Formerly known as the International Development and Regional Planning (IDRP) group, the International Development Group (IDG) in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning conducts research and assists in the planning practice in countries around the world striving for social, political, and economic development. IDG faculty examines the urban, regional, and national socioeconomic impacts of major public and/or private investments, and address problems of squatter housing, municipal finance, metropolitan sprawl, and social disparities at a variety of scales. IDG faculty and students believe that effective planners operating in today's world must acquire an integrated institutional and historical view of economic, physical, political, and social factors.
CURRENT IDG news + Announcements
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GLOBAL CHANGE, PEACE AND SECURITY ANNOUNCES TWO CALLS FOR PAPERS
06/01/09
Global Change, Peace & Security is a leading peer reviewed journal published by Routledge (UK) and based at La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
GCP&S invites entries for the annual Routledge–GCP&S Essay Prize competition. This competition is designed to encourage outstanding new contributions to research on practical and theoretical questions posed by a rapidly globalising world.
The other paper invitation is for analysing the nature, implications, and
consequences of the Global Financial Crisis; a crisis which has sparked the most widespread and severe global recession since the 1930s.
Deadlines:Both papers have a submission deadline in November. See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/gcps for more information.
LEGATUM CENTER ANNOUNCES SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
05/20/09
The Legatum Center is pleased to announce two summer opportunities for MIT students:
The Legatum Summer Seed Grants program provides funding for MIT undergraduate and graduate students for work on innovative, sustainable projects in developing countries. To learn more and to apply for a summer grant, visit http://legatum.mit.edu/grant
The Legatum Center has posted independent internship opportunities with entrepreneurs in Africa. MIT undergraduate and graduate students are invited to contact these entrepreneurs directly for more information and for details about the application process. To learn more, please visit http://legatum.mit.edu/internships.
IDG WINS ALUMNI CLASS FUNDS AWARD FOR NEW UNDERGRADUATE CLASS ON TRANSNATIONALITY
04/15/09
A proposal by Prof. Diane Davis, undergraduate Diana Jue and PhD candidate Graham Denyer Willis for a new course that will study a problem linked to transnationality in the West African archipelago of Cape Verde and in the Boston area Cape Verdean community has been awarded an MIT Alumni Class Funds grant. The course will be offered in the fall of 2010 for 6-8 undergrads who will participate in selecting a problem, elaborating a research plan and undertaking research both locally and internationally. IDG hopes to offer the course annually.
