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2011
February
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Aberdeen University International Development Week
-Welcome to the Aberdeen University International Development Week, where all those who want to start a career, or are simply interested in international development can get all the information at hand. There will be all kinds of events taking place throughout the week including movies, MUN sessions, guest lectures...
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GCID Millennium Development Goals Lecture 8: Global Partnership For Development
-In this final lecture of the Winter Millennium Development Goals Lecture series we will be discussing Goal 8: developing a global partnership for development. Malcolm Bruce MP is currently the President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and in Parliament is the Chair of the influential International Development Select Committee. Malcolm...
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Seminar: 'Critical Geopolitics: Resistance and Representation in South Africa'
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Sustainable Development 2011: harnessing the energy of communities
-Chris Church, Chair, UK Low Carbon Communities Network and Malcolm Fergusson Head of Climate Change, The Environment Agency are confimed to speak at Sustainable Development 2011.
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World Day of Social Justice
"Social justice is based on the values of fairness, equality, respect for diversity, access to social protection, and the application of human rights in all spheres of life, including in the workplace. As we face the consequences of the global financial and economic crisis, which has led to significant increases...
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Student Events
-COMING EVENTS ORGANIZED BY CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT AND SHARED PLANET
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Seminar: ' Deep Rurals", Modern Networks, and Sudanese Secrets'
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Café Internationale: Ethical issues in foreign aid: the why and how of aid
-In this talk Dr Dower first examines the ethical basis for an individual in one country giving aid to help alleviate poverty in another country. After briefly countering some arguments that we have no duty to give aid, he considers benevolence and several ideas of global justice, including the claim...
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Special Lecture: After the Crash: Building a Future of Jobs and Justice
-Followed by reception and book signing. To attend the reception please RSVP by 8 February 2011 to: geg@univ.ox.ac.uk
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Ethics and sustainability: what makes sustainability a good thing
-In this talk Dr Dower argues that there is nothing valuable in sustainability unless what is (to be) sustained is of value. Much of the contestability of the concept of sustainability resides in different views about what is of value, both about what is worth pursuing and having and about...