Social justice events (47)

The Centre for social Protection is convening a 3-day conference on social Protection for social justice, to be held in April 2011 at IDS Sussex. The conference aims to explore future directions for social protection that go beyond social safety nets and risk management, to address broader concerns with redistributive equity and social...

This conference aims to encourage and foster efforts of researchers and practitioners by sharing cutting-edge research, innovations, models, theories and strategies that address issues and challenges related to cultivating online communities for grassroots democracy, equity and social justice. This will include research that addresses social justice and equity...

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to explore the role of ecology and environmental thinking in the context of contemporary society and international affairs, and assess the implications for our understandings of fairness, justice and global citizenship. ‘Environmental justice’ is conceived broadly as reflecting not only justice in the context of...

The aim is to involve all stakeholders in the sector at national and international students and professionals in the humanities and social sciences, government and nongovernmental organizations to share and develop new proposals for the needs that have been presented in the following areas : Preventive and therapeutic models in mental health and various areas of psychology and related...

The conference will be running from 12th to 13th July 2010 (Monday & Tuesday) at Roehampton University's Whitelands College. The goal of this interdisciplinary conference is to present and discuss the state-of-the-art information on various aspects of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. The conference will be of interest to those who are doing research with young people and to those working...

Guest of Honour: Baroness Newlove of Warrington, Government champion for active and safer communities This seminar considers next steps in tackling anti-social behaviour and the latest thinking on key issues affecting communities today. Bringing together a variety of relevant stakeholders and commentators, sessions will consider new thinking on strategies for combating anti-social...

The Academy of Criminal justice Sciences is an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice. ACJS promotes criminal justice education, research, and policy analysis within the discipline of criminal justice for both educators and practitioners. Providing a forum for disseminating ideas...

The Workshops will be articulated around the following four thematic sections: Integration and participation. "Integrated society": practice, conceptualization and justification. Civic engagement, conflict and negotiation fields. And symbolic media representations of immigration. Illegal immigration. social construction, legal and policy of the irregularity. Economic function...

DPR9The 9th Discourse, Power, Resistance Conference30 March ? 1 April, 2010University of GreenwichLondon, United KingdomThis year DPR debates issues of trust and distrust in the academy and beyond ? in management, teaching, learning and research and in institutions and communities across cultural, social and racial boundaries.DPR has moved from Manchester Metropolitan University to the...

The Challenge 2011 - Andalusian Congress Volunteer: Commitment and Participation is designed for all persons connected with social movements and solidarity action: volunteers, professionals, university community and responsible public and private spheres, in short, people with concerns to participate and contribute to improving the quality of democracy in our society. It is stable and...