ETH Zurich is inviting applications for two PhD student positions based jointly in the Soil Chemistry Group (Prof. Ruben Kretzschmar) and the Isotope Geochemistry Group (Prof. Bernard Bourdon).
The research topic will be the application of stable mercury (Hg) isotopes as novel tracers for biogeochemical Hg cycling in soil environments. Mercury is an important pollutant element and Hg isotope ratios provide a promising new tool to trace Hg sources and transformations in natural ecosystems. One PhD project will focus mainly on the investigation of field samples, whereas the other PhD project is dedicated to perform laboratory based experiments. Both project parts will be strongly linked and use the state-of-the-art facilities of the Soil Chemistry and Isotope Geochemistry laboratories at ETH Zurich.
We are seeking highly motivated candidates with a strong interest to perform interdisciplinary research at the interface of soil chemistry and isotope geochemistry. Previous expe ... read more

The Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU Poly) invites applications for a faculty position with research focus in one or more of the following broad areas: data and knowledge management, web search and information retrieval, computer games, or social networks and online communities.
We welcome applications at all levels with an exceptional record in research, teaching, and professional accomplishments. The rank of initial appointment will be commensurate with experience and accomplishments.

The Polytechnic Institute of NYU (formerly known as Brooklyn Poly) and New York University are in advanced stages of merger proceedings, with the goal of us becoming a school of NYU. The successful candidate will have excellent opportunities to initiate interdisciplinary research and educational collaborations with the diverse institutes and departments within NYU.

Our department has existing research strengths ... read more

iVolunteer is recruiting for the post of Relationship Manager - iVolunteer Centres in Delhi.
Details of the requirement, roles and responsibilities are mentioned in the below link:

http://www.ivolunteer.in/Downloads/VRE-NV-Oct07.aspx

Country or region: India

HR currently oversees the personnel needs of all home office and field staff. HR's focus is to build an environment committed to staff development, growth and retention; offer a competitive compensation and benefits package; and foster a respectful, collaborative culture in which staff are well-supported to achieve results.
This includes developing, implementing and maintaining best practices in the areas of: staff development; performance and talent management; employee relations; compensation and international benefits; and compliance.

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Human Resources Director, the Human Resources Manager oversees staff development, succession planning, employee relations, compensation, and compliance. Given IRD’s rapid growth, the Human Resources Manager will provide particular expertise, leadership and strengthening in the institution's ability to effectively manage performance, develop talent, plan for succession, and address sensitive e ... read more

Boston College’s African and African Diaspora Studies Program (AADS) is proud to announce the inaugural year of its dissertation fellowship competition.
Scholars working in any discipline in the Humanities or Social Sciences with projects focusing on any topic within African and/or African Diaspora Studies are eligible. We seek applicants pursuing innovative, preferably comparative, projects in dialogue with critical issues and trends within the field.

This 2010/2011 fellowship includes a $30,000 stipend, health insurance, a $1,500 research budget, and a fully equipped office. The fellow must remain in residence for the 9-month academic year, deliver one public lecture, and teach one seminar course.

The successful applicant will have full access to BC’s seven libraries as well as several rare books and manuscripts collections. Of particular interest is the Nicholas M. Williams/Caribbeana Collection, consisting of materials from and about Africa, Jamaica ... read more

Sadhane is an organization of PLHIV (people living with HIV) with a strong presence in Bangalore Rural and Ramanagara Districts.
Sadhane focuses on vulnerable and most at risk populations (sex workers, sexual minorities, the poor, women, migrants etc.) In the context of HIV and involves them in decision making processes at all levels. Sadhane builds democratic institutions/ networks of PLHIV that are accountable, transparent and with strong ethical values. Sadhane builds the capacities of its members/ PLHIV to be able to advocate for social change, social entitlements as well as Greater Involvement of People with AIDS. Sadhane strongly believes that networking and convergence at various levels is among the most plausible solutions in contributing to positive prevention and ensuring care and support of
PLHIV. Besides this Sadhane also builds a sense of solidarity among PLHIV.
QUALICATIONS:
Graduate or post graduate in commerce Minimum 3 years of experience, Able to ... read more

Liberal Democrat MEP for London Baroness Sarah Ludford is seeking a committed, energetic and experienced general Parliamentary Assistant for her Brussels office in the European Parliament.

This postholder will work alongside the assistant who supports Sarah Ludford's specialised work on the Justice & Civil Liberties (LIBE) committee.
The role will involve:
- administration including diary management, travel and accommodation arrangements
- casework and correspondence on a full range of issues
- political and parliamentary activities including ALDE group, Foreign Affairs committee and London constituency issues
- preparation of briefing notes, press releases, speeches and articles
This post requires at least 6 months experience of working in the European Parliament; a talent for organisation and progress-chasing; a high level of written, communication, IT and interpersonal skills; mother-tongue standard of English; preferably a good knowledge of ... read more

The Intern will participate in the following tasks:
• Assisting in the preparation and shooting of interviews and video broadcast for a web TV.
• Assisting in the editing and exporting video process.
• Digitizing and uploading video content to the web.
• Creating video clips for our website.
• Give general support to the team.

SolarPVGLOBE is looking for a Video production and edition Intern, starting immediately and for a maximum period of 6 months who will work on SolarPV.TV project (www.SolarPV.TV). SolarPV.TV is a free informative web channel, which brings updates on the latest technological achievements, company developments, policy support and current events in the Solar PV industry worldwide by means of its regular video news editions, interviews with key actors in the sector and a video archive promoting Solar PV.

Applicants should respond to the following criteria:
• Good communication skills (oral and writing).
• Ba ... read more

 

Ideally, we are interested in applicants whose studies were/are related to the ICC and humanitarian law. • What is the CICC
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court includes 2,500 organizations around the world working in partnership to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC; ensure that the Court is fair, effective and independent; make justice both visible and universal;
and advance stronger national laws that deliver justice to victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Founded in 1995, the Coalition has been an integral part of efforts that led to the establishment of the ICC. It played a major role in the organizing of the Rome Conference in 1998, where the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted, and in the rapid entry into force of the treaty on July 1, 2002.

• CICC European Office
Since 1999, the European office of the Coalition is based in Brussels with a mandate to f ... read more

With its travel grants, the Heinz Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe offers young people the chance to get to know European neighbours as well as to face current cultural or political developments of the respective country. It is important that these developments have to be seen in context of the guest countries’ relations with the EU. This way the Foundation wants to make a contribution towards a better understanding among European people and for the idea of a united Europe.
The travel grant amounts to 550,- €. The terms and condidtions can be found here.


The terms and conditions applying for the classical travel grants can be found below:
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With its travel grants the Heinz Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe offers young people the chance to get to know European neighbours as well as to face current cultural or political developments of the respective country. It is important that these developments have to be seen in context of the guest countries ... read more

The Collaborative Research Grants in the Humanities program provides support of up to $50,400 for U.S. scholars conducting humanities research in any country of Eurasia and Eastern Europe. (See list of eligible countries below.) This is a program of American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS in cooperation with The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Countries Eligible for Research: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia,
Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.

A wide range of humanities topics are eligible for support; however, all projects must involve at least one collaborator from the region and field-based research in the region itself. In addition, a ... read more

"Food security is not only a matter of humanitarian assistance and agricultural development; it is a matter of national security, peace and stability,” Ms. Sheeran said.

New York, Nov 17 2009 3:10PM
As the number of chronically hungry people tops one billion, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (<"http:// www.wfp.org/stories/five-reasons-why-we-can-defeat-hunger

">WFP) is calling on ordinary citizens to mobilize through the "Billion for a Billion” campaign to end hunger.

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran highlighted the campaign in a <http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/newsroom/wfp211263.pdf

>statement issued on the second day of the World Summit on Food Security taking place in Rome.

"Without food, people ... read more

Soros International House is organizing Lifelong Learning program Grundtvig workshop The project has been funded with the support from European Commission. There are 20 places available (three of them are for the hosting country) for the European Union member states, Iceland, Norway (EFTA-EEA countries) and Turkey (candidate country) . We coordialy invite all, who have got interested in this workshop and who are full of creative ideas on how to encourage and stimulate civic actions among people while using visual arts in open spaces for their self expression. The full application

 

form is available at www.sih.lt/grundtvig_seminaras.

 

Country or region: Lithuania

 

SAPA is a peace network, which works in the South Asian region to promote peace through nonviolent action. It has its Core Group organizations in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. SAPA’s member organizations aim to promote sustainable peace through the philosophy and practice of Ahimsa (nonviolence) by addressing structural and other forms of violence that affects a large number of marginalized people across the region. SAPA is organizing workshop on Strengthening Democracy through Nonviolence from December 9 to18, 2009 and to be held in India. This workshop aims to develop an understanding of democracy (its values and practice), clarify the role of non-violence as a philosophy and method in relation to a much broader power distribution within South Asian societies to identify specific and real challenges in South Asia. ICYO has been asked to selecting and nominating one or two youths from India. Youths who are deeply committed to the values of nonviol ... read more

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.
Organized by the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS)Bielefeld University (Germany, )

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 link debates on new methodological approaches with the discussion of problematic issues within empirical research on global and ... read more

Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. You should send two abstracts. The first one should include your name, institution, and e-mail (for example, click here). However the other one should include only title and text of your abstract.

Abstract submission: 15 December 2009
Notification of abstracts: 1 January 2010
Full paper submission: 1 March 2010
Notification of full papers: 15 April 2010

http://iibf.ktu.edu.tr/cevre.html

Deadline: 2009/12/15
Country or region: Turkey

The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, in association with The International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) and ERP Environment, publishers of the international journal Sustainable Development are pleased to announce the 16thAnnual International Sustainable Development Research Conference. The conference will be held at The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong on 30 May – 1 June 2010.
The Conference this year focuses on exploring opportunities and managing implications for post-financial crisis in the pursuit of sustainability. We invite contributions relating to integrated policies, cross-sectoral governance and issues concerning climate change. We welcome papers on the latest developments associated with sustainable development and the innovations and practical measures addressing global challenges

 

http://www.kadinst.hku.hk/sdconf10/indexin. ... read more

Organisers: Jean-Claude Barbier (CES, Paris I), Fabrice Colomb (CES-Matisse, Paris I), Johan Bo Davidsson (European University Institute) In collaboration with ESPAnet, University Paris1-Sorbonne and the RT 6 network (social policy, social protection and solidarity) of the French association of sociology are organising a doctoral workshop on comparative methodologies and the transformation of social policies. The aim of the workshop is to create a venue for PhD students to present their research with the aim of further developing their dissertations, and/or transforming them into scientific publications.
Senior researchers will act as lecturers and discussants. They will present papers related to the theme of the workshop and they will give comments and feedback on the papers presented by PhD students. The overall theme of the workshop is the transformation of social policies in a comparative perspective. We welcome abstracts related to one of the three topics below. However, ... read more

'ICISA 2010' will take place in Seoul, Korea on April 21st -23rd, 2010. 'Information Technology' has been changing beyond cyber space and even expanding into physical space. As a result, Information Technology has converged and new challenges are also generated in the process of convergence between industries and technologies. In such an environment where Information Technology and Convergence Technique is constantly changing and developing at a rapid rate, an important purpose of 'ICISA 2010' is to bring together researchers from the academia and practitioners involved with Information Science and Applications. 'ICISA 2010' will provide a forum where researchers can present recent research results, describe emerging technologies, and new research problems and directions. Through this conference, ideas and solutions will be shared and adopted to apply to their own researches, resulting in aggressive progress in Information Science and Applications. The conference seeks contributio ... read more

The Network of National Agencies for the Youth in Action Programme organises a Newcomer training course on Youth Exchanges. The BiTriMulti training supports voluntary as well as full-time youth workers dealing directly with young people in developing their first international Youth Exchange in the framework of the YOUTH IN ACTION programme. This edition will take place in Romania, from 17-21 December 2009.

Aims and objectives:
- To provide a first international experience.
- To train in Youth in Action project management.
- To provide information about the Youth in Action Programme and especially about Youth Exchanges.
- To develop the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitude to organise a Youth Exchange.
- To give the opportunity to meet possible partner groups and to make contacts to different countries.
Hosting costs will be covered. Please check with the National Agency of your country if travel costs can be reimbursed.
More information her ... read more

Young journalists, photographers and videographers are invited to compete for eight prizes in the ‘Europe is More Than You Think’ Award 2009, organised jointly by the Council of Europe and the European Youth Press, the network of young media - creators.
We want journalists, photographers and videographers who share our values, to look beyond the headlines which dominate the common understanding of Europe – big government, international finance and trade agreements – and capture the Europe which, all too often, goes unnoticed.

Our challenge to young media specialists is to cut through the stereotypes and received opinion of what Europe is, to show what Europe really stands for and what it means to be European in the 21st century.

For 60 years, the Council of Europe has promoted human rights, democracy and the rule of law. As an international institution, it has sought to bring a human touch to the European agenda, working, for example, to stop the death penalty, ... read more

On behalf of the Association for the Study of Nationalities and the Harriman Institute, we are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies.
"The Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies" sponsored by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, is awarded
annually by the ASN for an outstanding book published in the previous calendar year on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia in which substantial attention is paid to questions of ethnicity and/or nationalism.

The name of the winner will be announced at the 15th Annual ASN World Convention, to be held April 15-17, 2010 at Columbia University, New York, NY. (http://www.nationalities.org/convention/convention.asp)

Rules of Eligibility

Rules of eligibility for the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies are as follows:
... read more

UNESCO invites Member States, regional and international organizations, professional and non-governmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2010.
The purpose of the Prize, supported by the Guillermo Cano Foundation, the Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation and JP/Politiken Newspapers LTD, is to honour a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if this involved risk.

The prize is intended to reward journalists who have shown dedication in the name of freedom of expression and information and to afford them the international recognition they deserve. Awarded annually, the Prize is marked by a ceremony and the winner is presented with the sum of US$25,000.

Next year’s prize will be awarded in Australia, during the World Press Freedom Day c ... read more

With its travel grants, the Heinz Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe offers young people the chance to get to know European neighbours as well as to face current cultural or political developments of the respective country. It is important that these developments have to be seen in context of the guest countries’ relations with the EU. This way the Foundation wants to make a contribution towards a better understanding among European people and for the idea of a united Europe.
The travel grant amounts to 550,- €. The terms and condidtions can be found here.


The terms and conditions applying for the classical travel grants can be found below:
1.
With its travel grants the Heinz Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe offers young people the chance to get to know European neighbours as well as to face current cultural or political developments of the respective country. It is important that these developments have to be seen in context of the guest countries ... read more

The Hertie School of Governance – located in Berlin, Germany – offers a two-year programme taught exclusively in English and resulting in the academic degree MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY (MPP).
At a time when the international system is undergoing profound changes, the objective of the Hertie School of Governance is to enable gifted and intellectually curious graduates to face these challenges. The goal is to prepare students for decision-making positions within the public, private, and civil society sectors.

Reasons to join the MPP-programme at the Hertie School of Governance:
The programme combines a MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH of social sciences, economics, and legal studies with a PROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTATION. An INTERNATIONAL FACULTY committed to matching ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE with PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. A PROMISING CAREER PATH: high-quality INTERNSHIPS at the national and international level and – for selected students – the opportunity to spend a PROFESSIONAL YEAR at ... read more

There are up to 10 scholarships available to prospective international students studying for a full-time taught Master’s programme.
The scholarship provides a £5,000 fee waiver and is tenable for one year only.
To be eligible to apply you must have applied for a place on a full-time postgraduate taught degree, have an international fee liability and are self-financing to some extent. You will also need to demonstrate academic excellence and / or significant achievement in your chosen field of study.

Please note that current students are not eligible to apply for this scholarship. How to apply

You will need to complete an International Postgraduate Scholarship application form (MS Word),

 

and return it to: