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Monday 7th to Friday 11th November: Trinity Development Research Week 2011
The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) will host the third annual Trinity Development Research Week from 7-11 November 2011. TIDI presents a week-long programme of activities, to showcase international development research, including public lectures, research seminars, exhibitions and student presentations. Events will be held in collaboration with researchers and students from TCD and a range of education institutes, as well as NGOs and other development organisations. The programme will highlight development research and its application across themes including climate change, humanitarian response and financing for development.
The full programme click here (PDF 803 kB) and available at http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/development-research-week/2011.php Here is a sample of some of the events you may wish to attend:
Monday 7th November
1-2pm: Democracy, Development, and Economic Justice
3-5pm: How Can a University Change the World? Presenting TCD Research for Development
Tuesday 8th November
1-2pm: How to Fund Development Research
5.30-7pm: Financing for Development: Tobin Taxes, National Tax Systems and International Tax Transparency
Wednesday 9th November
1-2pm: Band-Aid Pedagogy, Celebrity Humanitarianism and Cosmopolitan Provincialism: Dominant Representations of International Development and their Impact on Development Activism
3-5pm: Evidence Based Aid: Helping Decision Makers Before and After Natural Disasters
5.30-8pm: Water: Film Showing and Discussion
Thursday 10th November
12-2pm: Climate Change Challenges
5-7pm: Democracy, Peace and Development in Africa
Friday 11th November
10am-12.30pm: Development Research: From Theory to Practice
1.30-2.30pm: The Business of Aid
We hope you will join us for Trinity Development Research Week. All are welcome to attend so feel free to circulate this notice. Please note that RSVP to tidi@tcd.ie is required for some sessions. Trinity Development Research Week is funded by Irish Aid under the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes.
TIDI PhD Module
During Trinity Development Research Week TIDI will offer the annual week-long compressed module for doctoral students entitled ‘Adapting research methodologies for developing country conditions’ to raise awareness about development issues among doctoral students and to provide training in the methodological challenges of conducting research in developing country environments. The course is aimed specifically at doctoral students from any discipline who are currently conducting researching (or preparing for research) in the developing world and/or on topics relating to international development. As spaces are limited please register by 28th October using the form available on the TIDI website http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/multidisciplinary-module/2011.php
Time: 10-1pm and 2-4pm
Venue: Trinity College Dublin
Contact: Dr. Ogenna Uduma, Tel: +353-1-896-4177, Email: Ogenna.Uduma@tcd.ie Website: http://www.tcd.ie/tidi/multidisciplinary-module/2011.php
Call for Posters
Would you like to share what you and/or your department/institution is doing in development? An exhibition of research posters will be on display throughout Trinity Development Research Week. The exhibition will provide an opportunity to present new and innovative work-in-progress, or completed research, in an informal setting. We encourage submissions which focus on international development challenges, from students, academics, and practitioners. Posters must be submitted by Wednesday 2nd November in printed format to the TIDI Office (IIIS, The Sutherland Centre, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD). Enquiries to sglavey@tcd.ie
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