One of the main objectives of CPRsouth has been to give the necessary tools for young researchers to enable them to be policy intellectuals.However, getting good research into the policy process has always proved to be a challenge for researchers.

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa has identified some of the resources that would assist researchers and scholars to enter the policy process.

A key aspect of converting research into policy is communication. CPRsouth4 tutorials had a 2 hour time slot set side to teach young scholars about communications Strategies.

The Oxford Internet Institute, the Policy Studies Organisation and Berkeley Electronic Press invites you to contribute to the first peer-reviewed journal investigating the implications of the internet for public policy.

Policy & Internet invites papers reporting world class research and scholarship on any aspect of the relationship between the Internet and public policy. The journal is fully multi-disciplinary in scope. Topics will range across policy sectors and regions of the world, including generalised, sectoral or country-specific policy effects.

For submissions please click HERE

Further details can be found HERE

The tentative Agenda for CPRsouth4 conference and tutorials can be found HERE

The call for papers for the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) 18th Biennial Conference is announced. The conference will be held from June 27 to 30, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan. The Conference theme is "Culture, Communication and the Cutting Edge of Technology".

This is a commemorative conference to celebrate the silver anniversary of ITS conferences worldwide. A quarter of century has passed since the first conference under the name of ITS was held in 1986 in Tokyo.

Submissions are invited from all areas of telecommunications policy, business and academia. Online abstract submissions will be accepted from mid-October at the Conference website: www.its2010tokyo.com. Online registration, hotel reservations and details of the social program will also be made available shortly. Please visit the conference website regularly to view these updates.

Abstract submissions are due no later than December 31st, 2009.

The Communication and Technology (CAT) Division proudly announces the first-ever Doctoral Consortium to be held in conjunction with the 2010 Conference of the International Communication Association. The consortium will be held at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore on June 21, 2010.

Goal of the Doctoral ConsortiumThe consortium intends to bring together PhD candidates working on Communication and Technology to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the event are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the doctoral consortium will provide the opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics.

Up to 12 Research Fellowships will be awarded, each providing a grant of up to 22,000 € and specialized guidance to enable emerging scholars to carry out their own new and original research study examining the impact of public access to information and communication technologies (ICT)..

Emerging developing country researchers from Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean are invited to apply for a Fellowship. They may submit their application and conduct their research in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish.

The deadline for applying is Midnight Eastern Standard Time, 31 December 2009.

The Program is an 18-months project sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and managed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with scholars from Undersidad de San Andres, Argentina and the University of the Philippines.

The deadline for submission of complete papers for CPRsouth4 has now expired. The submitted papers have been sent to the review panels.

Decisions about the selections will be announced on or before 7 October 2009.

The deadline for submitting abstracts for CPRafrica has been extended till 30 September 2009.

For more information please visit their website

PhD fellowship scheme has been initiated at the Hong Kong Baptist University by the Research Grants Council (RGC) in support of the Hong Kong Government’s strategic move. The objective of the Scheme is to enhance the research environment in Hong Kong by attracting the best and brightest PhD students from around the world to pursue their studies and research work in Hong Kong.

More information about the programme can be found HERE.