The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites applications from African scholars to fill a vacant position of Programme Officer (Research) in its pan-African Secretariat located in Dakar, Senegal. This position is categorized as belonging to the senior staff of the Council and as such is filled on the basis […]
As part of the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU), EUROGEO has today announced two new competitions to be held in conjunction with Esri and the International Geographic Union Commission for Geographic Education. Entrants can win up to 1500 euros. The competitions are for high school pupils aged 15-19 and university students aged 19+. The […]
The 123rd Executive Committee meeting and the 30th ISSC General Assembly will be held at the Thon Hotel Oslofjord in Sandvika, Oslo, Norway from the 24th to the 25th of October 2016 (registration for delegates takes place on October 23rd). The ISSC is pleased to invite its Members, Associate Members and Programmes to register to attend by […]
The World Social Science Report 2016 warns that unchecked inequalities could jeopardize the sustainability of economies, societies and communities, undermining efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The World Social Science Report 2016, Challenging Inequalities – Pathways to a Just World, is published today and will be launched at the Royal Swedish Academy […]
Workshop organised by CROP, Institute of Economics (Zagreb), Centre for Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy (CRCG) and the Norwegian Study Centre in St. Petersburg, 12-14 June 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia. More than a quarter of a century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the […]
