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• 31 jan 2018

  Addis Ababa

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Through local eyes

  Place-based approaches to emerging architectural, urban design and planning challenges in Africa and the Global South

  The fast paced urbanization and mushrooming of metropolitan areas in Africa and the Global South especially in connection with rights and access to basic services, have attracted much attention in the last decades from the public, local experts, decision-makers and international stakeholders. In parallel, other built environments such as emerging small towns, shrinking cities and rural areas are now experiencing important pressures and changes, and are increasingly coming under the spotlight.

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• 30 oct 2017

  Marseille

  Call for papers - Sociology

  What role does dessalination have in adapting to climatic change?

  La Société hydrotechnique de France (SHF), l’Association française pour l’eau l’irrigation et le drainage (AFEID), l’Académie de l’eau poursuivent leurs travaux sur les questions liées aux futures tensions sur la gestion de l’eau, en lien avec le changement climatique et les évolutions sur l’usage de l’eau d’ici 2050. Ces travaux soulignent l’importance de considérer la palette complète des outils d’adaptation, organisationnels et techniques, tant pour l’usage économe de l’eau que pour la sécurisation de la ressource. Le dessalement fait partie de cette palette d’outils et fera l’objet de ce colloque.

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• 14 sep 2012

  Coimbra

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  Alice - Strange mirrors, unsuspected lessons

  Leading Europe to a new way of sharing the world experiences

  The Centre for Social Studies (CES) –Associate Laboratory– of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, has an open competition to two Post-Doctoral Grants within the scope of the project “ALICE - Strange Mirrors, Unsuspected Lessons: Leading Europe to a new way of sharing the world experiences” (alice.ces.uc.pt), funded by the European Research Council (269807), under the supervision of Boaventura de Sousa Santos, in social sciences.

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• 10 nov 2010

  Oxford

  Study days - History

  New Directions in the Study of Social Distinction

  Colloquium organised by the Maison Française d'Oxford, on Friday, 10th December, 2010.Research programme: Nation and Globalization

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