Building Sustainable Futures - Enacting Peace and Development

University of Leuven, Belgium

Finaid: grants cover transportation costs as well as expenses related to visas and registration fees
Date: 15-19 July 2008
Deadline: 1 October 2007
Open to: see Eligibility

Announcement follows:

The 22nd conference ‘Building Sustainable Futures - Enacting Peace and Development’ will be held in Leuven 15-19 July , 2008.

Every two years, the members of the International Peace Research Association meet at their global conference to (a) asses conflict and peace building in the world, (b) discuss the state of the art of peace research, (c) to plan future research, and (d) influence the practice and decision-making of violence prevention and peace building. The last conference, ‘Patterns of Conflict, Paths to Peace,’ held in Calgary, Canada, was attended by nearly 400 participants from 59 countries.

They participated in 130 specialized panel sessions, organized by the IPRA Commissions and Working Groups, and six cutting edge plenary sessions focused on: peace journalism, the meaning of professionalism in peace building, peace building architecture, security with a human face, regional developments in peace research and Canadian First Nations on peace. The conference was generously supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the IPRA Foundation.

Eligibility and selection criteria

-Only those persons whose paper, panel, or roundtable proposal has been formally accepted by the Convenor of an IPRA Commission or Working Group will be eligible for financial support. You will be notified of your proposal’s acceptance or rejection in December 2007. IPRA conference grant selections will be announced in January 2008.
-Only a person who is both resident in and a citizen of a developing/low-income country is eligible for this conference grant. A list of eligible countries is forthcoming. If you think your country is eligible, please apply.
-Priority will be given to applicants who hold full-time professional appointments at institutions of higher education and/or research. Doctoral and post-doctoral students will be considered but other students are not eligible.
-All grant selection will strongly consider equity and diversity regarding geographic representation, gender, race, area of expertise (in research, education and action/advocacy), and the IPRA Commission/Working Group in which the applicant is/will be involved (see www.ipraweb.org for more commissions and working groups).

IPRA Call for Papers and Proposals is now open. We recommend you to apply online.

The Deadline is 1 October 2007

Website: http://soc.kuleuven.be/