Joint Seminars: December 2013

The year ends with two more lectures in our joint seminar series. On Monday 16 December, Prof. Manuel Mira Godinho presents “The Impact of African Science: A Bibliometric Analysis”. He argues that African research output has grown faster than the world average since 2004, while doubling in number and having higher impact than similar publications from Russia, India or Brazil. However, the continent’s production remains highly concentrated in South Africa and Egypt, both in terms of publications and university rankings.

On Tuesday 17 December, Prof. Sunil Mani explains the “Changing leadership in computer and information services: The emergence of India as the current world leader in computer and information services”. He argues that IT leadership shifted from the USA, UK and Germany first to Ireland and then to India, partly due to the availability of highly trained software engineers. He notes how, in parallel, multinational corporations have increased both their presence in India and their innovative activities, but warns that the sustainability of leadership depends on ownership – i.e. domestic or foreign.

• LECTURE PROF. MIRA GODINHO

  The Impact of African Science

• LECTURE: PROF. MANI

  Changing Leadership in Computer and Information Services

• EVENTS CALENDAR

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  04-08	DEIP India 2019 Prof. Anthony Arundel, et al., UNU-MERIT, CDS category: workshop venue: Kerala, India abstract | More information
  07	Maastricht University Star Lecture in Berlin: Leave no one behind – the future of social protection Prof. Franziska Gassmann, UNU-MERIT category: External event venue: Steigenberger Hotel, Los-Angeles-Platz 1, 10789 Berlin, Germany time: 19:30 - 22:30 abstract | More information
  07	The macroeconomic impact of weather and climate Pierluigi Montalbano, Sapienza University of Rome category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17) time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
  14	Social capital and large-scale agricultural investments Dr. Kacana Khadjavi, Kiel Institute category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract | More information
  19	Master’s Fair , UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University category: Open day venue: MECC, Forum 100, 6229 GV Maastricht time: 16:00 - 19:00 abstract | More information
  20	Naturalization in Context: Migrant Life Course and Institutional Change Prof. Dr. Maarten Vink, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University category: Migration seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 13:00 - 14:00 abstract
  21	A research program on gender parity in science: Family size and the publication gender gap Prof. dr. Jacques Mairesse , UNU-MERIT category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
  23	NASPAA-Batten – Student Simulation Competition category: Conference time: 08:00 - 17:30 abstract | More information
  March 2019
  14	Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment Prof. Catia Batista, category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar time: 12:00 - 13:00 abstract
  16	Master's Open Day category: Open day venue: UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Maastricht time: 10:00 - 16:00 abstract | More information
  27	Essays on the Impacts of Climate-Smart Agricultural Innovations on Household Welfare Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye, UNU-MERIT category: PhD defence venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht time: 10:00 - 11:30 abstract
  May 2019
  01	Extending Immigrant Non-Citizen Voting Rights in (Non)Democratic Regimes Victoria Finn, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile and Leiden University category: Migration seminar venue: TBC time: 13:00 - 14:00 abstract
  15	Strategic Institutional Ambiguity and the Governance of Refugees in Lebanon Dr. Nora Stel, Maastricht School of Management (MSM) category: Migration seminar venue: 0.16/0.17 time: 13:00 - 14:00 abstract
  June 2019
  26-27	3rd UNU-MERIT Internal Conference category: Conference venue: UNU-MERIT, all rooms time: 09:00 - 17:00 abstract
  September 2019
  19-20	The Future of Industrial Work: New pathways and policies of structural transformation? category: workshop venue: Vienna, Austria abstract | More information