WOTRO Newsfl@sh - January 2011
This is the electronic newsletter of WOTRO Science for Global Development. It is published every six weeks and provides information about deadlines, awarded subsidies, research results and policy.
| Best wishes for 2011 On behalf of the WOTRO bureau, I wish you a Happy New Year! May 2011 be a year in which science continuously inspires development actors and in which scientists, in their turn, are inspired by development challenges. For WOTRO the year started with some news we did not wish for, as you will read in this newsflash. Nevertheless, we also bring you a lot of good news, and we wil definitely continue to create avenues for development-oriented research. Best wishes, Dr. Henk Molenaar |
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WOTRO News
Call for Integrated Programmes on hold
A new call for preliminary proposals in the Integrated Programmes scheme is yet uncertain. In the current political situation and due to shifting policy priorities in the Netherlands, the WOTRO budget for research funding has only partly materialized. WOTRO therefore has to reduce its 2011 activities. Unfortunately, the Integrated Programmes scheme has been put on hold until further notice. Read more...
Professor Thea Hilhorst new member of WOTRO board
The General board of NWO appointed Professor Thea Hilhorst as new member of the WOTRO board as from 1 January 2011. Thea Hilhorst is Professor of Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction at the WUR, focusing on emergencies and emergency-related interventions in the developing world. Read more...
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Inspiring Kick-off seminar CoCooN On 15 December CoCooN presented the seven awarded projects, during the Kick-off seminar Knowledge@work! This was an inspiring afternoon of knowledge sharing. Topics of discussion were, amongst others, related to the tense research context, communication strategies and further development of the programme. A detailed report on the event will be published soon on the CoCooN website. |
Honorary doctorate for WOTRO board member Mark van Loosdrecht
WOTRO board member Professor Mark van Loosdrecht was awarded an honorary doctorate at the "Dies Academicus" of ETH Zurich. Van Loosdrecht received the doctorate 'for his significant contributions in the sphere of applied sciences in biotechnology and his numerous large-scale translations of the latest scientific findings into resource-conserving technologies, especially in the field of wastewater treatment.' Read more...
Awarded subsidies
Four new Integrated Programmes awarded
As a result of the Integrated Programmes subsidy of 2010, the WOTRO board awarded four new Integrated Programmes. These programmes touch upon themes like land control and land acquisition, sustainable food production and the middle income trap. Each programme consists of three or more (inter)related Ph.D. and/or post-doc projects. Read more...
70 million for innovative science
NWO has awarded a Vidi grant to 88 outstanding researchers. Each scientist will receive a maximum of 800,000 euro to develop his or her own line of research and to build up a research group. Altogether NWO will divide more than 70 million euro among the laureates. Read more...
NWO and WOTRO deadlines
| GHPHS: Second call for preliminary proposals now open! This second call within the Global Health Policy and Health Systems programme will focus on health policy research. Emphasis is on topics such as leadership and governance, as well as MDG5: improving maternal health. Initiatives from researchers from low-income countries (LICs) in collaboration with Dutch partners (i.e. based in the Netherlands) are highly welcome and LIC researchers may act as main applicant. The deadline for preliminary proposals is 8 March 2011, 12.00 CET. Read more... |
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Call for Vici pre-proposals will soon be opened
The documents to apply for a Vici grant in 2011 will soon be available. You may submit your application to one of the eight NWO divisions or, in case of an interdivisional application, to WOTRO. We encourage researchers who address development oriented research issues to apply to the appropriate NWO division. The deadline for pre-proposals is 31 March 2011. More information will soon be made available here.
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New Open Access initiative from NWO From 2011, scientific conferences which devote attention to open access can count on a financial contribution from NWO of up to 2500 euro. The funding is for sessions which draw attention to the importance of publishing in publications that are accessible to all. Read more... |
Call for abstract - Responsible Innovation Conference
We invite you to submit abstracts for the First Annual International Conference on Responsible Innovation organized by NWO. We especially invite submissions from contributors from developing countries, who may be eligible for a scholarship. Furthermore, we encourage submissions from an interdisciplinary spectrum, including but not limited to philosophers, engineers, natural scientists, social scientists, and those involved in public or private policymaking. Deadline for abstracts is 17 January 2010. Read more...
Other deadlines
Call for papers for the EADI-DSA 2011 Conference
The EADI-DSA 2011 joint conference seeks to maximise the opportunity of working together and to revisit and rethink ‘development’. It seeks to generate new ideas, new narratives and new thinking whenever possible globally co-constructed with partners in global-South. Researchers on development issues are invited to present papers for the EADI/DSA Conference under either the Working Group/Study Group sessions or the Ad Hoc Panels. Read more...
Highlights of research results
Role of religion in Muslim fertility often exaggerated
Lately, fertility of Muslims has garnered academic and political attention. Religious rules of Muslims are said to affect fertility. These rules influence believers and regulate their attitude towards fertility and family planning. WOTRO researcher Ms. Biswarmita Sahu concluded, however, that pro-natality – an attitude that encourages childbearing – is also contextually determined. She shows that the smaller the share of religious groups in the total population, the more children women get. Read more...
Publications
Online discussion: The Netherlands within the world
In November, the WRR published the report 'Aan het buitenland gehecht'. The report can be ordered or downloaded on the WRR website. In response to this publication, The Broker started an online discussion about the Dutch foreign policy. Contribute to the online discussion (Dutch only).
Calendar
18 February – DPRN end event
'Linking to Learn & Learn from Linking' - Which lessons can we draw from more than six years of experiences with the Development Policy Review Networks’ activities? Read more…
8 - 9 April – NWO-ELP Conference
Conference Theme: Language Documentation and Description in the Netherlands. Read more…
18 - 19 April – Conference Responsible Innovation
The theme of this first annual Responsible Innovation conference is 'Innovative Solutions for Global Issues'. Read more…
19 - 22 September – EADI-DSA 2011 Conference, York, UK
Rethinking Development in an Age of Scarcity and Uncertainty. New Values, Voices and Alliances in Increased Resilience. Read more…
