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Development of a Network of Learning Cities & the Learning Cities Index - Dumfries, March 27, 2013

Dr Jin Yang (UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning [UIL]) led this seminar at the Dumfries University of Glasgow Crichton Campus in the CR&DALL Seminar Series 2012/13 with Peter Kearns and Dr Roberta Piazza (University of Catania) as respondents.

Strathclyde University Discussion - Cities East and West

Hosted by the Centre for Lifelong Learning (CLL) on Monday 25 July 2013, Peter Kearns opened the discussion with a presentation on the globalised approach to developing learning cities.  This was a fitting centre through which to introduce these perspectives as participants came from a range of universities and colleges.

PIE Glasgow Brainstorming Report - Cross-sectoral Approaches to Building Sustainable Opportunity Cities

This brainstorm in the CR&DALL seminar series at the University of Glasgow was held in collaboration with the Adam Smith Research Foundation on 26 March 2013.  Peter Kearns led the session with Dr Roberta Piazza and Professor Norman Longworth as respondents.

Visual harvest of EcCoWell Seminar

One of the interesting innovations adopted at the Cork Seminar on EcCoWell was to commission a firm called Think Visual to produce a set of 'cartoon like' images with key ideas from the seminar as a "visual harvest".

These were done quickly during the presentation and then presented on the screen at the conclusion of the seminar. 

The visual images are attached.  We found this a usual way of encapsulating the key points from the discussios and you will see that 10 tips I gave were summed up also.

Cairns Institute and social sustainability

Professor Komla, Tropical Leader and Research Professor of Education for Social Sustainability at the Cairns Institute, will deliver an Inaugural Lecture on "Universities engaging communities in research: implications for building healthy, sustainable communities" in Cairns on 17 April. Professor Komla was born and educated in Ghana and has undertaken research in rural Ghana, Indigenous Australia, and Papua New Guinea. He has had a particular interest in health in Indigenous communities.

Formal Launch of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education

I was delighted to have been invited to the Formal Launch of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education at the University of Victoria on 4 March. This event took place in the Ceremonial Hall of First People's House at the University of Victoria.

Civil Society @ Crossroads - Shifts, Challenges, Options?

What are the roles, capacities, contributions and limitations of civil society? The report featured below and attached aims to answer some of these questions, and has been facilitiated through a co-operation between PSO in the Netherlands, EASUN (Tanzania), CDRA (South Africa), PRIA (India), ICD (Uruguay) and INTRAC (UK).

Invitation for Grassroots Innovation Awards and Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards, India

Invitation to the Seventh National Grassroots Innovation Awards of National Innovation Foundation-India, March 7, 2013.

New report from Mayors Roundtable - At the Heart of the City: Mayors on the Urban Future

The report “At the Heart of the City: Mayors on the Urban Future” (featured below) encompasses the captivating discussion that occurred during the Mayors Roundtable at the World Urban Forum 6 held in September 2012 in Naples, Italy.

Attended by 400 Mayors and Local Authority Associations, topics such as the financial architecture in countries, job creation strategies, women and youth empowerment and the need for an improved partnership between Ministers and Mayors were passionately debated.

Call for EUC Visiting Fellowship 2013

The EU Centre in Singapore is now inviting applications for the EUC Visiting Fellowship tenable in the period between May to November 2013. Supporting grants of various amounts of up to €6,000 commensurate with expertise, visiting commitments and duration will be provided for the Visiting Fellow to cover travel, accommodation and subsistence allowances to Singapore. 

Applicants should have a PhD and demonstrable experience and expertise (substantiated by a list of publications, involvement in research projects, policy work) in any of the following research areas:

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