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Conference @ Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth

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Apply by 10 September 2013: Asia Pacific Youth Forum 2013 on Mountain issues and Post 2015 Development Agenda, Kathmandu, Nepal

Asia Pacific Youth Forum 2013 on Mountain issues and Post 2015 Development Agenda  Kathmandu, Nepal  30 September - 4 October 2013 Through its Asia-Pacific Mountain Network ( APMN ), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been engaging youth and building their capacity to bring about positive changes in society through several different initiatives. Since it began in 2009, the global membership of the Youth Engagement in Sustainable Mountain Development (Y4SMD) initiative has grown to 5,000 members, a majority of which are from ICIMOD's regional member countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. In 2010, ICIMOD started organizing youth forums in member countries to build the technical capacity and leadership skills of youth in the region as well as to enhance their knowledge on the most burning issues in mountain development. The  Asia-Pacific Youth Forum on Climate Actions and Mounta

SEES Social Science Fellowship at NOAA

The National Science Foundation Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Program is offering a one to three year SEES Fellowship in which scientists partner with, and are based at, a government agency.  The Fellowship, which targets interdisciplinary research and education, enables scientists to apply their research to management and policy priorities by working directly with Federal program managers and decision makers.  Consequently, this Fellowship is a unique opportunity to learn first hand how science can be transitioned to policy.   Social science is gaining increased attention within NOAA and, consequently, we are seeking  partnerships with social scientists who would like to apply their research to NOAA priorities - weather, climate, coasts and fisheries.   We are particularly keen to pursue partnerships related to the following social science areas:   ·          Risk communication to understand how best to convey hazard warnings to the publ

National Conference on Family Structure, Social Change and Law @ Vivekananda Law School (VIPS) announces ,

Vivekananda Law School (VIPS) announces National Conference on Family Structure, Social Change and Law , 19 th and 20 th December, 2013, Delhi Law and society share a dialogic relationship. The nature of their relationship influences their initiation, trajectory as well as rendering in more ways than one. Law is comprehended as both the reflection as well as the aspiration of its society. This keen relationship between these institutions can be well understood and explored through the juncture of family and law. Family being the basic unit of a nation state is a subject matter of law at both the micro as well as the macro level. We at VLS understand the significance of evolving a holistic perspective as an essential tool for enhancement of understanding these overlapping categories. Vivekananda Law School, a pioneer Institute of law education proposes to organize a National Conference on 'Family Structure, Social Change and the Law'.   In our

Sponsored Research Programme @ Indian Council of Social Science Research

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