NOUVEAUX APPELS D'OFFRES DE LA MISSION DE RECHERCHE DROIT ET JUSTICE

Le parquet en matière civile, sociale et commerciale
Projets à faire parvenir en : 20 exemplaires
Date limite de réception des projets : 10 octobre 2008
Cachet de la poste faisant foi ou dépôt à la Mission avant 17 heures
Durée maximale de la recherche : 24 mois

L’activité du ministère public en matière civile, sociale et commerciale, agissant comme partie principale ou intervenant comme partie jointe, est un point aveugle du fonctionnement du système judiciaire, les dispositifs statistiques permanents du ministère de la justice, tant en matière pénale que civile, ne prenant pas actuellement en compte cette activité, aussi bien juridictionnelle qu’administrative. Pour pallier ce défaut d’information, le ministère de la justice a eu, à (...)
http://www.gip-recherche-justice.fr/spip.php?article273

L’effectivité des sanctions pénales
> Projets à faire parvenir en : 20 exemplaires
> Date limite de réception des projets : 10 octobre 2008
> Cachet de la poste faisant foi ou dépôt à la Mission avant 17 heures
> Durée maximale de la recherche : 24 mois

L’effectivité de la peine est au cœur des politiques pénales menées depuis plusieurs années : la création des bureaux de l’exécution des peines (BEX), la réduction de 20% appliquée aux amendes en cas de paiement dans le mois du prononcé de la condamnation, le renforcement des services pénitentiaires d’insertion et de probation, les politiques volontaristes mené es pour le développement des aménagements de peine témoignent de cet engagement. Il conviendrait, aujourd’hui, de mesurer (...)
http://www.gip-recherche-justice.fr/spip.php?article272

L’évolution des règles et de la déontologie des professions juridiques et judiciaires
> Projets à faire parvenir en : 20 exemplaires
> Date limite de réception des projets : 10 octobre 2008
> Cachet de la poste faisant foi ou dépôt à la Mission avant 17 heures
> Durée maximale de la recherche : 24 mois

Depuis plusieurs décennies maintenant, les fonctions, les structures et les modes d’exercice de la plupart des professions juridiques et judiciaires [1] ont considérablement évolué sous la triple influence : d’un mouvement de libéralisation et de contractualisation des politiques publiques et des rapports économiques, qui a c onféré un rôle nouveau aux professionnels du droit, d’une mise en concurrence des systèmes juridiques, dont l’un des effets a été d’accroître la (...) http://www.gip-recherche-justice.fr/spip.php?article271

Droit et pauvreté
> Date limite de réception des projets : 29 septembre 2008

L’Observatoire national de la pauvreté (ONPES), la Mission de la recherche de la DREES (MiRe) et la Mission de recherche Droit et Justice s’associent pour lancer un appel à recherches sur le thème "Droit et pauvreté".
Cherchant à favoriser l’émergence de nouvelles perspectives d’analyse, l’objectif central du présent appel à recherches est de s’interroger sur les relations entre droit et pauvreté aussi bien dans sa dimension de principe que d’effectivité. Pour engager une première réflexion permettant de dégager les grands axes du présent app el à recherche, les trois institutions à l’origine de cet appel ont animé en 2007 un séminaire dont l’objectif a été de s’interroger sur la manière dont le droit (...)
http://www.gip-recherche-justice.fr/spip.php?article262

CONTACT :

Mission de recherche Droit et Justice
30 rue du Château des Rentiers
75013 Paris

Téléphone : 01 44 77 66 60
Télécopie : 01 44 77 66 70
mission@gip-recherche-justice.fr

The 24th World Congress of IVR (the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy), to be hosted by China Law Society, will be held on September 15-20, 2009 in Beijing, China. We hereby cordially invite you and your colleagues to the Congress.

The theme of the conference “Global Harmony and Rule of Law” highlights the importance of world’s harmony. We believe that the discussion of harmony from the perspective of law is of great significance, not only because harmony is the ideal living situation of human being, but because order, which the law is supposed to pursue, is one of the core components of harmony. According to the philosophy of China, even of East-Asia, harmony has been a dominant concept reflecting in every aspect of our culture. These abundant resources may provide inspiration for thinking on harmony and law. At the same time, like the former world’s IVR congresses, this conference will continue the tradition to hold special workshops and working groups on various topics, in order to cover most important issues and present our recent achievements in the field of legal philosophy and social philosophy

The 24th World Congress of IVR is expected to enjoy participation of a large number of jurisprudents and jurists all over the world and consequently provide a wonderful opportunity for free communications and for making friendship. The local organizing committee will spare no effort for the Congress preparations so that all congress participants would have a fruitful and pleasant stay in China. In addition to academic programs, arrangements will be made for participants to visit such places as the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. Those who would like to have more tourism in China are also welcome to choose any of the post-congress tours that will be recommended later on. Now the preliminary website for the Congress is available. You can get access to the website by clicking either www.ivr2009.com or www.chinalawsociety.com .

It would be highly appreciated if you could help publicize the congress information among jurisprudents of your state by any method you feel convenient. You and your colleagues are also warmly welcome to send to us workshop proposals and congress papers.

We sincerely hope to meet you and your colleagues in Beijing.

Best wishes

Yours Sincerely

Mr. Gu Zhaomin, Director-General
Overseas Liaison Department, China Law Society
No.63, Bing Ma Si Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, P.R.China
Tel/Fax: 8610-66510410
Email: ivr2009@chinalawsociety.com

International Conference on Feminist Constitutionalism

Date: February 28 – March 1, 2009

Location: Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

This conference intends to follow current debates in the intersection between constitutional law, constitutionalism, and feminist theory, both domestically and internationally. The discussions will address both rights and institutional issues and will welcome also the use of comparative methods and analysis.

Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to: constitutional interpretation, popular constitutionalism, human rights, access to justice, multiculturalism, reproductive rights, and social and economic rights.

Key Note Speakers:

Professor Catherine MacKinnon, University of Michigan

Professor Reva Siegel, Yale University

Professor Jennifer Nedelsky, University of Toronto

The conference committee is seeking submissions of academic abstracts not exceeding 500 words. Our intention is to consolidate the papers presented and publish them in the format of an academic book (but the final decision on this will be made after the papers are submitted).

Please send abstract submissions to one of the conference organizers (below) by email.

Submission Deadline:

September 30, 2008

Notification of Acceptance:

October 15, 2008

Conference organizers:

Professor Beverley Baines, Queen’s University (bainesb@queensu.ca)

Professor Daphne Barak-Erez, Tel-Aviv University (barakerz@post.tau.ac.il)

Professor Tsvi Kahana, Queen’s University (kahanat@queensu.ca)

Everybody is invited to submit educational videos to WatchKnow, an educational online platform due to be launched September 20 (preview here) which strives to collect videos, lectures and animations suitable for kindergartens, primary and secondary education, much like WAYS partner wlp, the world lecture project does it for university-level education. Materials correctly submitted to WatchKnow until September 26 will be eligible for a prize draw.

It does not matter whether you created the video yourself or just found it on the web, but you should be able to provide the data relevant for copyright, and give an explanation why that video is particularly suited for educating children or teenagers. Watchknow is headed by Larry Sanger who also founded Citizendium, an educational Wikipedia offspring directed at university students, researchers and adult education.

Theme: School Education in Pakistan: Issues and Visions
(With special reference to Province of Sindh)
A Two Day National Conference on the theme School Education in Pakistan: Issues and Visions (with special reference to Province of Sindh) is organized by the Faculty of Education, Elsa Kazi Campus, University of Sindh, Hyderabad in November 2008. The conference aims at encouraging scholars and educators of the country to highlight the educational issues at school level in the province of Sindh and finding out the solutions in this connection.
Sub themes of the Conference:
• Standard of Primary/Secondary Education in Pakistan
• Mass Literacy, Education for All, Universal Education
• Girl Education in Rural Areas of Pakistan
• Human Resource Development Through Education
• Current Trends in School Education
• Poverty and Education in Pakistan
• Provision of Agriculture Based Education at School level
• High Drop-Out Rates At All Levels, Particularly For Girls In Rural Areas
• Trained and Qualified Teachers
• Management and Supervision Structure
• Allocation for the Education by the Government
• Curricula and Pedagogy
• Vision In Community Participation Process (SMCs)
• Examination and Evaluation System in the Education
• Technology Integration in the School Examination
• Policies and Vision for School Education
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of Abstract August 15, 2008
Announcement of Acceptance September 15 , 2008
Submission of Full Papers October 15, 2008

for further information please contact:
dean@education.usindh.edu.pk: parveen_m2006@yahoo.com: dr_saleha_parveen@yahoo.com; saleha.parveen@usindh.edu.pk

Many of you know that I have my favorite blogs and I regularly check in with Derek Lowe over at "Corante: In the Pipeline." Derek once worked at "Wonder Drug Factory," which was not too far away from where I currently am working. Now, he is in Boston. He shares his posts regularly on this blog: http://pipeline.corante.com/

I wanted to share a recent posting with you, which covers some insights into understanding 'open-source science.' He points out that coming from industry with IP laws and such, the idea doesn't really make sense for him. However, upon closer inspection, Derek points out that science really has been 'open-source' from the beginning. Of course, since the very idea of having an idea is important for getting grants, putting thoughts into cyberspace is, at least for many of us, risky.

"August 22, 2008
Open Source Science?
Posted by Derek

The Boston Globe has a piece on the open-source science movement. Many readers here will have come across the idea before, but it’s interesting to see it make a large newspaper. (Admittedly, the Globe is more likely to cover this sort of thing than most metropolitan dailies, given the concentration of research jobs around here).

The idea, as in open-source software development, is that everything is out in a common area for everyone to see and work on. (Here's one of the biggest examples). Ideas can come from all over, and with progress coming more quickly as many different approaches get proposed, debated, and tried out. I like the idea, in theory. Of course, since I work in industry, it’s a nonstarter. I have absolutely no idea of how you’d reconcile that model with profitable intellectual property rights, and I haven’t seen any scheme yet that makes me want to abandon profit-making IP as the driver of commercial science. Of course, there's always the prize model, which is worth taking seriously. . .

Even for academic science, open source work runs right into the traditional ideas of priority and credit, and the article doesn’t resolve this dilemma. (As far as I can tell, the open-source science advocates haven’t completely resolved it, either). There’s always the lingering (or not-so-lingering) worry about someone scooping your results, and for academia there’s always that little question of grant applications. There have been enough accusations over the years in various fields of people lifting ideas during grant proposal reviews or journal refereeing to make you wonder how well a broader open-source system would work out, given the small but significant number of unscrupulous people out there.

On the other hand, maybe if things were more open in general, there would be less incentive to lift ideas, since the opportunities to do so wouldn’t be so rare. And if someone’s name is associated from the beginning with a given idea, on some open forum, it could make questions of priority easier to resolve. A subsidiary problem, though, is that there are people who are better at generating ideas than executing them – some of these folks, once unchained, could end up with their fingerprints on all sorts of things that they’ve never gotten around to enabling. Of course, that might be a feature rather than a bug: people who generate lots of ideas are, after all, worth having around. And over time, there might well be less of a stigma than there is now for someone else to follow up on these things.

The thing is, science has already been a form of open-source work for hundreds of years now. It’s just that the information has been shared at a later stage, though presentations and publications, rather than being put out there right after it’s been thought up or while it’s being generated. That’s why I always shiver a bit when I read about how long Isaac Newton waited before writing up any of his results – if Edmund Halley hadn’t pressed him to do it, he might never have gotten around to it at all, which would have been a terrible tragedy.

And it’s why stories like those told of physicist Lars Onsager strike me as somehow wrong. Onsager was famous for only publishing his absolute best work – which was pretty damned good – and putting the rest into his copious file cabinets (example here). (A related trait was that he was also apparently incapable of lecturing at any comprehensible level about his work). Supposedly, younger colleagues would come by once in a while and tell him about some interesting thing that they’d worked out, and ask him if he thought it was correct. Onsager would pause, dig through his files, pull out some old unpublished work that the new person had unknowing duplicated, and say “Yes, that’s correct”. It seems to me that you don’t want to do that, withholding potentially useful results for the sake of what is, in the end, a form of vanity.

And although I'm not exactly Lars Onsager, this is as good a time as any to mention that my summer student, who’s finishing up in the lab this week, has been able to generate a lot of interesting data, and that I’m going to be trying to write it up this fall for publication. Readers may be interested to know that this work is based on more ideas I’ve had in the vein of the “Vial Thirty-Three” project detailed here, so with any luck, people will eventually be able to see some of what I’ve been so excited about all this time. And that’s about as open-source as this industrial scientist can get!"

Fluid Mechanics is one of the most important subjects of human interest. To be more specific, it encompasses aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, vortex dynamics, gas dynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), convection heat transfer, flows of turbomechinary, acoustics, biofluids, oceanography, meteorology, glaciology, geomagnetism, continental drift, mantel convection, atmospheric dynamics, wind engineering and the dynamics of multi-phase flows. It is now well-known that modern design of aircraft, spacecraft, automobiles, ships, land and marine structures, power and propulsion systems etc is not possible without a knowledge of relevant fluid mechanics

for fruther details please visit : http://www.fmg.org.pk/SecondConference.php

The Earth Portal, http://www.earthportal.org/ , is a peer-reviewed, comprehensive resource for timely, objective, science-based information about the environment. It is a means for the global scientific community to come together to produce the first free, expert-driven, massively scaleable information resource on the environment, and to engage civil society in a public dialogue on the role of environmental issues in human affairs. It contains no commercial advertising and reaches a large global audience.

Become an Author or Topic Editor: http://www.eoearth.org/eoe/contribute

The Earth Portal has three components:

*The Encyclopedia of Earth, http://www.eoearth.org/ , with over 4300 articles, is produced and reviewed by 700 scholars from 46 countries.
*The EarthForum, http://www.earthportal.org/forum/ , provides commentary from scholars and discussions with the general public.
*The EarthNews, http://www.earthportal.org/news/ , offers news stories on environmental issues drawn from many sources.

Scope of the Earth Portal

The scope of the Earth Portal is the environment of the Earth broadly defined, with particular emphasis on the interaction between society and the natural spheres of the Earth. The scope of the Earth Portal includes:

*The hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, magnetosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere, and their interactions, especially in regards to how these systems support life and underpin human existence.

*The living organisms on Earth that constitute its biological diversity.

*The interactions and feedbacks among society, biological diversity and the physical systems of the Earth. This includes the social, economic, political, behavioral, technical, cultural, legal, and ethical driving forces behind environmental change.

*Those parts of traditional disciplines that investigate the environment or its interaction with society. This includes the natural, physical, and social sciences, the arts and humanities, and the professional disciplines (education, journalism, business, law, public health, engineering, medicine, public policy).

*The interdisciplinary fields of environmental science—natural and social—that integrate concepts, methods, and analytical tools from multiple fields in the investigation the environment or its interaction with society.

Examples include:

*Environmental physical sciences such as atmospheric sciences, Earth systems science, remote sensing, biogeochemistry, oceanography, and other non-biological terrestrial sciences.

*Environmental life sciences such as environmental biology, ecology, forestry, fisheries, marine biology, agriculture, aquaculture, and related fields.

*Environmental engineering and other sciences related to the impacts of natural and anthropogenic activities on the environment, including assessment, prevention, control, regulation, remediation, and restoration.

*Environmental social sciences such as ecological and environmental economics, environmental sociology and history, and other fields that study human social and cultural activities which affect, and are affected by, environmental conditions.

*Environmental data and information sciences that deal with the collection, storage, standardization, integration, analysis, and management of data related to the analysis of the environment or environmental change.

Become an Author or Topic Editor: http://www.eoearth.org/eoe/contribute

Contact Details:
Dr. Peter Saundry, psaundry@ncseonline.org
Environmental Information Coalition
1101 17th Street NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20036

Dr Archana Bhaw-Luximon, a founding member of WAYS Africa, and a serving Executive Member of WAYS Africa, has been selected by the Third World Academy of Sciences as a Young Affiliate for 2008-2012.

Dr Bhaw-Luximon was chosen as one of the TWAS Young Affiliates for the period 2008-2012 from the African region by the TWAS Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA).

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Dr Bhaw-Luximon on being selected as one of Africa's leading Young Scientists.

Henry Roman (PhD)
Chairperson
WAYS Africa

Colloque international «L'Université à l'ère du numérique»
Sous l'égide du Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche

Appel à communication

Thématiques principales :

1. Les enjeux du numérique pour la formation des étudiants de la première année au doctorat ainsi que pour la gouvernance des établissements

* Accompagnement et conduite du changement
* Droit de propriété intellectuelle, droit d’auteur
* Économie de l’e-université : investissement, fonctionnement, ressources
* Formation des dirigeants, des enseignants, chercheurs, personnels administratifs et techniques
* Impact sur les infrastructures, équipements, systèmes d’information, services, formats d’enseignement
* Mutation des métiers, des rôles, des structures
* Pilotage TIC/TICE
* Rôle stratégique des TIC et TICE pour réussir ses études de la première année au doctorat
* …

2. Les usages du numérique : appropriation et perspectives

* Bilans, résultats d’études et enquêtes
* Méthodes d’évaluation, indicateurs, webométrie, apport des sciences humaines et sociales
* Nouveaux moyens, nouvelles démarches d'accès aux ressources numériques (quelles que soient leur provenance)
* Nouvelles formes de travail collaboratif, communautés virtuelles pour l’enseignement et la recherche (Virtual Research Environments - Virtual Research Communities)
* Nouvelles formes d'apprentissages (innovation pédagogique, ingénierie pédagogique)
* Nouvelles formes de communication, de documentation
* Nouvelles relations/interactions enseignant/enseigné (notamment pour le tutorat)
* Production de contenus, mutualisation, normalisation, conservation
* ...

Les domaines technologiques suivants pourront être mentionnés : ENT (Espace Numérique de Travail), Web2.0, mobilité, fédération d'identité, outils de référencement et de diffusion des ressources numériques…

3. Les interactions avec la Société (formation tout au long de la vie, insertion professionnelle)

* Besoins et attentes des entreprises : compétences, employabilité et services
* Conditions et facteurs favorisant l’insertion professionnelle
* Égalité des chances et TICE
* Expériences d’actions FOAD et de réalisations innovantes
* Nouveaux publics, nouveaux parcours professionnels, offre de ressources et services citoyens
* TICE et handicap
* TICE, VAE et capitalisation de compétences
* ...

4. La coopération internationale, européenne et francophone

* Collaboration d’enseignement et co-diplômation
* Fédération de ressources
* Logiciel libre, archives ouvertes
* Mutualisation de la production de contenus
* Programmes européens, francophones
* Stratégies et dispositifs participatifs internationaux
* Systèmes de gestion, plates-formes d’enseignement, services numériques
* …

Modalités de soumission :

Les propositions de communication seront envoyées au format PDF à l’adresse : papers_ciuen2008@univ-bordeaux.fr ; elles auront la composition suivante :

* 1. Un résumé de deux pages maximum (5 200 caractères) indiquant l’intitulé de la communication et son axe de rattachement, sa problématique principale et dans l’hypothèse où la proposition se réfère à un projet en cours indiquer son état d’avancement
* 2. Un CV (+ photo) précisant le nom de l’auteur, sa fonction précise, son établissement et/ou son laboratoire de rattachement (adresse), son domaine d’activité ou de recherche. Une brève bibliographie pourra être jointe.

Les résumés retenus par le comité scientifique seront édités dans un livret distribué à tous les participants au CIUEN 2008.

Le texte intégral des communications fera l’objet d’une édition web et d’une édition imprimée (tirage limité).
Les textes proposés devront être originaux et ne pas avoir été publiés ou présentés dans d’autres manifestations scientifiques.

AGENDA :

Les propositions de communication devront être envoyées à l’adresse suivante : papers_ciuen2008@univ-bordeaux.fr entre le 15 juin 2008 et le 15 septembre 2008.
Le résultat de la sélection par le comité scientifique sera communiqué le 15 octobre 2008. Il sera notifié aux auteurs et annoncé sur le site du colloque.

Les auteurs devront faire parvenir leur communication rédigée en vue de la publication au plus tard le 15 novembre 2008.

Le support éventuel de leur intervention orale devra être transmis au plus tard le 5 décembre 2008.

RECAPITULATIF :
Date-limite de soumission des propositions : 15 septembre 2008
Date de notification individuelle de l’acceptation : 15 octobre 2008
Date-limite de réception du texte complet : 15 novembre 2008
Date-limite de réception du support de communication : 5 décembre 2008

Comité de pilotage
Jean Yves CAPUL, Sous Directeur SDTICE, Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
Khadija DIB, Chef de projet services numériques et UNR, SDTICE
Roland DUCASSE, Université Bordeaux3, Université de Bordeaux, UNR Aquitaine
Catherine FABREGUETTES, Chef du bureau des usages et services numériques, SDTICE
Boas EREZ, chef du projet CIUEN 2008, Université Bordeaux 1, Université de Bordeaux

Comité scientifique

Président : Gilbert PUECH, Université Lyon 2
Président honoraire : Albert-Claude BENHAMOU, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMVF

Membres :

ALBERO Brigitte Université Rennes 2
BALTAZART Didier, Université de Reims, SDTICE
BEDOUIN Thierry, Université Rennes 1
BELLIER Jean-Paul, SD TICE
BRAUN Gilles, SD TICE
CAPUL Jean Yves, Sous Directeur Sous-Direction des technologies de l’information et de la communication
CASTEIGNAU Guy, Université de Limoges
CHOURROT Olivier, DGES Sous-Direction des Bibliothèques et de l’Information Scientifique
CHRAYE Thérèse, SD TICE
COMBEROUSSE Martine, DGRI / DS
DIB Khadija, SD TICE
DUCASSE Roland, Université Bordeaux3, Université de Bordeaux, UNR Aquitaine
EREZ Boas, Université Bordeaux1, Université de Bordeaux
FABREGUETTES Catherine, SD TICE
GRAMACCIA Gino, IUT Bordeaux 1, SFSIC
KAVENOKY Alain, UNIT
LE GUIGNER Jean-Paul, CRU université Rennes1
LIEVRE Hervé, CERIMES
LOPEZ Olivier, Université Aix Marseille
MAYEUR Alain, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrèsis
MOREAU-BELLIARD Michel, Université Paris1 UNR Paris Ile de France
NOCERA-PICAND Carole, Université de Bretagne, UNRB, UNT UVED
OGIER Jean-Marc, Université de La Rochelle, UNR PCL
OILLO Didier, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie
POSTEC Nicolas, Université du Maine
POULIQUEN Isabelle, Université d'Aix-Marseille 3
REBAT Marie-Thérèse, DGES-SDBIS
TANGUY Yann, Université de Nantes, UNJF
TOUZOT Gilbert, INSA ROUEN
VINDEVOGHEL Monique, Université Lille1, UNISCIEL
LE MESTRE Marie-Ange, Université de Bordeaux

Comité d'organisation

Chef de projet : Boas EREZ, Université Bordeaux 1

Membres :

ADERA service
BILLAUD Michel, Université Bordeaux 1
BRICAGE Pierre, Université Pau Pays de l’Adour
CASTANET Richard, ENSEIRB
CUYEU Esther, Université de Bordeaux
DIB Khadija, SD TICE
DELMON Alain, ENITAB
DOZIERES Laurent, Université Pau Pays de l’Adour, UNR Aquitaine
DUCASSE Roland, Université Bordeaux3, Université de Bordeaux, UNR Aquitaine
HARDOUIN Catherine, Université de Bordeaux
LE BLANC Benoît, Université Bordeaux 2, UNR Aquitaine
LE MESTRE Marie-Ange, Université de Bordeaux
LOUSTAUNAU Norbert, Université de Bordeaux
MALABAT Valérie, Université Bordeaux IV, UNR Aquitaine
MORANDI Franc, IUFM Université Bordeaux IV
PAQUELIN Didier, Université Bordeaux3, UNR Aquitaine
QUEYRUT Jacques, Université Bordeaux 1
RUBI Franck, Université Bordeaux 1, UNR Aquitaine