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SUMMARY:Abe Global 2023 | Hedging Against Risk – Japan in an Uncertain World: Geo-Dynamics of Northeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:During the last decades of the twentieth century\, there were major changes in the world economic organization as the end of the Cold War\, the birth of the WTO\, and the off-shoring of manufacturing to lower-wage developing countries created a highly integrated global economy dependent on complicated supply chains linking production and consumption. Similarly\, sophisticated systems of data collection have distributed previously private or nationally-held data across state borders and spawned an industry around its global trafficking\, resulting in security risks to individuals\, businesses\, and nations. A series of crises over the last several years—including the Covid pandemic\, rising tensions between China and the US\, natural disasters brought on by global warming\, the war in Ukraine\, and the sanctions regime—have shaken the globalized trading system and produced shortages in goods\, energy\, raw materials\, food supplies\, and labor. Access to these resources has become a strategic bargaining chip in international relations\, as nations seek to secure supplies of food\, raw materials\, and energy in the global marketplace\, while also ensuring that sensitive data is securely protected. \nPanelists will discuss questions about how nations hedge risks in a world in which the global flow of goods\, data\, and services is regularly interrupted by natural hazards\, man-made conflict\, and political relationships within the international order. How do these global and external issues impact domestic politics\, and how do domestic issues impact the international world? And what is at stake? \nAbe Global 2023 is held in partnership with the East-West Center in Washington\, DC. \nThe Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) brings Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global hosts events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations. The forum is a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-global-2023-hedging-against-risk-trade-supply-chains-technology-and-security/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230220T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230220T180000
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SUMMARY:CPPF Meeting on Guatemala
DESCRIPTION:On 20 February 2023\, CPPF convened the 13th meeting in a series of meetings on the situation rule of law\, corruption\, and impunity in Guatemala.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/cppf-meeting-on-guatemala/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230223
DTSTAMP:20230306T153503Z
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SUMMARY:Cultural Heritage\, Violent Conflict\, and Atrocity Crimes Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On 22 February 2023\, the Cultural Heritage\, Violent Conflict\, and Atrocity Crimes workshop was held at the Penn Club. The workshop brought together scholars and United Nations (UN) representatives to develop a shared understanding of the key debates in the academic literature about the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in violent conflicts\, situations at risk of atrocity crimes\, and their aftermaths. The participants also discussed the evidence of and intersection between heritage destruction and the act of atrocity crimes; and explored how the UN system can better prepare and respond. \n 
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/cultural-heritage-violent-conflict-and-atrocity-crimes-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T140000
DTSTAMP:20240111T192432Z
CREATED:20230215T162539Z
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SUMMARY:Health Care as Social Insurance: The Role of Medicaid in Improving US Health
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nExpanded access to healthcare in the United States through the nation’s public health insurance program\, Medicaid\, has led to meaningful–and measurable–improvements in people’s health. Insurance expansions that have targeted pregnant women\, children\, and adults have all had important short- and longer-term effects on health\, and this talk will discuss some of those outcomes and the ways that researchers are exploring and measuring Medicaid’s impact. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Laura Wherry\nLaura Wherry’s primary area of research focuses on the changing role of the Medicaid program and its impact on access to health care and health. Recent work examines the early effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions\, as well as the longer-term effects of several large expansions in Medicaid targeting low-income pregnant women and children in the 1980s and 1990s. “Multi-generational Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net: Early Life Exposure to Medicaid and the Next Generation’s Health” with Chloe East\, Sarah Miller\, and Marianne Page\, was recently published in the American Economic Review. Prior to joining NYU\, Wherry was an assistant professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at the University of Michigan.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/health-care-as-social-insurance-the-role-of-medicaid-in-improving-us-health/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230303
DTSTAMP:20230302T165103Z
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SUMMARY:CPPF Meeting on Sudan and the region
DESCRIPTION:On 1-2 March CPPF convened a meeting on Sudan and the region at the request of the UN Eastern Africa Division of DPPA\, the meeting aimed to reflect on national developments and regional trends and on the role of the UN.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/cppf-meeting-on-sudan-and-the-region/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T140000
DTSTAMP:20240112T170509Z
CREATED:20230301T165314Z
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SUMMARY:Discrimination in Hiring: Why Do Firms Vary So Much in Whom They Hire?
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nUS employers are segregated by race\, which likely contributes to racial inequalities in earnings. While the composition of an employer’s workforce is shaped by powerful social and economic forces\, it is not inevitable. This talk reviews recent evidence from around the world on how policy can influence the demographic composition of an employer’s workforce. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Conrad Miller\nConrad Miller is an Associate Professor at the University of California\, Berkeley\, in the Haas School of Business\, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a labor economist who studies firm sorting\, discrimination\, and criminal justice. His research explores issues such as the role of firms in labor market inequality between social groups\, the consequences of discrimination\, and the effects of policy responses to discrimination.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/discrimination-in-hiring-why-do-firms-vary-so-much-in-whom-they-hire/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T140000
DTSTAMP:20240111T193814Z
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SUMMARY:What are the Long-Run and Inter-Generational Impacts of Child Health Investments in East Africa?
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nIt has been challenging to establish how health investments in childhood affect individuals’ life trajectories\, especially in low- and middle-income regions of the world\, due to pervasive data limitations. This talk discusses a new project that leverages recent methodological innovations in development economics and a unique dataset tracking thousands of Kenyans over two decades (the Kenya Life Panel Survey). The evidence indicates that investments in child health radiate out over time and across generations in multiple\, and perhaps surprising\, ways. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Edward Miguel\nEdward Miguel is the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and Faculty Director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California\, Berkeley\, where he has taught since 2000. \nHis main research focus is African economic development\, including work on the economic causes and consequences of violence; the impact of ethnic divisions on local collective action; interactions between health\, education\, environment\, and productivity for the poor; and methods for transparency in social science research.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/what-are-the-long-run-and-inter-generational-impacts-of-child-health-investments-in-east-africa/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230426
DTSTAMP:20230523T152254Z
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SUMMARY:United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Retreat
DESCRIPTION:On 24-25 April 2023\, CPPF hosted and facilitated the retreat of the Conventional Arms Branch (CAB) of the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/united-nations-office-for-disarmament-affairs-retreat/
LOCATION:Social Science Research Council\, 300 Cadman Plaza West\, 15 Fl\, New York\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T150000
DTSTAMP:20230519T161453Z
CREATED:20230519T161453Z
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SUMMARY:CPPF Meeting on Energy Transition Risks and Opportunities in the MENA Region
DESCRIPTION:On 18 May 2023 CPPF convened a meeting on energy transition risks and opportunities in the MENA region at the request of the UN Northern Africa Division of DPPA. The meeting aimed to inform the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on climate\, peace\, and security in the MENA region and considered the implications of the accelerating energy transitions on the MENA region.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/cppf-meeting-on-energy-transition-risks-and-opportunities-in-the-mena-region/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T170000
DTSTAMP:20230526T143232Z
CREATED:20230519T173846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T143232Z
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SUMMARY:Is Behavior The Solution Agenda
DESCRIPTION:About\nRecent investments in clean energy R&D have led to remarkable innovations in clean energy technology. These innovations hold the promise of slowing and perhaps even reversing decades of anthropogenic climate change. \nBut in order to fully realize the promise of clean energy innovation\, we also need policy innovation: social and behavioral science R&D aimed at finding interventions\, programs\, and policies that effectively mobilize decision makers to act in climate-protective ways. \nJoin us for an important conversation with leading social and behavioral scientists and climate thought leaders to discuss: \n\nwhat we know about potentially scalable interventions to increase climate-protective behaviors;\nthe potential return on investment from expanding this knowledge base;\nhow we might better connect social and behavioral scientists with climate policy makers.\n\nThe half-day event will take place Friday\, June 9\, 2023 from 9am to 2pm ET at The Rockefeller Foundation’s Global Headquarters\, 420 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/is-behavior-the-solution-agenda/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T110000
DTSTAMP:20230523T152022Z
CREATED:20230323T151659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T152022Z
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SUMMARY:CPPF Meeting on Guatemala
DESCRIPTION:On 21 March 2023\, CPPF convened the 14th meeting in a series of meetings on the situation rule of law\, corruption\, and impunity in Guatemala.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/cppf-meeting-on-guatemala-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T150000
DTSTAMP:20240112T170118Z
CREATED:20230524T142335Z
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SUMMARY:Encouraging Technology Adoption in Agrarian Societies
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nSolutions to many of today’s key development challenges hinge not on creating new technologies and solutions\, but in understanding why the poor do not adopt seemingly beneficial technologies that already exist. Throughout the developing world\, there are countless examples of technologies that appear to be welfare enhancing but are adopted by the poor at very low rates. Examples span health\, finance\, and agriculture sectors\, and include cleaner cook-stoves\, anti-malarial bednets\, toilets\, fertilizer\, weather insurance\, and improved seed varieties. To make progress on these problems\, we need to understand the sources of behavioral or structural barriers to new technology adoption\, in order to devise policies and marketing strategies to address those barriers. This talk will highlight economic analysis and randomized-controlled-trial based field experimental methods applied in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to make progress on these questions. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Mushfiq Mobarak\nMushfiq Mobarak is the Jerome Kasoff ’54 Professor of Management and Economics at Yale University with concurrent appointments in the School of Management and in the Department of Economics. Mobarak is the founder and faculty director of the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE).
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/encouraging-technology-adoption-in-agrarian-societies/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230614
DTSTAMP:20230627T174433Z
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SUMMARY:CPPF Workshop on Political Economy Analysis in Central Africa
DESCRIPTION:On 9\,12\, and 13 June 2023 CPPF hosted a series of three half-day virtual workshops on PEA in Central Africa. The sessions took stock of political analysis-related work within both the United Nations and World Bank and discussed methodologies. The meeting aimed to enrich both organizations’ understanding of the political economy trends related to oil exporting states and the Congo Basin rainforest in Central Africa.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/cppf-workshop-on-political-economy-analysis-in-central-africa/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230614
DTSTAMP:20241213T152725Z
CREATED:20230720T182035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241213T152725Z
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SUMMARY:APN and Next Gen African University Seminar Series\, University Nairobi\, June 12–13\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural African University Seminar Series in Kenya (AUSS-Kenya) was held at the University of Nairobi\, Kenya from June 12-13\, 2023. The Kenya-based current and former fellows of the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC’s) African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) organized the event fellows\, under the guidance of the co-chairs of the APN-Next Gen Advisory Board\, Dr. Steve Akoth (former Next Gen fellow) and Prof. Rita Abrahamsen. The AUSS-Kenya Local Organizing Committee (LOC) is led by the co-chairs\, Jacinta Maweu (former APN fellow) and Rahma Hassan (former Next Gen fellow)\, and the members include other former APN fellows: Alex Kamwaria\, Lilian Kong’ani\, John Mwangi Githigaro (also a former Next Gen fellow)\, Joyce Omwoha\, Susan Kung’u (also a Next Gen fellow)\, and Fredrick Ogenga. The event brought together current and former APN-Next Gen fellows during a 2-day seminar with the theme: “Security\, Peacebuilding and Development in Africa: Reflections from Kenya.” It marked a significant first step towards consolidating the APN-Next Gen fellow/alumni network in Kenya into a distinct African scholarly community that promotes Afrocentric values of research excellence\, knowledge production\, and policy engagement. \nThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Nairobi hosted the seminar. Dr. Jennifer Muchiri\, the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Nairobi\, kicked off the event by giving welcome remarks. Dr. Steve Akoth of the APN and Next Gen Advisory Board then gave his opening remarks\, highlighting the decade-long impact of the APN-Next Gen program on the professional development of Africa-based scholars. Dr. Mustafa Ali\, co-founder and chairman of the HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies\, followed with a keynote address on “Shared Security and the Age of Polycrisis\,” in which he noted the importance of prioritizing “dialogue-centered conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms” and emphasizing the need for collective or “shared security.” He also encouraged participants to “work towards a more secure\, peaceful\, and prosperous Africa\, driven by evidence\, research\, and analytical inquiry.” \nThe keynote was followed by the first panel on: “Indigenous knowledge and local peacebuilding cultures” moderated by John Mwangi Githigaro. The panel consisted of presentations by Flora Mutere (former Next Gen fellow)\, David Muthegethi (former Next Gen fellow)\, Frederick Ogenga (former APN fellow)\, and Sela Musundi (former APN fellow). \nThe second panel on: “Climate change\, natural resource conflicts\, and Security in Africa” was moderated by Lilian Kong’ani (former APN fellow). It consisted of presentations by Rahma Hassan (former Next Gen fellow)\, Mahat Issack Hassan (former Next Gen fellow)\, and Graham Oluteyo (former Next Gen fellow). \nThe second day of the seminar opened with a keynote by Prof. Musambayi Katumanga\, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nairobi titled: “Geographing Development and Realities of Security.” \nThe first panel of the day was “Media\, Memories and Peacebuilding\,” moderated by Jacinta Mwende (former APN fellow). The panel consisted of presentations by Allen Wefwafwa (former Next Gen fellow)\, Susan Kung’u (former Next Gen fellow)\, and Muema Wambua (former Next Gen fellow). \nThe second panel on “Gender\, Conflict\, and Peacebuilding” was moderated by Alex Kamwaria (former APN fellow). It consisted of presentations by Joyce Omwoha\, Lilian Kong’ani\, and Roseanne Njiru (all former APN fellows)\, while the third and last panel on “Interstate Relations\, Geopolitics\, and Histories of Conflict\,” was moderated by Susan Kung’u. The panel consisted of presentations by Benson Kanyani (former Next Gen fellow)\, Alex Kamwaria (former APN fellow)\, and Kizito Sabala (former APN fellow). \nThe AUSS-Kenya seminar wrapped up with great success. APN-Next Gen current and former fellows were able to present their papers and receive feedback from each other during the interactive and engaging Q&A sessions. In addition to being an opportunity to present and discuss their work\, AUSS-Kenya was also a great networking opportunity for current and former fellows from different Kenyan universities and institutions located across the country. \nThe AUSS-Kenya participants unanimously agreed that this self-organized seminar was a great learning experience and an empowering initiative within the APN-Next Gen community and expressed the hope to make it a recurring annual seminar with involvement from more APN-Next Gen current and former fellows.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/apn-and-next-gen-african-university-seminar-series-university-nairobi-june-12-13-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T170000
DTSTAMP:20231220T185929Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Convening: Policy-Relevant Social and Behavioral Science
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual convening of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences\, Arthur Lupia\, executive director of the Bold Challenges Initiative at the University of Michigan\, and Jeremy Weinstein\, faculty director of Stanford Impact Labs\, talked about their work to support faculty and graduate students pursuing ambitious applied and socially relevant research\, in partnership with public\, private\, and nonprofit organizations.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/virtual-convening-policy-relevant-social-and-behavioral-science/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T150000
DTSTAMP:20230929T155111Z
CREATED:20230419T174645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T155111Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Policy-Relevant Social and Behavioral Science
DESCRIPTION:Public and private funding organizations\, state legislatures\, and donors increasingly expect universities to produce socially impactful and policy-relevant research. However\, publication and promotion incentives may undermine efforts to mobilize the social and behavioral science research community to pursue policy-relevant research. This series of virtual convenings is an opportunity for member institutions of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences (CUF) to share what works–and what doesn’t–to mobilize social and behavioral science that is both policy-relevant and scientifically rigorous. \nThese virtual convenings are intended to be an opportunity for cross-institutional learning and networking across CUF member institutions\, and we hope they will be highly interactive and conversational. Registration is only open to individuals associated with one of the current member institutions. If you’d like to be notified of upcoming events\, please join our mailing list.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/supporting-policy-relevant-social-and-behavioral-science/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T140000
DTSTAMP:20240112T170040Z
CREATED:20230615T173148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T170040Z
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SUMMARY:Improving Global Education: Evidence\, Cost-Effectiveness\, and Political Economy
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nSolutions to many of today’s key development challenges hinge not on creating new technologies and solutions\, but in understanding why the poor do not adopt seemingly beneficial technologies that already exist. Throughout the developing world\, there are countless examples of technologies that appear to be welfare enhancing but are adopted by the poor at very low rates. Examples span health\, finance\, and agriculture sectors\, and include cleaner cook-stoves\, anti-malarial bednets\, toilets\, fertilizer\, weather insurance\, and improved seed varieties. To make progress on these problems\, we need to understand the sources of behavioral or structural barriers to new technology adoption\, in order to devise policies and marketing strategies to address those barriers. This talk will highlight economic analysis and randomized-controlled-trial based field experimental methods applied in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to make progress on these questions. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Karthik Muralidharan\nKarthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California\, San Diego (UCSD) and holds positions at MIT\, the Bureau of Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)\, the National Bureau of Economic Research\, and the World Bank. His research spans development\, public\, and labor economics with a focus on improving the effectiveness of public spending in the social sector (education\, health\, and social protection programs).
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/improving-global-education-evidence-cost-effectiveness-and-political-economy/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230622
DTSTAMP:20230627T173758Z
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SUMMARY:9th Annual CPPF-DPPA RC MENA Forum
DESCRIPTION:CPPF hosted its 9th annual Forum for UN Resident Coordinators in the Middle East and North Africa Region in Geneva\, Switzerland on 19-21 June 2023. The Forum covered regional political trends and cross-cutting topics such as human rights; drugs\, crime and corruption; climate change and water politics; media and new technologies; migration; and risks and opportunities for the UN in the MENA region.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/9th-annual-cppf-dppa-rc-mena-forum/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230724
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230728
DTSTAMP:20241213T152716Z
CREATED:20230830T160627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241213T152716Z
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SUMMARY:APN-Next Gen Research Methods Workshop
DESCRIPTION:From July 24-27\, 2023\, the African Peacebuilding Network (APN)-Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) Program hosted its Research Methods Workshop for the 2023-24 cohort of APN Individual Research fellows and the Next Gen Doctoral Dissertation Proposal\, Research\, and Completion fellows. The workshop was hosted in collaboration with the University of Botswana at the Grand Palm Hotel and Convention Center in Gaborone\, Botswana. \nOn Monday\, July 24th\, the workshop began with opening remarks from the APN-Next Gen Program Director\, Dr. Cyril Obi\, and Prof. Gabriel Faimau\, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Botswana and the head of the University of Botswana’s local organizing committee. This was followed by remarks from the guests of honor: the deputy vice chancellor for research and enterprise at the University of Botswana Prof. Doreen Ramogola-Masire and Prof. Emmanuel Botlhale\, professor in public administration in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Botswana. \nFollowing the opening of the workshop\, Dr. Jacinta Mwende Maweu of the University of Nairobi (APN IRG 2015; APN CWG 2022-24) gave a keynote lecture titled “Challenges Facing African Women Engaged in Research: Reflections on Managing the Work-Life Balance.” The first day concluded with fellows and mentors engaging in their working groups. APN IRF fellows met with their mentors and Next Gen fellows met within their Thematic Working Groups to discuss current and emerging debates in the literature on themes related to their respective doctoral research projects. \nTuesday began with a keynote lecture titled “Critical Research Methods for Making Sense of Climate Change-Related Conflict and Peace in Africa” by Prof. Joram Tarusarira of the University of Groningen. The rest of the morning was dedicated to working groups\, and Next Gen fellows switched groups to work with members of their specific fellowship cohorts. \nOn Tuesday afternoon\, participants took a break from their working groups for an excursion into Gaborone. First\, participants visited the Three Dikgosi Monument (Three Chiefs Monument) to learn about the history of Botswana\, particularly the role of the founding fathers. Following this\, participants visited the Botswana National Museum and Art Gallery and the “Main Mall” market area in downtown Gaborone. The day concluded with a driving tour of the University of Botswana’s beautiful campus\, a game drive at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve\, cultural dances\, and a lively group dinner. \nOn Wednesday\, fellows and mentors worked throughout the day in group sessions and one-on-one sessions. Thursday morning saw the conclusion of one-on-one sessions and a final round of group sessions to enable mentors and fellows to reflect on their discussions and set research\, writing\, and personal goals for the period of the fellowship and beyond. \nThe workshop concluded on Thursday afternoon with a panel that brought together APN and Next Gen fellows and mentors to discuss the topic\, “Developing and Applying Research Methods and Analytical Lens Across Disciplines: Challenges and Opportunities.” Following the panel\, closing remarks were made by Dr. Obi and Prof. Faimau and gifts were given to the APN-Next Gen board members in attendance. \nThe APN-Next Gen would like to thank all of the fellows\, mentors\, keynote lecturers\, guests of honor\, and the members of the local organizing committee from the University of Botswana for their participation\, enthusiasm\, support\, and commitment to the program.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/apn-next-gen-research-methods-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Building an Evidence Base for Climate Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nMitigating greenhouse gas emissions and facilitating adaptation to climate change requires effective public investments\, yet many policies and programs lack crucial evidence of their effectiveness. In low and middle income countries\, the cost of putting resources toward ineffective policies is particularly high. This talk discusses two recent randomized controlled trials aimed at filling the evidence gap. The first tests novel approaches to reduce agricultural emissions in India. The second improves smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate shocks in Niger. Findings highlight the need for piloting before scaling up policy — in both projects\, cost effectiveness was improved through innovative policy design. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Kelsey Jack\nKelsey Jack is an Associate Professor at the Bren School and in the Department of Economics at UC Santa Barbara. Her research is at the intersection of environmental and development economics\, with a focus on how individuals\, households\, and communities affect and are affected by their natural environment. Much of her research uses field experiments to test theory and new policy innovations. She has done research in numerous countries in Africa\, Asia and Latin America. Kelsey co-chairs the Environment and Energy sector at J-PAL and is an associate editor at the American Economic Review and Econometrica. Prior to joining UCSB\, Professor Jack was on the faculty at Tufts University and was a post doc at MIT. She has a bachelors degree from Princeton University and a PhD from Harvard University. Before graduate school\, she spent two years in Lao PDR working for IUCN.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/building-an-evidence-base-for-climate-interventions-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-centennial-lecture-series/
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SUMMARY:What Can Linked Administrative Data Sets Teach Us About Eviction And Poverty In America?
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nThe report leading to the creation of the SSRC in 1923 outlined several major challenges for social science: data collection\, interpretation\, measurement\, and causality. This lecture will explore the extent to which newly available administrative datasets — linked together to create what is sometimes referred to as “big data” — can help address these challenges and contribute to our understanding of the causes and consequences of eviction and poverty in the United States. The lecture will draw heavily on a study of eviction in Chicago and New York\, which is joint work with Robert Collinson\, John Eric Humphries\, Nick Mader\, Davin Reed and Daniel Tannenbaum. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Winnie van Dijk\nWinnie van Dijk is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Yale. Her research is motivated by a desire to understand how economic policy can alleviate poverty and increase economic opportunity for low-income households. Professor Van Dijk’s work combines frontier econometric methods with the collection and curation of new data sets — including court filings\, information collected by public agencies\, surveys\, and credit reports — to generate empirical evidence that can inform policy design and evaluation. Professor Van Dijk is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research\, and she is affiliated with Opportunity Insights\, the University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab\, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities\, and CAGE. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a PhD in economics\, and subsequently she was a Saieh Family Research Fellow at the Becker Friedman Institute and an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Harvard. Before Chicago\, she studied at the London School of Economics and at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/what-can-linked-administrative-data-sets-teach-us-about-eviction-and-poverty-in-america/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230828
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SUMMARY:APN-Next Gen Regional Proposal Development Workshop
DESCRIPTION:From July 28-29\, the African Peacebuilding Network (APN)-Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) Program hosted a Regional Proposal Development Workshop for Southern Africa in Gaborone\, Botswana in collaboration with the University of Botswana. The workshop brought together facilitators and prospective applicants to the APN-Next Gen fellowships to discuss the proposal-writing process in relation to the intent and scope of APN-Next Gen fellowships. The workshop featured participants from universities in Botswana\, Malawi\, Madagascar\, South Africa\, and Lesotho. \nAfter the opening of the workshop on the 28th\, Prof. Gabriel Faimau (University of Botswana) delivered the workshop’s keynote lecture\, “Developing Innovative Ideas and Research Questions for Advancing Southern Africa’s Peace and Security.” \nThe 29th began with Dr. Daniel Rakgoasi\, senior lecturer in the Department of Population Studies at the University of Botswana\, delivering a lecture titled “An Overview of Multidisciplinary Research in Peace and Development in Southern Africa.” Following this lecture\, Prof. Godwin Onuoha (Mercer County Community College) delivered his lecture\, “The Basics of Writing a Winning Research Proposal: Linking Research Questions to Theory\, Methods and Relevance.” \nIn the afternoon of the 29th\, facilitators and participants worked in groups and one-on-one sessions to discuss their proposals and discuss best practice for applying to fellowships such as those offered by the APN-Next Gen program. \nThe APN-Next Gen would like to thank all the participants\, mentors\, keynote lecturers\, and the distinguished local organizing committee from the University of Botswana for their participation\, enthusiasm\, support\, and commitment to the program.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/apn-next-gen-regional-proposal-development-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T080000
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SUMMARY:Policy-Relevant Social and Behavioral Science: Effective Governance
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual convening of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences\, William Howell\, director of the Center for Effective Government at the University of Chicago\, and Cyrus Samii of New York University and Executive Director of the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network\, discussed each organization’s approach to balancing high-quality research with practical partnerships with government officials\, NGOs\, and journalists.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/policy-relevant-social-and-behavioral-science-effective-governance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T080000
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SUMMARY:5th Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA)
DESCRIPTION:The Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program hosted a panel at the 5th Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (#ASAA2023) under the theme: “Repatriating Africa: Old Challenges & Critical Insights.” The event was co-organized by the ASAA in partnership with New Horizons University (UNH) and the Arrupe Center for Research and Training (CARF)\, in Lubumbashi\, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from October 25-28\, 2023. The panel was an opportunity for former fellows of the program to showcase their research findings\, connect with peers from across the world\, and receive feedback from conference participants. It was a well-attended event\, with about 60 people in the audience. \nThe panel was organized under the “restoration” axis of the conference on the theme: “Reinvigorating the Politics of Freedom\, Unity and Development in Africa: Mapping Emerging Pathways for Social Transformation and Dignity.” In the first presentation on “Eastern and Western Congolese in Cape Town: Ethno-regional Identity Politics and Refugee ‘Papers’ among Congolese Migrants\,” Dr. Rosette Sifa Vuninga (2016-18 APN CWG Fellow; 2020 and 2023 Next Gen fellow) explored the home region politics with which Congolese negotiate their refugee status in South Africa. She discussed the regionalization of the DRC war/conflict in the determination of the refugee status of Congolese migrants in South Africa and how it has contributed to the reproduction of East/West identity discourse and tensions of post-Mobutu Congo among Congolese living in South Africa. Focusing on Cape Town\, Dr. Vuninga contended that the question regarding which region of the DRC one hails from and how directly the conflict has affected Congolese is not just a crucial factor in the outcome of a refugee status application\, but it is also fueling discrimination against Congolese from regions other than eastern Congo and is serving to distinguish between Congolese refugees and non-refugees. \nDr. Erick Sourna Loumtouang (2020 APN IRF Fellow) spoke on “Africa\, From the ‘Field of Experience’ to the Field of Power: Understanding the Interplay of International Actors in the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin.” He noted that Western powers’ formerly exclusive spheres of influence in Africa are now being shared with new state actors with varied profiles that are neither Western nor democratic. Their eruption on African soil owes its advent in large part to the emergence of new utopias that have their roots in the contestation of the Western monopoly and the sovereigntist desires of some African states facing the challenges of development and the aftermath of international terrorism. Dr. Loumtouang’s presentation mapped identified actors and established a framework for analyzing this renewed scramble for Africa and its multiple and varied implications for security\, democracy\, economy\, and technology vis-à-vis Africa’s agency and capacities for initiatives to derive maximal benefit from these incursions. \nThe third presentation by Dr. Joyce Agofure (2022 APN IRF fellow) on “Revisiting Development in Africa through Creative Writing” underlined the power inherent in creative writing as a tool to rewrite narratives of Africa and its development and redress negative stereotyping of its advancement despite its richness in diversity\, resources\, and opportunities. According to Dr. Agofure\, creative writing can help foster growth in Africa by highlighting ideals\, the value of cultural history\, and collective experiences. African writers can promote cooperation by using literary forms to spread themes of progress. Drawing on literary works like Wangari’s Maathi’s Unbowed\, Helon Habila’s Oil on Water\, Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness\, and \nAhlam Mostaghanmi’s Memory in the Flesh\, Dr. Agofure illustrated how African writers emphasize social problems as well as remedies that enhance progress\, noting that Africa can be a place of advancement. This paper emphasizes that African writers can accentuate shared values and solutions for societal challenges geared toward a better future for all Africans. She concluded that it is time to embrace the power of creative writing to reposition the African space as a hub for development. \nDr. Nicodemus Minde (2013 APN IRG Fellow; 2017\, 2018\, and 2019 Next Gen Fellow) presented on “Performing the Union: National Rituals and Negotiating the United Republic.” He spoke about nation and state-building from the inception of the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964 through to modern-day Tanzania\, juxtaposing the multiple and bifurcated identities that have been produced and performed throughout the country’s history as illustrated by affinities to political parties and more seemingly banal activities like who is chosen to represent the national football team. In light of the reignited question of the status of Zanzibar in the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar following the 2011-2014 constitution review process\, Dr. Minde explored the different ways the Union has been performed through contemporary national rituals such as the opening of parliament\, national celebrations\, national funerals and sports\, and the inclusion of Zanzibari leaders in national events. \nDr. Titilope F. Ajayi (2017 APN IRG Fellow; 2016 and 2019 Next Gen Fellow) gave the final presentation on “Gender and Political Change in Africa: Lessons for Future Pan-Africanism from Women’s Transnational Organizing\,” a discussion of ongoing research on the erasures and silencing of African women’s roles in both the ideation\, performance\, advocacy\, and movement-building around Pan-Africanism from hegemonic historical narratives. Noting that the concept of Pan-Africanism has evolved on the continent since its independence heydays\, Dr. Ajayi remarked the arrogation of allied debates by states and statist organizations like the African Union (AU) to the exclusion of ordinary Africans and the gender deficiency in recent more populist notions. Drawing on her research on African women’s transnational activism\, she shared that Blackness and Africanness were major motivating factors for women supporting movements\, like Bring Back Our Girls\, globally\, suggesting that such movements could offer insights into the reconceptualization of Pan-Africanism in informal spaces that is more relatable for ordinary Africans on the continent and in its Diasporas. \nDr. Chenai Matshaka-Munyaka (2017 and 2019 Next Gen Fellow) wrapped up the panel as a discussant. She noted that the presented papers critically unravelled some of the key concerns plaguing Africa today comprising politics of identity\, including views of the self and other\, insider-outsiderhood\, changing notions of belonging\, and perceptions of the contexts in which these identities are constructed and performed. She noted that the panel also identified other themes\, notably of external threats and emerging identities afflicting and impacting the post-colonial African state\, politics of migration\, victimhood and woundedness\, and questions of nationhood and unity within the context of diverse identities. Dr. Matshaka-Munyaka observed that the panel explored the layered and intersectional meanings of what it means to be African\, stating that these issues are complex and diverse\, and that their occurrence at the intersections of legacies of the colonial past and changing global political dynamics poses numerous threats to Africa’s development. She pointed out that although the panellists’ presentations illustrated how narratives of instability\, violence and subjugation have shaped African identities\, these are not the only narratives that define the continent and its citizens. She also noted that the papers motivate a rethinking or re-imagining of the conception of development in Africa as well as its roots in Western norms and ideals. She opined that African-centered scholarship represents an opportunity to counter hegemonic narratives by\, for example\, using creative writing to re-tell the African story from perspectives of hope\, unity\, resilience\, and changing the collective identity of the continent. Dr. Matshaka-Munyaka concluded that the panel underwrote not only the scholarship that unpacks Africa’s identity politics\, but further contributed to rethinking Africa’s development by critically engaging with renewed threats and opportunities as they present themselves in the identities of multiple actors and ideologies. \nThe panel concluded with a lively panel-audience interaction\, which made clear that the presentations were well received and the questions they raised around nationalism\, identity\, belonging\, authenticity\, inclusion\, diversity\, and citizen-led political change resonated with a wide range of delegates from different countries and cultural and political contexts. The discussions also offered an opportunity for panelists to refine concepts and further clarify their research findings and implications for scholarship and policy. \nOver the four days of the conference\, fellows formed new networks and collaborative relationships among the multilingual and multidisciplinary scholarly and creative community
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/5th-biennial-conference-of-the-african-studies-association-of-africa-asaa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T130000
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SUMMARY:What Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong About Political Polarization
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nWe hear often that Americans are more polarized than ever. In this lecture\, Professor David Broockman will explore how Americans are politically polarized\, why–and why not–this matters\, and potential solutions. Professor Broockman will discuss how his research has challenged conventional wisdom on: (1) to what extent Americans’ frustrations with government result from politicians being too extreme\, (2) to what extent voters’ dislike of each other–so-called affective polarization–contributes to the nation’s political challenges\, and (3) how we all can have more productive and persuasive conversations with our political rivals. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout David Broockman\nDavid Broockman is an Associate Professor at the Travers Department of Political Science at the University of California\, Berkeley. Professor Broockman is the author of over three dozen peer-reviewed scholarly essays focusing on American politics. His research has overturned conventional wisdom regarding the nature\, extent\, and consequences of political polarization in the American public; how political campaigns can persuade voters; and how to have productive conversations to bridge divides and reduce prejudice.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/what-conventional-wisdom-gets-wrong-about-political-polarization-centennial-lecture-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T080000
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SUMMARY:Research AMP Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The Social Science Research Council’s Research AMP program hosted a webinar on November 14\, 2023 to introduce prospective users to the platform. In it\, SSRC program staff gave some background on the development of Research AMP\, outlined its central features and how they can be used\, and went over some tips on how to begin planning a Research AMP site.  \nResearch AMP is a free\, open-source technology for building scholarly communities\, collecting research\, and sharing insights with new audiences. \nWebinar Recording
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/research-amp-webinar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T143000
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SUMMARY:What Have Megastudies Taught Us about Successfully Encouraging Increased Vaccination?
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nIn this lecture\, Professor Milkman will discuss three massive field experiments testing dozens of different ways of encouraging increased vaccination. First\, she will discuss a “megastudy” encouraging flu vaccination at doctor’s appointments among 47\,306 patients of two large U.S. health systems in which 42 scientists worked in teams to design a total of 19 different text reminders using a variety of different behavioral science principles. Next\, she will describe a megastudy encouraging in-pharmacy flu vaccinations among 689\,693 Walmart pharmacy patients in which 44 scientists worked in teams to design a total of 22 different text reminders using a variety of different behavioral science principles. Finally\, we’ll look at a megastudy encouraging COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccination among 3.5 million patients of a national pharmacy chain in which 13 scientists worked together to design a total of 8 different interventions including text reminders and free round-trip rides to the pharmacy. \n\nWebinar Recording\n\nAbout Katy Milkman\nKaty Milkman is the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\, host of Charles Schwab’s popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology\, and the former president of the international Society for Judgment and Decision Making. She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative\, a research center with the mission of advancing the science of lasting behavior change. Over the course of her career\, Katy has worked with or advised dozens of organizations on how to spur positive change\, including Google\, the White House\, Walmart and the U.S. Department of Defens
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/what-have-megastudies-taught-us-about-successfully-encouraging-increased-vaccination-centennial-lecture-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T080000
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SUMMARY:2023 Just Tech Fellowship Application Info Webinar Recording
DESCRIPTION:The SSRC’s Just Tech program is seeking applications for the third cohort of its Just Tech Fellowship for the 2024–26 period. This informational webinar was recorded on November 17 to provide those interested with relevant information regarding the application process and fellowship. \nLearn more and apply to the Just Tech Fellowship here. \nApplications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The last day to submit Full Application Materials is January 31\, 2024\, at 11:59 p.m. EST. \nEvent Recording\n \n—– \nThe SSRC’s Just Tech program foregrounds questions of power\, equity\, and the public impact of new technologies\, investigating evidence of bias and harm while centering the perspectives of historically marginalized communities. The Just Tech Fellowship provides two-year awards of $100\,000 annually\, as well as supplementary funding\, for researchers and practitioners imagining radically different tech futures that embrace joy\, hope\, self-determination\, and equity. \nLearn more about Just Tech at https://www.ssrc.org/programs/just-tech/ \nContact us at just-tech@ssrc.org
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2023-just-tech-fellowship-application-info-webinar-recording/
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SUMMARY:Just Tech Fellowship Public Information Session 2024
DESCRIPTION:The SSRC’s Just Tech program is proud to host a public information session answering your questions about the new Just Tech Fellowship\, a two-year\, full-time\, $100\,000 per year (plus supplementary funding) remote fellowship supporting a diverse community of researchers and practitioners investigating the intersection of technology and social justice. \nThe public information session is scheduled for Friday\, November 17\, 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET. The session will cover details on application guidelines and eligibility requirements and answer any questions that participants may have. Register here.\n\nJust Tech is supported by the Ford Foundation\, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur\nFoundation\, the Surdna Foundation\, and the Democracy Fund.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/just-tech-fellowship-public-info-session-2023/
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SUMMARY:2023 Next Gen Post-Doctoral Virtual Writing Fellowship Workshop\, November 28\, 2023.
DESCRIPTION:On November 28th\, the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) Program hosted the Next Gen Post-Doctoral Virtual Writing Workshop. The workshop brought together Next Gen Post-Doctoral Writing Fellows and program mentors to discuss their draft manuscripts\, strategies\, and plans for publication. The event was convened to facilitate the finalization of fellows’ manuscripts based on their Next Gen-supported research projects for publication in peer-reviewed journals\, book chapters\, or the completion of book proposals/manuscripts. \nThe workshop began with welcome remarks by the APN and Next Gen program director\, and the introduction of workshop participants. The presentations by each fellow in sessions one and two were followed by feedback from their peers and mentors. This aimed to refine the scope and quality of the draft manuscripts presented by the fellows. Their presentations encompassed diverse discussions of the Next Gen-supported PhD research findings that drew on cases focusing on South Africa and Nigeria from interdisciplinary perspectives\, including History\, Development\, Anthropology\, Peace\, and Cultural Studies. \nIn the first of the three presentations of session one\, Dr. Rosette Sifa Vuninga\, of the University of Cape Town\, spoke to her draft manuscript on “Congolese Refugees in South Africa: Contests around Identity Politics and State Documentation\,” which highlighted the main arguments of the paper on the agency of Congolese migrants living in South Africa. She explored divisions and contestations that marked relations within Congolese migrants over place and identity in their destination country of South Africa. Participants raised questions about the evolution and single\, transient\, changing\, or multiple identities of Congolese migrants in South Africa. \nIn the second presentation\, Dr. Simbarashe Nyuke\, of the University of the Witwatersrand\, presented his draft manuscript on “The Price of Hope: Sacrificing and ‘Seeding’ for Churchizenship in Johannesburg” drew on ethnographic research to explore the impact of Pentecostal churches on migrant communities. He examined how these Pentecostal churches provide a space of survival for migrants in a city. He analyzed how recent migrants adopt and use “Churchizenship as they seek out identity and belonging. The paper establishes the vibrant Pentecostal presence in Johannesburg and how this offers migrants a sense of belonging\, protection\, and hope based on a sense of planting to receive. The presentation elicited positive feedback\, with some fellows and mentors suggesting the need to reflect some more on the relationship between the church and the state and seeking further clarification on what hope and belonging meant to migrants in this and other contexts. \nNext\, Dr. Thatshisiwe Ndlovu from the University of the Witwatersrand spoke on her draft manuscript titled “Standing their Ground while Seated: The Birth of Widowhood Activism.” She interrogated readings of widowhood practices in patriarchal societies that often represented widows as hapless victims who suffered from gruesome mourning and funeral practices after the loss of their spouses. Thatshisiwe uses the concept of “ sitting\,” a widowhood rite where widows are traditionally expected to mourn the loss of their spouse by sitting in seclusion\,  while also expressing a sense of loss\, obedience\, subservience\, and humility in silence. This practice of making widows sit in seclusion  was usually followed by the loss of rights to property and\, sometimes\, children. The author argued for a more intimate understanding of the sitting and standing (resistance) and for more importance to be paid to the widows’ agency. She then explained how some widows reassert their agency by “standing their ground\,” thereby subverting the practice of “ sitting” by resisting oppressive widowhood rites and holding on to the legal deeds of their property. The discussion that followed focused on the relevance of the paper to the theorization of African feminism past and present\, the role of other women in some of these practices\, and the importance of contextualizing traditional cultural rites and the significance of post-colonial dynamics in the analysis. \nIn the second session\, Dr. Gloria Naantoe Alli\, of the University of Jos\, presented her draft manuscript on “Beyond hybrid conflict management: Impact of landgrabs on conflict resolution in Central-Nigeria.” The paper applied a political economy-centered analysis in explaining prolonged land-grabbing in Central Nigeria and its impact on ‘hybrid conflict management’ systems\, including the role of state and non-state actors. She examined the drivers of conflict\, including cattle rustling\, religion\, settler-indigene conflict\, land grabs\, and internal displacement and its implications for conflict management. The feedback received after her presentation included the need for a deeper theoretical framing and historicizing the conflict dynamics. \nThis was followed by Dr. Tsitsi Jane Mpofu-Mketwa\, of the Future Water Institute at the University of Cape Town\, who presented her draft manuscript titled “’Vuku’zenzele!’: The pivotal role of agency in alleviating urban poverty\, lessons from Cape Town’s Langa Township women informal traders.” The paper explored the agency of women traders in the Langa Township and disrupted common notions of women’s roles in informal economies\, including the kinds of networking taking place and how women informal traders were organizing themselves and considering the varied forms of cooperation\, collaboration\, and competition. By doing so\, Dr. Mpofu-Mketwa highlighted the critical role of women’s agency in urban poverty alleviation. \nIn the last presentation\, Dr. Kgomotso Samuel Moshugi\, of the University of the Witwatersrand\, presented his draft manuscript titled “Mobility and Dispersed Collaborations through Localisation.” His paper explored performative ways of being and the role of culture and arts in framing peace. It focuses on music in the mobilities and dispersals of people and how these were connected to local peacebuilding. The feedback received pointed to the importance of an artistic approach to peacebuilding and the need to provide a stronger empirical basis for localization for the study. \nDuring the plenary sessions\, several mentors offered broad feedback to all the presenters. The following issues were highlighted: the importance of contributing to existing knowledge in the field\, connecting data to theory\, infusing greater clarity into the framing of research questions and the place of originality in research\, considering the relevance of decolonial frameworks\, and making data speak to specific audiences. Other issues raised included writing on complex subjects or phenomena that change and working on using clear and accessible language. Mentors also shared their publication experiences\, urging young scholars to be intentional with the themes of the journals they submit to. Additionally\, these senior scholars encouraged fellows to aim to publish their papers in highly-ranked publications. \nThe workshop ended on a positive note\, underlined by the presentations by the fellows\, productive peer-to-peer and mentor exchanges\, and feedback aimed at strengthening the manuscripts of the Next Gen post-doctoral writing fellows ahead of submission for publication. \nThe APN-Next Gen program thanks the Next Gen Post-Doctoral Writing Fellows and their mentors for their hard work and dedication to the program.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2023-next-gen-post-doctoral-virtual-writing-fellowship-workshop-november-28-2023/
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