Criteria
Age: Below 35 years as on 31st December 2009.
Qualification: PG Students enrolled for full-time MD/MPhil/PhD degree program in relevant disciplines from any recognized Indian University/Institute.
Selection Criteria
The selection of the candidates for award of research fellowship will be done after technical evaluation of the research plan by the panel of subject experts. Applications received will be assessed based on the following parameters:
•Relevance to NACP III strategies.
•Innovation.
•Methodology and study design.
•Academic achievement of the candidate.
The decision of the `NACO Technical Resource Group' on Research and Development, in this regard will be final. Requests for reco ... read more

The Weinstein International Fellowship (from the JAMS Foundation) provides opportunties for individuals from outside the United States to visit the U.S. to learn more about dispute resolution processes and practicies and to pursue a project of their own design that serves to advance the resolution of disputes in their home countries.
The JAMS Foundation Board of Directors will approve Fellowships of up to $25,000 in support of projects outlined by Fellowship applicants. This program is intended to be flexible and open to innovation, and applicants are encouraged to develop proposals that will increase the availability of dispute resolution education, training and services in their home countries and beyond.

During their time in the U.S., Fellows may be based in a JAMS Resolution Center or may participate in a university program or be connected to another organization or institution, depending on the nature of their project. Fellowships may be from one month to one year ... read more

Independent Projects awards provide funding to artists and arts managers who propose to undertake projects in the United States in collaboration with a US non-profit arts organization or individual artist. Applicants must have a letter of invitation from a US partner in order to apply for an Independent Projects award. If you do not have a letter of invitation, please consider applying to the Residencies program. Awardees are responsible for arranging all the details of the project including all travel and housing arrangements. Proposals must be thoroughly researched and clearly describe the project. They must include a detailed budget that indicates exact resources and expenses.

Eligible project dates:
May 1, 2010 – April 30, 2011

Maximum award: $5,000

Support is provided to create new work that draws inspiration from interaction with artists and the community in the US; to establish mutually beneficial exchange of ideas and expertise between artists, ... read more

 

Would you like to show your students the coolest chemistry and physics tricks and find some new ideas for your science classes? This year Xperimania sends science ambassadors right into the classroom to demonstrate the fun side of science - and your school can be one of their destinations!

Concentrating on chemistry and physics, Xperimania aims to boost young people’s interest in science, which is a priority for Europe to remain a knowledge-based economy fostering innovation. In the past two years the Xperimania educational activities – hands-on experiments and chats with science experts – have been a huge success involving thousands of secondary school students each year.
This school year Xperimania makes it even easier for the schools to participate, and goes straight to the science classes around Europe: schools can now send their application to an Xperimania science ambassador, who will pay a visit to three selected schools between February - Apri ... read more

Training course on learning to learn during international youth exchanges, European Voluntary Service and training courses within the Youth In Action Programme

Activity type: Training course
Target groups: Project managers, Youth leaders, Youth workers
For participants from: Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

For detailed information, please have a look at http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-training/1649.html

Deadline: 2010/01/10
Country or region: Hungary

The ability to describe by means of linguistic expressions the content of images is characteristics of human beings, in contrast with the numerical features employed by computers. In order to improve the communication between humans and computers, it is necessary to provide knowledge representation models and mathematical tools able to capture and express the semantics of linguistic descriptors. This is a fundamental basis for the development of applications based on linguistic description and linguistic interaction with visual information.
http://www.wcci2010.org
Organizers: Daniel Sanchez, daniel@decsai.ugr.es

Computational intelligence provides most suitable tools in order to fill the gap between the description of visual information by humans and machines. The objective of the special session is to provide a forum for the exposition and discussion of the most recent developments in the topic of linguistic description of visual information by means of computatio ... read more

All over Europe, migrants organise themselves in cultural, political, economic and social contexts. These migrant organisations (MOs) play an important role in incorporating migrants into their societies of arrival. The long-established argument in political sociology was that cultural, ethnic and religious differences between natives and migrants, exclusion from the civil society of the country of arrival and the quality of the migration process (the amount of chain migration) are significant for the formation of ethnically homogenous organisations, which were described as the "classic" cross- border actors.
The absence of active integration policy and the lack of political opportunities were also seen as influential in the orientation of migrants and their organisations towards their countries of origin. Additionally, the crossborder connections of MOs were interpreted as depending on the relevant country of origin's level of support for their citizens abroad. Transnational ... read more

We invite you to join a free online workshop about justice, genocide, and the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The workshop will highlight the various ways these films, and additional resources, can be used with students to explore both the history of the ICC and various questions around justice in a global society.


Facing History is working in close partnership with Skylight Pictures to bring the documentary film, The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court, and additional film modules into classrooms around the world.

The online workshop will take place over two weeks, and you will be able to participate at your convenience. We are honored to have several distinguished guests join us for our online discussions, including "The Reckoning" filmmakers Paco de Onis, Pamela Yates, and Peter Kinoy. Additionally, the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will join us online on Monday, December 7th.

By participating ... read more

Only recently has the ‘everyday’ emerged as a significant analytical concept in academia, thanks to groundbreaking studies on the everyday transformations wrought by the sociopolitical, artistic and technological productions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

What is perhaps most fascinating about these studies is that the quotidian has proven to be both ordinary and not ordinary when put to the analytical lens. Rita Felski writes, "The everyday is the essential, taken-for-granted continuum of mundane activities that frames our forays into more esoteric or exotic worlds.” What voice is the everyday given, deliberately or accidentally, in literature, cinema, history, and the visual arts? More specifically, how can analyzing the "everyday” be re-imagined as a new kind of critical practice for Italianists and Italian writers of all periods?
In our conference, the Italian graduate students in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of ... read more

Support Systems (DSS). These advances include theory, systems, computer aided methods, algorithms, techniques, applications and technologies supporting decision making.
DSS 2010 is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Operations Research Center-UL and FCT.

Submissions from academics and practitioners are invited and showcases of real case studies will be especially welcomed. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. The acceptance of the contributions will be based on the originality of the work, the relevance for the conference theme and its overall quality.

Suggested research topics include, but are not limited to:
- Affect and emotion in Decision Support Systems, e.g.
- From rationality to intuition in decision making
- Decision making in high risk situations
- Decision Models in the real-world, e.g.
- Inclusion of ethical considerations in real-world de ... read more

Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Researching Transnational Spaces, Cross-Border Diffusion, and Transnational Histories Organized by the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS)Bielefeld University (Germany, 22 - 23 April 2010) The criticism of methodological nationalism has opened up new ways to conduct research on global and transnational dynamics.
Nowadays, the common methodological statement is that societal spaces cannot be regarded as equal to territorial spaces. Prominent methodological proposals are suggested by the global ethnography approach, the cosmopolitan theory, and the transnational approach. While the first combines large-scale ethnography with detailed examinations of everyday life, the second proposes to conduct research simultaneously on different spatial scales, such as global, transnational, national, and local dimensions. And the third, the transnational approach, refers to relational concepts of spatiality. Thus, this conference will l ... read more

 Warwick Sociology Department would like to announce a call for abstracts from postgraduate students wishing to present at the Warwick Postgraduate Conference 2010 ‘Whose Rights? How Right?’. This is a conference run by and for postgraduate students in the social sciences and humanities and provides and exciting opportunity to present your work in a friendly and supportive environment.
The conference theme concerns "rights." From rights claimed on the basis of humanity to those relating to a specific group in a specific setting; are rights so ubiquitous that they are rendered meaningless? What does it mean to have rights, morally and/or legally? How are they allocated, by whom, and who is included and excluded? These are some of the questions that the conference hopes to address. Abstracts submitted for presentation at the conference might cover some of the following topics –though this list is not exhaustive of the theme of rights and related abstracts on other topics ar ... read more

The sixth meeting of this global research project shall explore the many facets of creative engagement with children. Grounded in an inter-disciplinary perspective and with reference to historical and contemporary representations of childhood, this project will examine the complex issues which surround the notion and practices of creative engagement in the context of pedagogy and the curriculum, and in the face of frequently instrumental institutional imperatives. More generally, our work will also address the role of creativity in social interaction, with particular reference to children's development of life skills, autonomy and independence in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited on any of the following four focus areas:
1. Creativity, Engagement and Education
* How do various disciplines define the concept of engagement?
* What is creativity in theory and practice? What is creative education? Can ... read more

Building on the established collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this conference will bring together international academic researchers in the field of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector. The CTCC and IFEA are delighted to be working in partnership with the Centre for Tourism and Culture Management, Copenhagen Business School in the organisation and hosting of this event which coincides with IFEA's annual conference.
The conference will discuss the complex implications of the global economic downturn for the relationships between tourism, festivals and cultural events. We particularly welcome paper proposals that consider
questions of how the balance between social, artistic and commercial aspects of festivals can be sustained during these challenging times and how festivals and cultural events and thei ... read more

 This conference aims to bring scholars of literature and law into an interdisciplinary setting to share the fruits of their research and scholarship.
Conference Organizer and Contact Person: Andrew Majeske, ajmajeske@gmail.com

The conference’s keynote speaker is John Matteson, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father. John Matteson is a professor in the English Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and obtained his JD from Harvard University.

The journal Law and Literature is in the process of publishing a special symposium issue containing full versions of select papers presented at the inaugural Literature and Law Conference, and we are in negotiations with the journal to do the same for this second biennial conference.

A limited number of "Daily Show” or "The Colbert Report” tickets may be available (we are still working on this) for the evening befo ... read more

Create a video short that completes the phrase "Democracy is…"
The Prize
•An all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., New York and Hollywood.
•Gala screenings of the winning videos in Hollywood, New York and Washington
•Exposure to filmmakers and the U.S. film and television industry.
•Meetings with democracy advocates from government, media and civil society.

The Timeline

•Challenge semifinalists will be selected on or about March 31, 2010.
•An independent jury will narrow down the semifinalists to 21 finalists on or about May 15, 2010.
•The general public will vote online for the winning videos May 15 – June 15, 2010.
•Seven winners – one each from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central Asia, East Asia/Pacific and one anonymous winner – will be announced in mid-June 2010.
•The six publicly=20 identified winners, one from each of the six geographic regions, will travel ... read more

The prize is given in recognition of work and projects that promote scientific knowledge on the formation, progression and management of conflicts and that enable or carry out the practical implementation of conflict management.
The award especially aims to strengthen and improve civilian conflict management in the societal and transnational realm. Additionally, it can be awarded for work and projects that address conflicts in non-European countries, whether the work or project has been implemented or could have been implemented.
The award is herewith publicly announced. It is endowed with 10.000 Euro.
The recipient of the award is selected by a committee that includes the benefactor of the award as well as members of the Centre for Conflict Studies at Phillips-University Marburg and public figures who are renowned in regard to civilian conflict management.
Applications or nominations should be submitted to: Centre for Conflict Studies at Phillips-University Marbur ... read more

 Enlarge your vision” – The competition for Europe’s best young journalists is on! The European Young Journalist Award 2010 has been launched and the competition is on for Europe’s best up-and-coming journalistic talent. If you are a journalist or journalism student aged 17-35 then this is an opportunity not to be missed. You stand the chance of being selected as a national winner from your country and taking home one of three Special Prizes: a cultural trip to a European capital of your choice! Enlarge your vision and contribute to the dialogue about EU Enlargement. The EYJA 2010 challenges you to engage with EU Enlargement by using your journalistic talent to hone in on the impact, and multi-facetted potential, thereof. The competition is open to journalists and journalism students from print media, online media or radio. Submissions should focus on EU Enlargement from a creative and thought-provoking angle. Participants must be citizens of one of the EU member states, cand ... read more

 

Sciences Po created the Emile Boutmy scholarship after the founder of Sciences Po (1871) in order to attract the very best international students from outside of the European Union.
The Emile Boutmy Scholarship is awarded to top students whose profiles match the admissions priorities of Sciences Po and individual course requirements.
Eligibility:
Students from outside of the European Union who have been offered a place to study at undergraduate or Masters level are eligible.
This scholarship is awarded to students with excellent academic credentials and whose profile matches that of their chosen course. Students’ financial situations are also taken into account when assessing their applications.
How to apply:
To apply for the Emily Boutmy scholarship, please fill out the relevant pages in the general application form.

For download of application form visit:
http://admissions ... read more

 

For applicants to MESPOM who do not seek or are not eligible for Erasmus Mundus scholarships or other forms of financial assistance from CEU or the MESPOM Consortium. Applications must be submitted complete with proofs of English proficiency.
Central European University was founded in 1991 with the explicit aim of helping the process of transition from dictatorship to democracy in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. It was committed to bringing together students from these 30 countries and from Western democracies, and to nurturing respect for diverse cultures and opinions, human rights, constitutional government, and the rule of law. These aims – all in step with promoting the values of the Open Society – remain fundamental to CEU, but we now cast our web wider. CEU continues to attract students from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia but almost 50% of the applicants come from other parts of the world. With candidates ... read more

Applications are invited for two research positions in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) which is located at the main campus of Trinity College Dublin.
One position will be at Research Fellow level (minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience) and one at Post-Doctoral level.

TILDA is collecting detailed information on all aspects of the lives of people aged 50+ resident in Ireland, including the economic dimension (pensions, employment, living standards etc.), health aspects (physical, mental, service needs and usage etc.) and social aspects (contact with friends and kin, formal and informal care, social participation etc.) Data from survey interviews as well as physical and biological measurements will be collected and compiled for research analysis purposes. The sample size envisaged is approx. 8,000 persons and the project is currently being planned across a ten-year time horizon. The study will be closely harmonised with leading international research. ... read more

The successful candidate will work as a part of a team of a research project ‘500 Families: Migration Histories of Turks in Europe’ (LineUp), which is funded by the NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe).
This international collaborative research involves partners from the UK, Germany, Netherlands, and Turkey. It aims to collect data on the complete genealogies of 500 Turkish families in Europe and Turkey and to interview a selected number of family members (around 6000) of these genealogies. This research focuses on migration patterns of the Turkish immigrants in Europe and investigates transmission of resources, behaviour, and values across multiple generations. The Turkish families will be selected by screening five high migrant sending regions in Turkey.

We are looking for an enthusiastic post doctoral researcher with the knowledge, skills, and experience to play a full and active part in all aspects of this project. Under th ... read more

We are seeking a highly experienced global advocacy campaign manager to take a leading role in driving forward our global advocacy campaigns across different World Vision International offices.
Our first campaign, on child health willoffer the candidate an exciting opportunity to contribute to the reduction in child mortality.

Reporting to the Head of Global Campaigns, you will be responsible for shaping World Vision’s advocacy campaigning work, initially on health, and subsequently on other issues. You will play a leading role both externally representating World Vision in key fora, working to engage partner around key campaign moments, and internally to ensure that our offices in the global South are fully engaged and supported in their campaigning efforts.

You will have at least 7 years experience in advocacy campainging including at least 2 years manageing advocacy campaigns in a large NGO. You will have a track record of effective camapaigning, management ... read more

Due to the nature of the partner organisation and the cultural context, for this placement we can only consider female applicants.
The Progressio development worker (DW) will work alongside the women’s network NAGAAD, supporting both NAGAAD’s staff and the partner organisations that make up the network, to promote women’s rights in general and in particular their capacities in civic dialogue, human rights and active citizenship and participation in decision-making bodies at the local council, parliamentary and executive cabinet level.

The post holder should have a degree level qualification or equivalent diploma in a relevant discipline.

You will have a minimum of three years’ work experience within the NGO sector, and on women’s rights and advocacy. You should have proven experience of designing, implementing and monitoring advocacy programmes/initiatives; of capacity building within the NGO/CBO (capacity building organisations) sector; in training/facilitatio ... read more

Southern Methodist University invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the SMU Center for the Environment.
The successful candidate will have an outstanding academic record in environmental research in an area (or areas) of science, social science, the humanities, communications, law or engineering. The Director will have experience developing interdisciplinary research projects, the ability to administer budgetary and personnel processes, and proven experience in obtaining and managing extramural funding in the form of grants and through development activities. Most importantly, this position requires a leader who thinks broadly, and who will reach across disciplines in the development of research and programmatic activities supported by the Center. The Director will have a tenured appointment in the appropriate department.

Established in 2009, the mission of the SMU Center for the Environment is to promote research, education and community ... read more

Dignity Foundation has 2 vacancy for paraprofessional to take care of 24/7 helpline during night time. Job Description:
To assist in the 24x7 HELPLINE of Dignity Foundation.
• Receive Helpline phone calls and seniors who walk-in for assistance at night. [As a permanent vehicle of assistance, the 24x7 HELPLINE is designed to attend to distress calls from senior citizens for a variety of assistance. The candidates therefore have to be very sensitive and empathetic to the life situations of the elderly.]
• Proper gathering & entry of relevant information from each caller
• Reporting of each call properly.
• Promptly and smartly handle each distress call.
• Give relevant Counselling to required caller at distress.
• Regular reporting to management.

Requirements:
• The applicant must be willing to work in night shifts.
• Qualification –PUC/ Graduate in any discipline,
• The candidates have to be fluent in English, Kannada.
• The a ... read more

The Department of Political Science at the University of Salzburg is advertising the following position in the area of "Austrian Politics in comparative European Perspective”:Assistant Professor of Political Science (unlimited contract following extended review process based on contractually defined qualification requirements).
The tasks include independent scholarship, unsupervised teaching, the participation in research projects, assisting with securing outside funding, and administrative as well as departmental duties.
Qualified candidates will have completed a doctorate in political science and possess a demonstrable record of scholarship and unsupervised teaching. Additional desirable qualifications include publications in peer-reviewed international journals, a close familiarity with the scholarship on Austrian politics, and substantial knowledge of the methods of empirical social science research.
Applicants are also expected to be able to conduct academic work ... read more

Journalists are invited to submit essays about human rights for the chance to be published.
Interested applicants should read the booklet What Are Human Rights?, which is available in 17 languages, and then write an essay on a quote or human right from the booklet.
Successful applicants will be notified by December 10.
A selection of essays will be published.
For more information, e-mail info@youthhumanrights.org.

Deadline: 2009/12/01