December 4th-6th: LKY will be hosting their annual conference for the S.T. Lee Project which seeks to examine the institutional crisis facing global governance. To find out more about this event, please visit their website here.
December 8th-10th: The Woodrow Wilson will host the first annual Ullman Lecture Series featuring renowned scholars in the field of International Relations. This year’s event will feature Harvard scholar Stanley Hoffman. For more information please visit their website here.
December 12th: The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (GIIS) will be hosting the 2nd annual Network for Policy Research, Review and Advice on Education and Training (NORRAG) conference. For more information please visit their website here.
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ANU launches Australian Research Network on the Japanese Economy (ARNJE)
ANU has just launched the Australian Research Network on the Japanese Economy (ARNJE) which aims to deepen research on the ever changing Japanese economy. Beginning with sixty researchers based in Australia, ARNJE will expand its scope to include members from Asia and the Pacific. The network is designed to link specialists together by creating a forum for discussions and providing opportunities for conferences and workshops. To formally launch the ARNJE, Australia National University will be hosting a conference on December 4th, 2008. For more information on the ARNJE please visit their website here.
PolicyNet Announces New Speaker for Virtual Seminar Series
PolicyNet is pleased to announce that the next speaker in PolicyNet’s Virtual Seminar Series will be Professor Zhiyuan Cui of the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University. Professor Cui is a renowned scholar in the field of Chinese economic development and market reform. PolicyNet participants will be invited to join Dr. Cui in discussing these, and other topics, at an upcoming virtual seminar. To view vodcasts of past seminars, please visit the PolicyNet Virtual Seminar page here.
Balsillie School Continues Growth
The Balsillie School of International Affairs continues to move forward with drive and determination. Recently, the Balsillie school announced that it retained internationally acclaimed Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) to design its new home. When completed the Balsillie School will be over 65,000 square feet and will house leading academics from around the world. The School announced the appointment of Ramesh Thakur as its inaugural director and is quickly building a reputation for excellence. The Balsillie School was launched in 2007 with a $100 million donation from Mr. Balsillie and key partners. The gift is the largest single donation to the field of social sciences in Canada.
PolicyNet Bloggers give firsthand account of Mumbai attacks
“We are all ablaze with fear, anger and grief over the situation in Mumbai over the past two days. It started as a round of fire at 2 am yesterday and is now the largest terrorist incident India has ever faced.... The worst and most terrifying fact is that it is still going on. Innocent Indians and foreigners are trapped in Mumbai's most luxurious hotels, as the police and armed forces of the country try valiantly to safely evacuate them all....Mumbai and Indian security has been threatened in what seems like the worst terrorist attack in our history and hundreds of innocent lives are at stake in this senseless battle….”
To read more of Shruthi Jayaram’s blog and others like it, you can visit the PolicyNet blog page here.
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Policy Intern (The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union): Reporting to the Policy Officer, the Policy Intern will perform research to monitor issues of interest to AmCham EU members across a broad spectrum of European and Transatlantic policy areas, as well as carry out various administrative duties.
Program Coordinator (Columbia University – ICAP): Reporting to the Program Director, the Program Coordinator will provide programmatic support for in-country field teams, provide administrative support in the development, implementation, and monitoring of program objectives and provide management support for the in-country field team.
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