Annual Report 2011 - NTNU

JULY—OCTOBER 2011 NTNU GLOBAL PAGE 6
Latest Globalization-
Publications
de Soysa, I. (2011). The hidden hand wrestles
rebellion: theory and evidence on how
economic freedom prevents civil violence.
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 11(2):
285–297.
Lund, R., Khasalamwa, S. and Tete, S. Y.A.
(2011). Beyond the knowledge-action gap:
Challenges of implementing humanitarian
policies in Ghana and Uganda. Norwegian
Journal of Geography 65(2): 63–74.
Moses, J. (2011). Migration in Europe. In Migration
today. 4th edition. New York: Rowman
and Littlefield: 371–397.
Golebiowska, K., Valenta, M. and Carter, T.
(2011). "International immigration trends
and data", in Dean Carson et. al (ed.).
Demography at the Edge: Remote Human Populations
in Developed Nations. Ashgate. 53–84.
Ashgate 2011 (ISBN 978-0-7546-7867-0)
31 s. International population studies.
Valenta, M. and Ramet, S. (ed.) (2011). Bosnian
Diaspora: Integration in transnational communities.
Ashgate.
The Bosnian Diaspora: Integration in
Transnational Communities provides a
comprehensive insight into the situation of
the Bosnian Diaspora, including not only
experiences in 'western' countries, but also
the integration experiences of Bosnian migrants
in neighbouring territories, such as
Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
The book presents the latest trans-national
comparative studies drawn from the US and
Australia as well as countries across Europe,
to explore post-crisis interactions among
Bosnians and the impact of post-conflict
related migration. Examining the common
features of the Diaspora, including the responses
of migrants to changes within Bosnia and the position of displaced
people in both Bosnian society itself and local political discourses, this volume
addresses the influence of global anti-Muslim rhetoric on the Bosnian Diaspora's
self-identification and refugees' relationships to their home country. The
extent to which refugees and returnees can be described as agents of globalization
and social change is also considered, whilst addressing the issue of Bosnian
integration into various receiving countries and the influence exercised
by European reception policies on receiving nations outside Europe.
PhD Course: Deliberating Controversies
in Globalization Theory,
Methodology and Ethics
The NTNU Globalization Research Program
conducted its first intensive PhD
Course last September 5 to 16, 2011. It
was attended by PhD candidates from
three Norwegian universities: Trømso,
Bergen and Trondheim (NTNU). With
the theme 'Deliberating Controversies in
Globalization Theory, Methodology and
Ethics' the PhD Course started with a
twin-lecture on approaches to social research
and pre-history of globalization
given by Torbjørn Knutsen of NTNU
Department of Sociology and Political
Science. The second day was devoted to
a series of four lectures given by University
of Warwick Professor Jan Aart
Scholte on defining, explaining, assessing
and enacting globalization. Two lectures
on quantitative research on globalization
were given on the third day. The first
lecture was given by the Director of
NTNU’s Globalization programme Indra
de Soysa.
This was followed by Tanja Ellingsen of
the Department of Sociology and Political
Science giving a lecture on quantitative
and theoretical approaches to globalization,
culture and conflict. For the
fourth and fifth day, a series of three
lectures on global justice were given by
Thomas Pogge of Yale University. Two
philosophers from Stockholm University-
-Torbjörn Tännsjö and Gustaf Arrhenius
--gave a series of lectures on global democracy
and the democratic boundary
problem respectively on the sixth and
seventh day of the course. On the eight
day, Ulrika Mårtensson of NTNU Department
of Archaeology and Religious
Studies gave two lectures on democracy
and Islamic fundamentalism which was
followed by a lecture on global online
communication against fundamentalist
knowledge given by course leader/
organizer May Thorseth of NTNU Philosophy
Department, Applied Ethics
Program and Intercultural Dynamics
Globalization Focus Area. The final day
of the course Ruth Macklin of Albert
Einstein School of Medicine in New
York gave a lecture on general obligations
in conducting international research
followed by a workshop on deception
and withholding information in social
research which Ruth conducted with
Allen Alvarez who also co-organized the
PhD Course. More details can be viewed
by visiting the course webpages at http://
folk.ntnu.no/allena/glob.
Professor Thomas Pogge maps out the relations
between global institutional arrangements,
governments of the most powerful
countries, corporations and citizens