First Networking Conference and Alumni Seminar on "Evaluation of Projects and Politics" took place!

With the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the first Networking Conference and Alumni Seminar on "Evaluation of Projects and Politics" was organized by the Development Research Division (DRD) of the South African-German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice.

The Conference took place from 05 - 15 February 2013 at the School of Government/University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. 14 graduates from one of the programmes offered at the DRD (Bochum Programme of Development Management, MA in Development Studies, MPA as well as related PhD options) were selected to participate. Additionally, 41 current students of the Bochum Programme of Development Management took part in the first week of the Conference. For more info please see: Programme

DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowships

The South African-German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice offers Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2013. For further information, please have a look here; if interested, find application form here.

Congratulations Dr. Wondimagegnhu!

After successful defense of his PhD thesis on Monday, 28th January 2013, Beneberu Assefa Wondimagegnhu from Ethiopia has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.). As a member of the International Development Studies Doctoral Programme he received a DAAD-funded scholarship of the Development Research Division of the South African-German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice for his doctoral studies.

His thesis on "Economic Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Income and Poverty of Migrant Sending Households: With Evidences from Southern Ethiopia" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Bender. Second supervisor was Prof. Dr. Löwenstein.

PhD IDS Student Selected Member of AGGN

Silas Udahemuka, participant of the PhD in International Development Studies and scholarship holder of the Development Research Division of the South African - German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice, has been selected as a new member of the African Good Governance Network. More information on the network is available here.

First paper of the "SA-GER CDRCJ Research Paper Series" published

The first paper of our new "SA-GER CDRCJ Research Paper Series" is published. The Paper of PhD student Silas Udahemuka (2012):" 'Dead aid'? Just a false victim of the quasi-monopoly of aid-growth linkage." can be downloaded here or directly from the "Research Section" of our website.

Advanced Year of Science Publication Workshop

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!

Prof. Julian May live on SAFM

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.

PhD Conference on International Development

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.

Deadline for applicants from Sub-Sahara Africa expired!

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.

Publication of Prof. John Williams and DAAD Student K. Alatinga in the "European Journal of Business and Social Science"

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.