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May 28 through Jul 15, 2013 Recruitment Period - Global Poverty and Practice Post Doctoral Fellows Program
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This program at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, UC Berkeley aims to support research and teaching in a wide range of interdisciplinary fields and on a variety of subject areas relevant to poverty, inequality, and poverty action. This two year program challenges Fellows to advance a research project and to articulate a plan for the publication and dissemination of such research. Each Fellow will also be asked to teach three courses during the two-year appointment. One course directly relates to the Fellow’s research, and the other courses contribute to the core curriculum of the Global Poverty and Practice Minor. Fellows will actively participate in the newly launched Higher Education Solutions Network.
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Perspectives on the Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers
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The Ethics and Human Rights Working Group of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition and the AAAS Program on Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law invite scientists and engineers to complete a brief questionnaire aimed at identifying how they view their responsibilities. Queries about the questionnaire can be directed to Mark Frankel at mfrankel@aaas.org.
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July 4-6, 2013 - CFP SPT Conference "Technology in the Age of Information" LISBON
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The School of Economics and Management (ISEG-UTL) and the SOCIUS research centre at the Technical University of Lisbon and the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-UL) are organising the 18th Biennial International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), which will be held July 4 - 6, 2013, at the ISEG-UTL. On the early evening before, July 3 from 3-7 pm, the conference will also co-host a special corporate workshop. Abstracts should be submitted by February 1, 2013.
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August 9-11, 2013 - Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting (Submission Deadline: March 15, 2013)
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The annual meeting of the Society for Business Ethics provides an opportunity for members to present their own research results, to become acquainted with the latest developments in teaching and research, to engage in the discussion of emerging business ethics issues, and to enjoy the fellowship of other scholars and professionals in the field.
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August 22-25, 2013 - Climate Change, Sustainability and an Ethics of an Open Future, Societas Ethica Annual Conference
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This will be the 50th Societas Ethica Annual Conference. It is realized in cooperation with the ESF Network “Rights to a Green Future” and the Ethics Institute in Utrecht.
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October 12-19, 2013, DISCCRS VIII Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
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Symposium will be held at the La Foret Conference Center, Colorado Springs, CO. Eligibility: Ph.D. completed between Sept. 1, 2010 - Feb. 28, 2013 in any discipline
Application Deadline: February 28, 2013. Selection will favor applicants who plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject within or relevant to climate change and its impacts. A committee will select 30 scholars based on the submitted applications.