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Research
Conference
Solutions for a complex world
Governance, Conflict and Crisis, and
Aid Effectiveness
24-25 November 2008
The European PhD Programme in Social
Protection Policy (ESPP) and the
Dual Career PhD Programme in
Governance and Policy Analysis
(GPAC2) of the Maastricht Graduate
School of Governance invite junior
and senior researchers to
participate in a research conference
on “Governance, Aid Effectiveness,
Conflict and Crisis” on Monday 24
and Tuesday 25 November 2008 in
Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The European PhD Programme in Social
Protection Policy (ESPP) trains
young researchers in social
protection and social policy in a
European and multidisciplinary
perspective. The programme finds it
strengths in pooling the resources
of 13 top research institutes and
universities in 9 EU-countries. The
programme is supported by the
European Union Marie Curie Human
Resources and Mobility Programme.
The Dual Career PhD programme in
Governance and Policy Analysis (GPAC²)
offers policy analysts and
consultants from the public and
private sector the opportunity to
participate in courses, seminars and
workshops that support their
ambitions and intensify their
research and analytical skills. The
program is designed to fit the needs
and possibilities of researchers
with a daily job and optimizes the
conditions allowing the participants
to combine their careers with
finishing a PhD.
The Research Conference will be held
in Maastricht, the Netherlands. It
brings together senior and junior
researchers with diverse academic
background to share ideas on the
relation between governance, aid
effectiveness and conflict and
crisis studied from various angles.
Preliminary Programme
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Monday
24 November, room 0.009
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09.00 - 09.30 |
Registration (courtyard) |
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09:30-10:00 |
Opening – Chris de
Neubourg, Academic Director
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10.00 - 12.45 |
Paper Session 1:
Governance
Chair: Christiane Arndt
(Maastricht University)
Mr. Henry Kifordu (Institute
of Social Studies The Hague)
Political Elite Composition
and accountable Democracy in
Nigeria
Ms. Renee Speijcken
(Maastricht University)
to be decided
Mrs. Hayet Ben Said (Public
University Tunis)
Institutional Quality and
Growth
Ms. Emmanuelle Lavalleé (DIAL
Paris)
Corruption and Trust in
political institutions in
sub-Saharan Africa |
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12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:30
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Paper Session 2:
Governance
Chair: to be decided
Mr. Paolo de Renzio (University
of Oxford)
Disaggregate and Mix: A
recipe for “Good Enough”
Research Using Governance
Indicators
Ms. Andrea Schapper (Bremen
International Graduate
School of Social Sciences)
From the Global to the Local: A Governance Case Study on Child Rights in
Bangladesh.
Mr. Oscar Edoror Ubhenin (Ambrose
Alli University)
Challenges and Future of
Governance in Nigeria |
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15:30-16:00 |
Break |
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16:00-17:30 |
Paper Session 3: Conflict
and Crisis
Chair: Ms. Lenka
Eisenhamerova (Maastricht
University)
Mr. Saeed Khan (Maastricht
University)
Population movement tracking
Mr. Olaf de Groot (Bocconi
University)
The Influence of Conflict on
the Demand for Education in
the Basque Region
Mr. Victor Cebotari
(Maastricht University)
to be decided |
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19.00 |
Dinner
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Tuesday
25 November, room 0.009
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09.00-10.00 |
Keynote speech:
Prof. Frerks (Centre for
Conflict Studies, Faculty of
Humanities, Utrecht
University, and CERES
Research School)
Title: to be decided |
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10:00-10:30 |
Break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Paper Session 4: Conflict
and Crisis
Chair: Mr. Manos Sfakianakis
(Maastricht University)
Ms. Alexandra Budabin (New
School for Social Research
New York)
Citizens’ Army for Darfur: The Impact of a Domestic Social Movement on
International Conflict
Resolution
Ms. Maha Ahmed (Maastricht
University)
to be decided
Ms. Nora Röhner (Free
University Berlin)
External Assistance in
Governance Reconstruction
after Armed Conflict- Light
Footprint or Friendly
Takeover
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-14:00 |
Practicioner speech
Mr. Pranay Kumar Sinha (UNDP)
An Analysis of India’s Aid
Absorption Capacity through
“Pipeline” Effect Lens
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14:00-17:00 |
Paper Session 5: Aid
Effectiveness
Chair: Frieda Vandeninden
(Maastricht University)
Ms. Laura Torvinen
(Maastricht University)
Governance, Aid
Effectiveness and
Development; Measuring
Governance in the Case of
Mozambique (preliminary)
Mr. Vincent Somville
(Academie Louvain)
Information Distortion in
Participatory Development
Programmes
Mr. Klaus Brösamle (Nuffield
College Oxford University)
Civil Service Reform - we
simply do not know what we
are doing
Dr. Arolda Elbasani (Free
University Berlin)
The Impact of EU Assistance
in Balkan Countries: The
Capacity of Foreign Funds to
Further Public
Administration Reform
Ms. Lisa Montanari (University
of Bologna)
Domestic Political
constraints to foreign aid
effectiveness |
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17:00-18:00 |
Closing and drink |
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