Annual Report 2011 - NTNU

NTNU Global
APRIL—JUNE 2011
NTNU’s Strategic Research Area - Globalization
In this issue
News 1
Organized
events
Research
and Publications
About the
Globalization
Research
Programme
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WELCOME to NTNU Global, a newsletter from NTNU’s strategic research focus on globalization.
NTNU’s Globalization Research Programme addresses socially‐relevant, topical
issues concerning the promises and pitfalls of globalization in economic, social, cultural
and political life.
NTNU’s globalization research centers on four focus areas:
Global Production and Communication
War, Conflict and Migration
Intercultural Dynamics: Communication, Responsibility and Development
Global Economic Flows, Governance and Stability
NEWS
berg) and Professor
Pranab Kumar Bardhan
Globalization Programme
contributes with three events
We are glad to announce that the Globalization
Research Programme will contribute
to NTNU’s India2011 programme
by organizing three events.
Conference India as a global power: Diversity,
democracy and prosperity, from 3 –4
October at Rådsalen, Gløshaugen Campus
The conference will focus on topics such
as India’s role as a great power, the governance
of diversity, economic growth
and development, and India’s role in the
region and international community as
the world’s largest democracy.
The conference features lectures by Professor
Sumit Ganguly (Indiana University),
Professor Emeritus V. N.
Balasubramaniyam (Lancaster University),
Dr. Sunila Kale (University of
Washington), Dr. C. Christine Fair
(Georgetown University), Professor
Subrata K. Mitra (University of Heidel
(University of California).
Seminar Transformation and friction in globalizing
India, on 5 October at Auditorium
DL 34 and D6, Dragvoll Campus
Project collaborative partners from
NTNU and India, including Professor
Amit Bhaduri (Council of Social Development),
Associate Professor Moushumi
Basu (Javeharlal Nehru University) Professor
Smita Mishra Panda and Professor
Haribandu Panda (Human Development
Foundation) together with NTNU researchers
will present proposed research
ideas and preliminary results of the IND-
NOR project coordinated by the Globalization
Programme.
Photo exhibition Livelihoods and identities
of tribal/ Adivasi women in Odisha, India, on
1—9 October at Dragvoll Campus -Gata
Throughout history India’s tribal communities
have been marginalised economically,
culturally and politically. Thus,
today they live under conditions of severe
poverty. The photo exhibition is
designed to provide a glimpse of the lives
of Adivasi women in Odisha India, particularly
focused on their livelihoods,
activism, and identity.
All these events are open to the public.
Please reserve the dates to join with us.
For more information on the events see:
http://www.ntnu.no/india2011
Huge interest in PhD positions
within the Globalization Programme
By the application deadline on 6th May,
the Globalization Research Programme
received a large number of applications
from both Norwegian and foreign applicants
for the announced vacancy of 4
PhD positions. The focus area, Intercultural
Dynamics received 18, Focus area
Global Economic Flows received 20
while the research project
“Transformation and friction in globalizing
India” received 10 applications.
Strategic Advisory Council meeting
(strategiskråd møte) of the Globalization
Research Programme will be held
on 30th August at Britannia Hotel.