The International Conference in Poland, Torun
The last 25 years in agriculture, as well as the relevant scientific disciplines, such as rural sociology, economy and agriculture sector has undergone a fundamental conversion.
In order to satisfy the curiosity of some readers of the Polish and foreign periodicals readers the European Economic Community (EEC) - Secretary, Department of Rural Sociology with the help of its editorial team, organized by the Faculty of Sociology, planned international conference, which will be held June 26-28, 2015 (Poland, St. .toruni).
For more information about the International Conference: www.eec.umk.pl, www.eec.umk.pl/conference/
Contact: eecconf@umk.pl
ASCN SCHOLARSHIP FOR PARTICIPATION IN ECPR METHODOLOGY SUMMER SCHOOL
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques 2015
23 July - 8 August 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR [1]) regularly organizes summer schools for PhD candidates in political science. The “ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques” planned on 23 July – 8 August 2015 in Ljubljana provides high quality up-to-date training in a broad range of specially selected methods across the whole spectrum of approaches employed within the social sciences.
In line with its main objective to support promising young researchers from the South Caucasus, ASCN offers 2 PhD students in social sciences from Universities in Georgia and Armenia the opportunity to participate in this 2-week Summer School.
Please merge all the requested documents into one single pdf file and submit the application to info@ascn.ch until 20 APRIL 2015 with the following subject line: ECPR Summer School / ASCN. Applications submitted after 20 April 2015 will not be taken into consideration.
FURTHER INFORMATION
HTTP://WWW.ASCN.CH/EN/GRANTS_SCHOLARSHIPS/ECPR-SUMMER-SCHOOL.HTML
The Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and socio.hu
· 16–17 June 2015, Budapest
IS CSS HAS and socio.hu invite scholars to discuss the changing role of food in contemporary European society. The workshop aims at opening space to different approaches of rural studies, economics, cultural studies, and ecology.
Although certain social sciences have always studied food, in the last decades the attention of both the wider public and other sub-disciplines turned on the topic. Recent research on food embrace development studies, health and nutrition studies, environmental studies, ecology and rural studies. .
The organizers invite papers based on original empirical research from the following fields of social sciences: sociology, anthropology, economics, social-history, and political sciences.
Further information: megyesi.boldizsar@tk.mta.hu
5th International Research Conference on Education, English Language Teaching, English Language and Literature in English
On behalf of International Black Sea University, Faculty of Education and Humanities we are delighted to invite you to participate in the 5th International
Research Conference on Education, English Language Teaching, English Language and Literature in English to be held on May 1-2, 2015 at International Black
Sea University Tbilisi, Georgia.
This conference invites papers that investigate in the following streams:
· History of education
· Philosophy of education
· Theoretical issues on education
· Classroom management
· Education management
· Educational psychology
· Methods of teaching languages
· Innovations and effective practices in education and language teaching
· Computer-assisted teaching
· Linguistics
· Language and culture
· English, American and other literatures in English
· Other language related issues
Key Dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline - March 15, 2015
Full-Paper Submission Deadline - March 30, 2015
Contact: icelt@ibsu.edu.ge
Web: www.eduhum.ibsu.edu.ge
International Black Sea University
2, David Agmashenebeli Alley 13km, Tbilisi, Georgia, 0131
Phone: (+995 32) 259 50 05
www.ibsu.edu.ge
10th Silk Road International Conference
On behalf of the International Black Sea University we are delighted to invite you to participate in the 10th Silk Road International Conference on “European Association Agreement: Perspectives and Challenges” to be held on May 22-23, 2015 at International Black Sea University Tbilisi, Georgia.
The conference papers and presentations should be submitted on any of the following topics:
1. Political Dialogue and Reform as a part of Political Association;
2. Cooperation and Convergence in the Field of Foreign and Security Policy;
3. Justice, Freedom and Security;
4. Trade and Trade-related Matters: implementation of DCFTA;
5. Economic and Sector Cooperation: education, energy, finances, tourism etc.
6. Experience of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: comparative perspective.
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline - March 23, 2015
Full-Paper Submission Deadline - May 4, 2015
Working Languages: English and Georgian
Conference e-mail: silkroad@ibsu.edu.ge
Conference website: www.silkroad.ibsu.edu.ge
International Black Sea University
2, David Agmashenebeli Alley 13km, Tbilisi, Georgia, 0131
Phone: (+995 32) 259 50 05
www.ibsu.edu.ge
Call for papers
EURA 2015 Annual Conference
The European Urban Research Association and the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania cordially invite you to the 2015 EURA conference
Transforming cities, transformative cities
Sibiu, Romania, 17-20 September 2015
Cities are dynamic places, where change is the result of both the innovation which inherently stems from the openness of cities and direct interventions. At the same time cities are involved in bringing about broader social, political, economic and environmental transformation. What happens in the cities has consequences in terms of global change. While cities themselves are constantly transforming, a debate over the contribution of urban areas to the transformation of societies, economies and political systems is on-going.
We approach cities focusing on the multiple dimensions of transformation within them and the transformations cities bring about in the wider society. The political, social, cultural, educational, economic, spatial, and environmental ramifications of transformation within and generated by cities, means that they are seen to hold a position within modern industrialised states of being the drivers of economic and social change; but is this vision of the role played by cities an accurate one? The conference will focus on the European city, but it will not neglect cities elsewhere in the world or different types of urban areas and encourages submissions beyond Europe. Special attention is given to the transformation of the post-socialist cities in the past two decades as they provide an important locus of transformation and an interesting case study on the transformative power of cities.
Conference tracks
Track 1. The spatiality of the city as a basis of transformation
Track 2. The democratic city: institutional reforms and policy processes
Track 3. The just city: social and cultural transformation of the cities
Track 4. The growing city and the green city: transforming urban economies and the challenges of global warming
Track 5. The transformative city
Workshop for young scholars
More details are available on the conference website, at www.eura2015.org
Submissions
Panel and paper proposals can be submitted via the on-line conference system available atwww.eura2015.org
Deadlines
Application with paper/panel proposals – January 31, 2015 New deadline! February 15, 2015
Applicants are notified on the status of their proposal – March 15, 2015
Contact information
www.eura2015.org
info@eura2015.org
Subject: SAVE THE DATE! Science & Development Forum: Accelerating Research in Georgia, March 12th 2015, Tbilisi
With a great pleasure Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, and Elsevier, B.V. announce organization of the Science & Development Forum 2014 to be held in Tbilisi on March 12th 2015.
The main topic of event will be:
Maximizing the Effectiveness of Public Investment in Georgian Science: Strategy Setting, Information Infrastructure Development and Increasing Quality of Research
The event will present and discuss research strategy and development on both national and institutional level, research information involved and trends in research management. It will commemorate the partnership closed among Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation and Elsevier, B.V.
The list of speakers includes among others Minister Tamar Sanikidze, Deputy Minsiter for Research Giorgi Sharvashidze, chairman of Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency Mr. Irakli Kashibadze, and Youngsuk Chi, Elsevier chairman, and much more.
Hereby we would like to invite you to participate at this event and actively contribute to the discussions that will be also part of the programme.
Please register here: http://sdf.elsevier.ge/registration.
Research & Development Forum will be held on March 12th 2015, starting from 10 am in Marriott Courtyard hotel, 4 Freedom Square.
SHORT-TERM GRANTS FOR ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN JUNIOR RESEARCHERS (PhD. STUDENTS AND ASSISTANT PROFESSORS)
The ACADEMIC SWISS CAUCASUS NET (ASCN) offers short-term grants to Armenian and Georgian PhD. students and assistant professors in social sciences or humanities.
Selected grant holders have the opportunity to spend up to three months at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland to work on their PhD. thesis or on other research projects, or to participate in academic conferences. They have full access to the University library and benefit from state of the art research infrastructure. Besides, these grants give junior researchers the opportunity to extend their academic networks by meeting scholars in their field of expertise.
Grants cover visa costs, travel costs, accommodation as well as daily expenses. Accommodation is organized directly by the ASCN Programme.
Applications can be made anytime during the year. For organization matters, candidates must apply at least 4 weeks in advance.
About ASCN
ASCN is a programme aimed at promoting the social sciences and humanities in the South Caucasus (primarily Georgia and Armenia). Its different activities foster the emergence of a new generation of talented scholars. Promising junior researchers receive support through research projects, capacity-building trainings and scholarships. The programme emphasizes the advancement of individuals who, thanks to their ASCN experience, become better integrated in international academic networks. The ASCN programme is coordinated and operated by the Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe (IICEE) at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). It was initiated and is supported by Gebert Rüf Stiftung.
General information about the grant programme as well as the application form is to be found on here.
Call for applications (deadline 10/3/2015)
2 PhD fellowships in the field of Caspian Studies (social sciences and economics)
Tallinn University of Technology, Department of International Relations
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33977837
In the frame of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Innovative Training Network project
Around the Caspian: a Doctoral Training for Future Experts in Development and Cooperation with Focus on the Caspian Region (2015-2019)
Funded by the REA of the European Commission in the frame of the Horizon 2020 Programme
The Department of International Relations, at the Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration is looking for perspective candidates with a background in economics/social sciences and with an interest in the Caspian region (Russia, Caucasus, Central Asia, Iran). Ideally, they should know one of the regional languages but willingness to learn it as part of their fellowship is also acceptable.
Successful candidates will be employed as junior researchers and enrolled as PhD students to complete a PhD thesis related to one of the following two topics within the contract period of 3 years.
Topic 1: The Politics of Welfare, Poverty and Inequality in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Topic one is intended to critically engage with Western-based definitions of welfare and social policies to discuss whether current models of welfare and neoliberal approaches can be imported to the region or if new approaches, which offer a nuance of existing theory, show an alternative way of conceiving social policies in the region. Current works in this direction have informed a recent special issue of the Journal of Eurasian Studies that can be found here:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879366514000190
Topic 2: Making Business around Caspian: Foreign investors between formal and informal challenges and opportunities
Topic two will explore different strategies and modes to understand marketing, business, investment and risk in the Caspian region. Traditional approaches from economics and political science see dysfunctions of the system (corruption, lack of rule of law) as temporary and their eradication as necessary for a healthy business environment in the region. The selected fellow will be requested to challenge this model by exploring possible alternative value systems and factors that may help investors, policy makers and development workers to better understand the local reality.
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Desc_ription of the PhD and training programme
CASPIAN (2015-2019) is an Innovative Training Network that has received 3.8 Million Euro under a Marie Sklodowska Curie Scheme funded by the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission with the goal of training the next generation of experts on the Caspian region.
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