Advanced Publication Workshop
11 - 15 February 2013
UWC, Cape Town, South Africa
As part of and with the generous support from the German-South African Year of Science, the Development Research Division of the South African German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice cordially invites you to participate in its Advanced Year of Science Publication Workshop. The workshop takes place at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, from the 11 - 15 February 2013. For more information see also "Call for Applications". The deadlline for the "Call for Applications" already expired!
The director of the ISD, Prof. Julian May, was invited by the National Research Foundation (NRF) to give a public lecture on "Poverty and Education in South Africa: Why do schools in poor communities underperform?" at the University of Johannesburg on 23 August 2012, together with Prof. Hoppers (University of South Africa). From 19.00 - 21.00 SAFM Radio was providing live broadcasts of the lecture followed by a roundtable discussion lead by SAFM presenter Mrs Masechaba Moshoeshoe.
As one of the partners of the Development Research Division of the South African - German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice, the IEE together with the School of International Development (DEV), the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) and the Institute of Political Science (IPS) is organizing the first PhD Conference on International Development.
The conference will take place from 18 – 19 September 2012 in Bochum, Germany. The detailed schedule will be available here soon.
For more information see "Program PhD Conference Bochum 2012". The deadlline for submissions of papers already expried at 16 July 2012! Applicants have been informed about the selection results.
The application deadline for Scholarships for the MA and M Econ in Development Studies, for the MA in Public Administration and for the PhD already expired.
Prof. John Wiliams and the DAAD PhD Student Kennedy Alatinga (co-author) published their paper "Does membership in mutual health insurance guarantee quality health care? Some evidence from Ghana" in the European Journal of Business and Social Science. The paper can be downloaded here.
15 students from 11different countries of the world take part in the 2012 Bochum Programme of Development Management at the UWC in Cape Town. Welcome and good luck!
The PhD thesis of Dr. Charlton Tsodzo, the first graduate of the International Development Studies Doctoral Programme of the Centre, is published and can be downloaded: The Role of Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Improving Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of the SimPill Technology & Tuberculosis Treatment in South Africa
From 14 - 17 March 2012, Dr. Gabriele Bäcker and Britta Niklas took part in the network meeting of the DAAD Centres of Excellence (DAAD-magazine) at the Namibian-German Centre for Logistics. On 17th March 2012, the opening ceremony of the meeting took place in the Polytechnic Hotel School close to the campus of the Polytechnic of Namibia. During the Meeting the topic " Governance, Institutions and Legal Pluralism" was discussed in order to learn from each other´s experience in the management of the cetnres.
We want to welcome six new scholarship holders at the Development Research Section of our Centre at the University of the Western Cape. Whereas Coretta Jonah and Eria Serwajja are taking part in our phd programme, Grace Geletsu, Erik Mariga and Zororo Mavindidze are studying the MA in Development Studies and Kabaso Kabwe is studying the MA in Public Administration.
The DRD offers DAAD merit scholarships for excellent students on the Master's (Master in Development Studies and Master in Public Administration) and PhD level. The next deadline for submission of applications is 31 July 2012. For more information see scholarship section and the information about study programmes at the DRD - here especially the "How to apply" part.
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Please note that we are currently not accepting any applications for the MADM at the University of the Western Cape as no intake will start in South Africa in 2024. If you are interested in studying the MADM programme, please apply for the MADM in Bochum. See the "How to apply" section of the Website of the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy in Bochum for further information.
Our former student Gerald Ahabwe, MADM Alumnus of 2009, was installed as President of the Phd Fellows at Makerere University (Pf@Mak) last week. Please find more information here.
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