818 results in Meetings & Events

1.IGAD-UN Deliberate on Developments in the Horn of Africa (Djibouti)

Date

March 11^th–12^th 2019

Program

CPPF Activities: Africa

2.Great Lakes (Geneva)

In partnership with the Government of Switzerland and the Office of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, CPPF convened the 4th Special Envoy Expert Retreat, in Geneva, from 27-28 February 2019. The expert workshop brought together a dozen Special Envoys and Special Representatives working on the Great Lakes region, as well as experts on and from the Great Lakes. They were joined by international decision makers from regional institutions, member states, and peace operations. The retreat primarily explored the role of the private sector, as well as regional mechanisms, in conflict prevention for the Great Lakes region.

Date

February 27^th–28^th 2019

Program

CPPF Activities: Africa

3.Identity, Community, and Political Participation

Date

February 7^th–8^th 2019

Location

Social Science Research Council 300 Cadman Plaza West, 15 Fl

Program

Anxieties of Democracy

4.Sudan (New York)

On February 5, CPPF convened a one-day, closed-doors expert workshop on Sudan, which brought together UN officials and Sudan experts to discuss the ongoing crisis in Sudan, as well as current conflict dynamics. The meeting was held at the Penn Club of New York.

Date

February 5^th 2019, 9:00am

Program

CPPF Activities: Africa

5.2019 SSRC Fellow Lecture: Lorraine Daston

Date

February 5^th 2019, 6:30pm – 9:00pm

Location

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

6.Political Institutions and Challenges to Democracy: America in Comparative Perspective

Date

January 31^st–February 1^st 2019

Location

Columbia University School for International & Public Affairs

Program

Anxieties of Democracy

7.Paul Williams on "Fighting for Peace in Somalia: AMISOM and the War Against al-Shabaab"

Date

January 31^st 2019, 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Location

Social Science Research Council 300 Cadman Plaza West, 15th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 Main Conference Room

Program

African Peacebuilding Network

8.DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC Webinar

Measure of America and the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York present DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC in the webinar "Unlocking Potential: New Health-Related Data for Decision Making & Community Well-Being." Measure of America and the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York present DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC in the webinar "Unlocking Potential: New Health-Related Data for Decision Making & Community Well-Being.".

Date

January 24^th 2019, 9:00am

Program

Measure of America

9.Race and Gender in American Politics

Date

January 16^th 2019, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Location

Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Program

Media & Democracy

10.APN Grantee Writing and Dissemination Training Workshop

The African Peacebuilding Network held a three-day Writing and Dissemination Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya for the 2018 cohort of APN Individual Research Grant (IRG) recipients from January 9 to 11, 2019.

Date

January 9^th–11^th 2019

Location

United States International University-Africa

Program

African Peacebuilding Network

11.The Other Uncertainty: Social, Political, and Cultural Forms of Uncertainty in Weather Contexts.

Date

January 7^th 2019, 9:00am – 6:00pm

Location

American Meterological Society Annual Meeting

Program

Uncertainty in Extreme Weather Events

12.Bi-Annual Fellows Workshop

Date

January 7^th–9^th 2019

Location

United States International University-Africa

Program

Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa

13.A Modern History of the Disinformation Age: Communication, Technology, and Democracy in Transition

Date

December 13^th–14^th 2018

Program

Media & Democracy

14.4th Annual CPPF-DPA MENA RC Forum (Geneva)

On 10-11 December, CPPF convened the 4th annual CPPF-DPA MENA Resident Coordinators’ Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The closed-door workshop came at a strategic moment for the UN system operating in the region, and focused on the theme of prevention. The discussion convened 13 UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators, decision-makers from diverse UN agencies, experts from academia, and key stakeholders from the region to examine cross-cutting challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa, the challenges of returning foreign fighters, and various socio-cultural shifts in the region.

Date

December 10^th–11^th 2018

Program

CPPF Activities: Europe/Caucasus/Middle East

15.Climate Change Working Group Meeting 2018

Date

December 7^th 2018, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Program

Anxieties of Democracy

16.Governance-In-Conflict Network Annual Meeting

Date

December 6^th–7^th 2018

Location

Ghent University

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

17.Colombia (New York)

On December 6, CPPF organized a briefing with expert Dr. Manuel Ramiro Muñoz of Javeriana University. The session focused on local dialogues and territorial peace in Colombia, and was attended by various UN stakeholders and country missions.

Date

December 6^th 2018, 9:00am

Program

CPPF Activities: Latin America and the Caribbean

18.VASS and SSRC Sign Memorandum of Understanding 30 Years after First MOU

Date

December 4^th 2018, 1:00am

Location

Hanoi, Vietnam

Program

Vietnam Program

19.Abe Global Washington, DC | Japanese and American Innovation in the Global Age

Date

December 3^rd 2018, 4:00pm – 8:00pm

Location

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

Program

Abe Fellowship Program

20.Abe Global Atlanta | Japanese and American Innovation in a Global Age

Date

December 1^st 2018, 3:00pm – 7:30pm

Location

Georgia Institute of Technology, Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center, 225 North Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

Program

Abe Fellowship Program

21.Politics of Distribution Conference

Date

November 30^th 2018, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Program

Anxieties of Democracy

22.2018 Albert O. Hirschman Prize Ceremony

Date

November 30^th 2018, 5:30pm – 8:45pm

Location

Harold Pratt House, 58 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065

Program

The Albert O. Hirschman Prize

23.African Studies Association 2018 Annual Meeting

The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) participated in the 61st African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (November 29–December 1, 2018). The APN convened a special panel on “Harnessing Unbounded Social Energies of Farmer-Pastoralist Interactions in Changing Environments for Conflict Transformation in Africa,” which featured four APN alumni: Patience Adzande (IRG 2017), Musa Adam Abdul-Jalil (IRG 2015), Mary Setrana (IRG 2017), and Pamela Khanakwa (IRG 2015). Five other APN alumni participated in panels and roundtables at ASA 2018.

Date

November 30^th–December 3^rd 2018

Program

African Peacebuilding Network

24.A Central Africa Policy Forum Discussion Looking Ahead at Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Date

November 29^th 2018, 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Location

Security Council Report

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

25.The New Research Compact: Social Science Partnerships for the Common Good

Date

November 28^th 2018, 1:30pm – 3:00pm