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Online Courses - PRIA International Academy

Posted June 19, 2015 - 07:22 by Rajesh Tandon

We are pleased to inform you that we have a range of courses (short and long term) for offering in an online and distant mode of learning. Please find below further information about our new courses, offered through PRIA’s International Academy.

Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen published

Posted June 18, 2015 - 07:10 by Mike Osborne

DVV International under the editorship of Uwe Gartenschlaeger and Esther Hirsch have just published a Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen, who amongst many things is one of our PASCAL Associates. Many colleagues in PASCAL have made contributions and you will find the PDF file of the publication featured below and attached.

The role of civil society in democratization processes

Posted June 18, 2015 - 07:01 by Bruce Wilson

What do the Velvet revolution, the transitions in Baltic countries in the 1990s and the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul have in common? Prof. Donatella Della Porta is leading an ambitious project to compare the most relevant democratization processes led by social movements of the last 25 years.

Open Call for Applications: Are cities hubs for living history? - 19th ASEF Summer University in Pune, India, 9-21 August 2015

Posted June 17, 2015 - 06:50 by Franny Martens

Explore the synergies between sustainable urbanisation and heritage preservation and join us for a dynamic 2-week programme of dialogue-sessions with leading experts, hands-on workshops and a hack-a-thon. Grab your chance to be part of a team of students and young professionals from 51 ASEM member countries and co-create digital and physical prototypes, business plans and social impact models in close collaboration with the local community. 

Communities affected by mining in Colombia, 19 June 2015 1-3 pm, Forehall, Main Building, University of Glasgow

Posted June 12, 2015 - 12:12 by Mo Hume
Jun 19 2015 13:00
Europe/London
Forehall, Main Building, University of Glasgow
Glasgow

The Glasgow Human Rights Network and Glasgow Latin American Research Network, in conjunction with the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), invite you to attend an open meeting with Colombian environmental lawyer, Ximena Gonzalez, from Tierra Digna, Colombia. Ximena will share Tierra Digna’s latest reports on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Ruggie Principles) in Colombia, and the impacts of business on some of Colombia’s most vulnerable groups. She will use 3 case studies to explore these impacts:

Tecnológico de Monterrey becomes next PASCAL Centre

Posted June 9, 2015 - 09:54 by Josef Konvitz

The Board of PASCAL is honoured to announce that Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Wikipedia) has become the next PASCAL Centre, the first in a Spanish-speaking country.  

Nepal event, 20th June

Posted June 6, 2015 - 09:29 by David Wright

Please see the attached flyer for details of a Nepal earthquake appeal fundraising event on 20th June which GCID member, Matt Maycock, is helping to organise.

Deadline for submission of abstracts for First International Legacy Network Conference extended until 31 June

Posted May 20, 2015 - 09:59 by Josef Konvitz

The conference organisers for the First International Legacy Network Conference, to be held in Glasgow, October 14-16, wish to announce that the deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended until June 31. Decisions will be made by July 15.

Deadline for submission of abstracts for PASCAL Conference 2015 extended until 1 June

Posted May 19, 2015 - 07:10 by Roberta Piazza

Due to a number of requests for extensions to the deadline for submissions of abstracts, the PASCAL Conference 2015 planning team has agreed to extend the deadline for their receipt until 1 June.

Sad demise - PRIA Director Dr Martha Farrell victim of Kabul terrorist attack

Posted May 15, 2015 - 06:01 by Steve Rubin

With deep and profound grief, we share that our colleague Dr Martha Farrell, Director, PRIA has left us all for the heavenly abode.  We received this sad news from Kabul, where Dr. Martha Farrell had gone on an official assignment. She was staying in a hotel and became a victim of a terrorist attack on the hotel.

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