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PIMA Newsletter No 11, April 2017

Please find featured below and attached the PIMA Newsletter No 11, for April 2017.

UBDC Latest Call for Expressions of Interest now live

Would you like to investigate an urban policy, planning or research problem using big, complex, or administrative data? If so, the UBDC is here to help. We provide access to novel and innovative urban-related data, as well as expert support.

Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellowships and Leadership Fellowships

Fully funded Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellowships for 3 years at the University of Glasgow offer great opportunities for good researchers all around the world. Within the college where PASCAL is hosted we are offering 5 scholarships in the following areas:

CALL FOR PAPERS - 14th PASCAL International Conference: Trends2017 - Which Way to Go? Skukuza, South Africa

The Conference organisers have taken their inspiration from the OECD publication: “Trends Shaping Education 2016”. This publication looks at what is happening in the world and how this reflects on education. OECD is an organisation with many resources and access to big data. The series, however, wants to inform for purposes of strategic thinking and stimulate reflection about the future of education; It is here we wish to link up education and the overall development of our societies,

Opportunity: Professor/Reader of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Glasgow

Please find below the advertised details of an exciting opportunity with huge potential for a Professor/Reader of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Glasgow. Applications are due by 5 December 2016 and the date for interviews has been set for 20 January 2017 in Glasgow, UK.

What will the Future EU27 do? | The New 1930s | Cyber-Terrorism : Roundup of free RMIT Seminars, Oct 2016

With topics ranging from the face of the new European Union, to the triumph over communism of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, to the liberal democracy of the new 1930s, to Cyber-Terrorism and Cyber- Warfare; RMIT is hosting a highly engaging range of free seminars in October:

UBDC Call for Expressions of Interest - Update and upcoming Webinar

Hello all – just a wee update re promoting UBDC’s current Call for Expressions of Interest – we had an info webinar yesterday (24/8) about the Call and UBDC’s Services – a recording is now available here.

Apply to use our Free Data Services: UBDC Call for Expressions of Interest - Apply by 9/9!

Would you like to investigate an urban policy, planning, or research problem using big, complex, or administrative data?

If so, the Urban Big Data Centre is here to help.

Universal Declaration on the Responsibilities of Man

Recent global events – the Paris and Brussels bombings, the refugee crisis, the sustainability agreement, the rise of Trump-fuelled hate and more – have prompted me to ask whether PASCAL can and should have a much larger role in world affairs and, if so, what? Given the resources available to it centrally the answer must be no, but by mobilizing just a small amount of its vast member knowledge to think laterally there is a possibility of producing something that might make a difference.

Identity, Religion and Refugees in Europe and Australia, Monash University, Feb 25

Feb 25 2016 18:00
Australia/Melbourne
Monash University
H1.16, ground floor, Building H, Caulfield Campus
Clayton

Europe is living through its greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War. At the governmental level, responses to this crisis have created strains on the very ideas underpinning post-War solidarity. At the social level, responses have varied from welcoming to hostile.

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