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MADM Student Speaks at Global Citizen Event in Hamburg prior G20 Summit

Brenda Mbaja Lubang’a from Kenya, student of the MA in Development Management programme, spoke at the Global Citizen Festival which took place in Hamburg at the 6th of July 2017 prior the G20-summit. International music stars, politicians, and representatives of development NGOs shared the stage for celebrating together with more than 11,000 visitors the commitment of more than $700 mio. for achieving the Sustainable Development goals. More information about this event can be found here. Brenda’s appearance can be watched here.

Congratulations, Dr. Mihalik!

After successful defense of her PhD Thesis on Monday, 3rd July 2017, Éva Mihalik from Makó, Hungary, has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

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Paper on Refugees and the New Urban Agenda

Two Cluster 2 members, Raffael Beier and Jasmin Fritzsche, published together a short, peer-reviewed paper in the special issue "Shelter in Displacement" of Forced Migration Review (55, June 2017). The article is titled "Refugees and the city: UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda" and calls for special protection for refugees and displaced persons as part of countries’ housing policies (full text)

Call for Papers: Development Dialogue and PhD Conference 2017 at the ISS, 11-13 October 2017

As every year, the IEE’s PhD in International Development Studies and its partner programmes in the University Alliance Ruhr (UAR), at the University of East Anglia (School of International Development) and Erasmus University Rotterdam’s International Institute for Social Studies (ISS) will jointly organise an international PhD Conference in 2017. This year’s PhD conference will be integrated into the 15th Development Dialogue 2017, taking place from 11-13 October 2017 at The Hague, coinciding with the celebrations of the 65th Anniversary of the ISS. As usual, PhD candidates at all stages of their doctorate are welcome to attend the conference and present their research projects.

More information, including the Call for Papers, is available on the ISS website.

Call for applications - International Alumni Conference

The South African-German Centre for Development Research (SA-GER CDR) at UWC/Cape Town (South Africa) together with the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) of Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) is happy to host the international conference

"Tackling the root causes of displacement in Sub Sahara Africa"
taking place 26 November – 01 December 2017 in Cape Town/South Africa

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