BSRS 2008: Time Schedule
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Venue: "Dragefjellet" - Faculty of Law
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| Date | Time | Event |
| Thursday 7 August | 16:00-19:00 | Arrival Day: Registration |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Informal get together and dinner | |
| Friday 8 August | 08:30 | Guided walk from Scandic Hotel to BSRS venue |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Official opening - Welcome by Professor Kjersti Fløttum, Vice-Rector for International Relations, University of Bergen (UiB) - Short Introduction to the BSRS , Asun Lera St.Clair, Associate Professor and Director BSRS - Greetings from partners of BSRS and invited guests - Songs, Ole Bull Academy - Official opening by Professor Sigmund Grønmo, Rector, University of Bergen |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Plenary Session: Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University: Global Justice and Global Development Challenges (PowerPoint presentation) Chair: Bertil Tungodden, Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH ) |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee / tea | |
| 11:15 - 13:00 | Plenary Session: Plenary Session Cont. : Questions and answers Short presentation of the Summer School Courses by Course Leaders |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 1 | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 16:30 - 19:00 | Practical information and guided tour to the Bergen University Libraries | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Self study | |
| Saturday 9 August | 09:00 - 11:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 2 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Written essays: Presentation of abstracts. Group discussion |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Plenary Session: Victoria Lawson, Thomas L. & Margo G. Wyckoff, Endowed Professor, Department of Geography, University of Washington: Beyond Global Poverty: Geographies of Privilege and Responsibility Chair: Gunnar Sørbo, Director, Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI ) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 16:30 - 19:00 | Plenary Panel Debate: Brainstorming the Ideal ’World Bank Report on Global Poverty’ organised in collaboration with the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN ) Critical Global Poverty Studies Group |
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| 19:00 - 21:00 | Self study | |
| Sunday 10 August | 09:00 - 11:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 3 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Written essays: Presentation of abstracts. Group discussion |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 4 | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 16:30 - 19:00 | Self study | |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Informal debate: Poverty and Human Rights hosted by the Rafto Foundation. (Student Centre, Auditorium Parkveien 1) |
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| Monday 11 August | 08:45 - 11:00 | University of Bergen Library Sessions: Information Management for Knowledge Creation: Tracing research information (group sessions), (Bergen Museum, Lion Statue) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | UiB Library Session continued (plenary) Research dissemination in a global context Copyright issues in publishing |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Plenary Panel Debate: The Labyrinths of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, organised in collaboration with the CLACSO-CROP |
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| 15:30 - 15:45 | Coffee / tea | |
| 15:45 - 17:30 | Plenary Panel Debate: (continued) | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Guided walking tour to Håkonshallen | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Welcome reception: Håkonshallen, hosted by the City of Bergen. | |
| Tuesday 12 August | 09:00 - 11:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 5 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee / tea / Watching the “Parade of Sails” | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Written essays: Presentation of abstracts. Group discussion |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 6 | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 16:30 - 21:00 | Self study | |
| Wednesday 13 August | 09:00 - 11:00 | Plenary Session: Sabina Alkire, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford: New Frontiers in Capability and Multidimensional Poverty Chair: Desmond McNeill, Research Professor, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM ), University of Oslo |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Written essays: Presentation of abstracts. Group discussion |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 7 | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 17:15 | Funicular to Fløien | |
| 18:00 - 22:00 | Self study Dinner at Fløien Folkerestaurant |
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| Thursday 14 August | 09:00 - 11:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 8 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Written essays: Presentation of abstracts. Group discussion |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 9 | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Self study | |
| 17:40 | Walking to Ole Bulls plass | |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Informal debate: What is Fair Trade? organised in collaboration with the Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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| Friday 15 August | 09:00 - 11:00 | Plenary Panel Debate: The Poverty of Knowledge: Research-Based Education for Global Development Challenges organised in collaboration with the Knowledge and Politics Research Group - KnowPol |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Doctoral courses: Lecture 10 | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Doctoral courses: Preparation of Student reports on what they have learned |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee / tea | |
| 16:30 - 21:00 | Self study | |
| Saturday 16 August | 09:00 - 11:00 | Doctoral courses: Work on Student reports from each of the courses. What have we learned? Instruction will be given by course leaders |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 - 14:00 | Plenary Student Reports Presentation Chair: Asun Lera St.Clair |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 | Lunsh | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Formal closure of BSRS 2008 Short presentation of BSRS 2009 |
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| 16:30 | Bus transport to the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s home, “Troldhaugen”. Concert by students from the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen |
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| 21:30 | Return to Scandic Hotel | |
| Sunday 17 August | 09:00 - ... | Departure Day: Choice of sightseeing tours |
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