This workshop is organized as part of Circle U. seedfund project Confronting poverty: uniting disciplines for global impact.
It will offer you the opportunity both to attend presentations by colleagues from different disciplines working on the topic of poverty (in a broad sense), and to learn how to undertake interdisciplinary research on confronting poverty with an international group of students, professors (UCLouvain, Universita di Pisa, King’s College London, Universitetet i Oslo) and specialists from Louvain Coopération, the development cooperation NGO of UCLouvain. Therefore, it is above all an interactive space where participants will take an active role and engage in research and exploration. In this context, you can either deepen a topic you’re already familiar with (e.g. as part of a course paper, master paper, traineeship,…) and receive enriching feedback on your work, or be involved in work on a new topic.
The workshop will address different issues concerning poverty and related processes (inequalities, economic growth, North-South relations, etc.) from the perspective of among others discourse analysis, economics, European studies, history and political science. One of the main objectives of our joint research endeavor will be to critically explore the narratives of politicians, official instances, academia, NGOs and society at large about poverty and to analyze how the discourse on poverty influences policy design at different levels.
For whom?
This call is open to master students of UCLouvain, Universitetet i Oslo, King’s College London, and Università di Pisa.
When and where?
The workshop takes places from 1 April noon till 3 April at Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. There is an optional visit possible to the European Parliament and/or European Council on 4 April in the morning for those interested and depending on the group size.
ECTS and evaluation
This activity represents a workload of 3ECTS for students who attend the full workshop and successfully present the final evaluation, and participants will receive a certificate. Please check with the relevant instances at your university whether/how the credits can be validated in your programme.
For the final evaluation, students will be asked to write a one-page text on the work they carried out during the workshop, aimed at spreading the preliminary results to a broader audience, e.g. via a blogpost.
Selection
Selection will take into account your personal motivation for this workshop, grades, and will also seek a balanced representation of the students at the participating universities.
Funding
We can reimburse lodging and travel costs for selected participants from Universitetet i Oslo, King’s College London, Università di Pisa, with a maximum of 550€. (The selected students will receive more detailed information, as well as suggestions for budget-friendly lodging in Louvain-la-Neuve.)
Coffee breaks and lunches will furthermore be offered to all participants (also UCLouvain students).
How to apply?
Fill out the form in this link by 28 February at the latest: https://forms.office.com/e/Ys2sV2NciX
Contact
Main organizer: Prof. Dr. Barbara De Cock (barbara.decock@uclouvain.be)
