IDEA Internship Opportunity

An opportunity to work with IDEA as a part-time intern helping to develop web-based debate resources is now open. They are looking for someone to help jump start a wiki portal for Asian Parliamentary Debate on their website. This would include posting materials for beginners (i.e. format, rules, ect.) as well as beginning argumentation threads and topic ideas.

The only qualifications are:

1) Knowledge of Asian Parliamentary Debate
2) A current university student
3) Knowledge of wiki formatting or willingness to teach oneself

If you are interested, email Alex Dukalskis, IDEA Program Coordinator at adukalskis@idebate. org with a bit about your background in debate and a CV.


Source: Korea Debate

Harvard Program launches new online course on humanitarian law and policy

2 June 2008
Following extended research on distance learning among humanitarian agencies, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University announces today the launch of its online course and discussion forum on humanitarian law and policy.

These online sessions combine video/audio lectures, selected readings, a discussion forum, a calendar of IHL training events, and other related resources. These materials have been developed as part of a multi-year research study being conducted by the Program at Harvard, in cooperation with HPCR International, on the use of distance learning tools in humanitarian affairs. These electronic resources are made available to humanitarian professionals at no cost.

Featured modules during summer 2008 include:

Introduction to IHL
Distinction between Civilians and Combatants
Humanitarian Protection
Interplay between IHL and Human Rights

To learn more about the online course or to get started viewing lectures, please visit the Humanitarian Law and Policy Forum at http://ihlforum.ning.com to complete the free registration process.

We hope that these new tools will offer useful resources to humanitarian professionals and look forward to your comments in the discussion forums. We also invite you to share this announcement with any colleagues interested in humanitarian law.

HPCR International

Source: HPCR International

Scholarship Opportunities

To each individual who loves doing research, enjoys advanced education, and who loves to keep that analytical brain burning, the following opportunities are worth your time:

The Chinese University & University of Cambridge Joint Scholarship for Young Academics (Asia Deadline : May 30, 2008)

The Joint Conference organisers have set up a fund from which scholarships will be awarded to young academics. The scholarship aims to provide young academics with financial support and also the opportunity to present a paper before eminent lawyers and academics in the field. The scholarship will cover registration costs for the Conference and will include some contribution towards associated costs.

Interested applicants will need to submit a paper relating to the main conference theme (Effective Judicial Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance).

PhD position in Signal Processing (Sweden Deadline : May 25, 2008)

Uppsala University hereby declares the following position to be open for application: PhD position in Signal Processing at the Department of Information Technology, Division of Systems and Control. At the Division of Systems and Control, methodological research is conducted in the areas of estimation, system identification, signal processing, spectral analysis, fault detection, and automatic control. More applied research areas are within wireless communications, radar and synthetic aperture radar, modelling and control of mechanical systems, process control, environment, and medicine.

We are now recruiting a PhD student who will be active in research projects of both theoretical and practical character. The main focus will be on statistical signal processing in general and more specifically on spectral analysis. The main application areas are signal processing for advanced radar, astronomical data mining, biomedical image analysis or genomic signal processing, depending on the interest of the student.

The successful candidate should have a master of science in Electrical Engineering. Good skills in oral and written English are required.

6 PhD positions in Mathematics/ Physics (Germany Deadline : May 16, 2008)

The DFG Research Training Group "Analysis, Geometry and String Theory" is offering six PhD positions in Mathematics/ Physics starting from 01 October, 2008. The appointments are limited to two years. An extension for one year is possible. Candidates will have the opportunity to work towards a doctoral degree in Analysis,Geometry or Mathematical Physics. Applicants are expected to hold a Master's degree or a Diplom in Mathematics or Physics. The successful applicants are expected to contribute to the teaching programme of the research training group.

As an equal opportunities employer, Leibniz Universität Hannover wishes to support women in the context of statutory requirements. For this reason suitably qualified women are specifically invited to apply. Equally qualified applicants with disabilities will be given preferential treatment.

Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards (United Kingdom Deadline : May 23, 2008)

Details of the 2008/09 Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards (DHPA) are not yet available but it is anticipated that the University of Liverpool will be offering two awards (full tuition and living costs) under the scheme. The eligible academic departments for the 2008/2009 competition will be confirmed by the beginning of March.

Departments will select the strongest Mphil/PhD applicants who match the areas of the awarding research councils, and take account of the preferences of the industrial partners and the University's own strategic priorities. Any applications for a PhD place received up to and including 23 May 2008 will be eligible for consideration. Offers will be made to the chosen candidates in June 2008.

Source: andycode@yahoo.com thru AUDC