[ecrea] Polforsk Ph.D-courses

>Dear all
>
>Polforsk together with a number of departments in our networks are happy to
>announce Ph.D courses in:
>
>- DOING DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
>- APPROACHING ORGANIZATIONS
>- GOVERNANCE NETWORKS: Theory, Practice and Methods
>
>
>DOING DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
>
>A four day workshop on 1-4 of December in a wonderful location just outside
>Copenhagen. Arrival in the evening of the 30th of November and departure on
>the 4th of December in the evening.
>
>Food and accommodation during the workshop and up to 500 Euros of the
>travel
>costs is covered by the European Science Foundation.
>
>The Workshop on discourse analysis
>
>-Is a chance to strengthen relations between various discourse analysis
>research groups in Europe
>
>-Combines a high-level workshop with experts in the field with training of
>doctoral students and early career researchers
>
>-Focuses on a broad range of methodological issues
>
>-Focuses on different methods for data collection and data analysis
>
>-Focuses on a variety of subjects: the discursive construction of European
>identity and identities in Europe, analysis of mass media discourse, the
>discursive framing of policy and governance, etc.
>
>-Combines different formats: lectures, round tables, master classes, group
>discussions, etc.
>
>Deadline of applications: 1st of July.
>
>For a full and detailed programme please see
>http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=1923
>
>
>
>APPROACHING ORGANIZATIONS
>  - December 8 - 10, 2008 at Hotel Søfryd, Jyllinge, Denmark.
>
>The Ph.D. course will deal with the analytical and methodological
>challenges
>faced in studying the nature and role of organizations in development. The
>course proposes to explore a broad range of organizations from the
>international level, such as the World Bank, to the national level, such
>as a
>government ministry or a large NGO, and down to the local levels of small
>NGOs, associations and local government departments and agencies. The
>course
>will combine lectures from leading international experts in the field of
>organizations in development, and workshops in which Ph.D. students
>attending
>the course present their research projects.
>
>Participating throughout the course will be three international experts
>
>      * Diana Conyers  is Research Officer at Institute of Development
>Studies,
>University of Sussex, teaches Governance and Development and writes on
>decentralisation, empowerment and democracy, primarily in Southern Africa;
>     * Graham Harrison, is Senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield.
>Recently he published the volume The World Bank and Africa: the
>Construction
>of Governance States London: Routledge, 2004;
>     * Richard Crook is Professor and Director of the Institute of
>Commonwealth
>Studies, teaches Globalization and Development and is the author of The
>law,
>legal institutions and the protection of land rights in Ghana and Côte d
>´Ivoire, IDS, University of Sussex, 2007.
>
>In addition there will be a number of senior research staff from the
>organising institutions lecturing at the course
>
>Subscription Deadline: October 20th.
>
>For a full and detailed programme please see:
>http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=1941
>
>
>
>GOVERNANCE NETWORKS: Theory, Practice and Methods
>January 26-30 2009 at Roskilde University
>Course directors: Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing
>
>The PhD-course will run for five days and combine lectures, joint
>discussions
>and student presentations. In the morning there will be a thematic lecture
>that requires listening and reflection. In the afternoon there will
>first be
>a joint discussion based on a text presenting an empirical study of
>governance. This will be followed by student presentations that will
>focus on
>research questions, research strategies and the choice of methods. Feedback
>will be provided from both course directors and fellow students.
>
>Deadline for submission: December 1st.
>
>For a full and detailed programme please see:
>http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=1955
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Please see http://polforsk.dk for a broad overview of Ph.D-courses,
>conferences, workshops and other events.
>
>Also please see http://nepos.net to read our newsletter Neposnews for a
>broad
>overview of national as well as international Ph.D events.
>
>If You have any quistions please do not hesitate to contact us at
>(sek /at/ polforsk.dk).
>
>
>Finally we would like to use the opportunity to wish you all a good summer!
>
>
>
>
>Kind Regards
>Asbjørn Brink & Flemming Bjerke
>
>--
>Politologisk Forskeruddannelsesprogram
>Institut for Samfund og Globalisering,
>Rosklilde Universitetscenter
>Hus 24.2
>Universitetsvej 1
>Postboks 260
>4000 Roskilde
>Tel. +45 46 74 29 81
>(sek /at/ polforsk.dk) / www.polforsk.dk
>
>The Danish Political Science Research Program
>Department of Society and Globalization,
>Roskilde University Center
>House 24.2
>Universitetsvej 1
>P.O. Box 260
>DK-4000 Roskilde
>Ph. +45 46 74 29 81
>(sek /at/ polforsk.dk) / www.polforsk.dk
>
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