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Afro‐European Medical and Research Network (AEMRN) 2017 Conference
Professor Franklyn Lisk (Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick) participated at the annual conference of the Afro-European Medical Research Network (AEMRN) at the United Nations, Geneva on 7-8 December 2017. AEMRN is a Swiss-based global Diaspora health professional organisation that is accredited to the WHO and UN ECOSOC.
The theme of the conference, which brought together European and US-based Diaspora health professionals engaged in health sector development projects in Africa as well as representatives of the WHO and UNAIDS, was 'Universal Health Coverage...Leaving no one behind' (programme of the conference). Here is the PPT of his presentation entitled 'Demystifying Universal Health Coverage: Concepts, goals and impact outcomes'.
Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowships
Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowships are for highly skilled researchers from other Commonwealth countries to spend one or two years at an eligible UK university or higher education institution conducting postdoctoral research.
These fellowships are funded by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)through the Rutherford Fund, with the aim of attracting global talent and supporting the UK’s research base. Up to 50 fellowships are available.
Purpose: To support world-class research and innovation, and to contribute to the UK’s research base by attracting high-calibre international candidates and encouraging links and collaboration
New Palgrave Book Series Announcement: Politics of South Asia!
New Palgrave Book Series Announcement: Politics of South Asia!
Series Editors:
Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University, USA
Ronojoy Sen, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University, USA
Katharine Adeney, University of Nottingham, UK
This new book series will focus on the contemporary politics of South Asia. The series editors will be looking at proposals that cover a range of subjects including, but not limited to, electoral politics, party systems, political economy, social movements, ethnic and religious conflicts, foreign policy, inter-state dynamics and migration. Publications in the series will be theoretically grounded with intellectual rigor, combining propositions from the fields of political science and international relations, with sound regional and area knowledge.
The series will publish full-length monographs, edited volumes, as well as shorter Palgrave Pivots, that are cutting edge, as well as accessible.
Contact for Proposals:
Submissions are ideally between 60,000 and 110,000 words, although shorter submissions (25,000-50,000 words) will be considered for our Palgrave Pivot publication format.
Authors and Editors interested in submitting a proposal should contact the series publishing editor Vishal Daryanomel (vishal.daryanomel@palgrave.com)
A Fair Chance for Education: Gendered Pathways to Educational Success in Haryana
A Fair Chance for Education: Gendered Pathways to Educational Success in Haryana is a five-year action research project that seeks to determine the gendered factors that contribute to educational success for young people in Haryana, India.
Haryana experiences significant gender-based practices that affect the ability of young people to access and remain within the education system, and to progress into higher education. The project therefore focusses on gendered social relations and gender differences in choices, obstacles and opportunities for young people as they progress through the education system, and ultimately intends to devise interventions that can bring about positive social change.
The project design has been developed in collaboration with a core group of Indian partners and The Fair Chance Foundation. In addition, the project incorporates two fully-funded doctorates, contributing to capacity building in Indian higher education.
NIHR Global Health Research Grant Awarded to University of Warwick
NIHR Global Health Research Grant Awarded to University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is to receive more than £5 million to find better ways of delivering healthcare to some of the world's poorest people. The National Institute of Health Research’s (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Improving Health in Slums has awarded £5.7 million (with match funding of £718k from the University) for research in to delivering healthcare to people living in slums in Asia and Africa, and working with authorities to make changes. It is being lead by CLAHRC WM Director Richard Lilford, and his team will work alongside international partners, including ones in Nigeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The full press release is available at: warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/university_receives_multi-million/