The Botswana Review of Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BRELA) is a journal published by the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) based in Gaborone, Botswana. BRELA is a peer-reviewed journal intended to create a participatory forum for critical and analytical discussion of a broad range of multi-sectoral issues and debates surrounding HIV and AIDS. The journal is looking for submissions from researchers and writers.
Jobs and Announcements
Call for papers: The Botswana Review of Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS
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Contact: bonela.journal@gmail.com
Call for Papers: The Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Special Issue: Health and Disability
Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2014
The Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (JHDC) is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue on Health and Disability. This call for papers aims to advance the state of knowledge and expertise regarding health, disability and human development, as well as the linkages among them and a range of policies, institutions, and social structures that influence such links and their dynamics. Submissions related to this topic are welcome. In particular, though not exclusively, we welcome submissions in the following themes: i) Social justice and resource allocation; ii) Health system financing and access; iii) Public health and health policy; iv) Disability, poverty and human development; v) Social determinants of health and disability; vi) Disability definition and measurement; vii) HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapies; viii) Health care services and provision, and; ix) Maternal, child and reproductive health. Full papers in English, in .doc or .docx formats should be submitted by November 30th, 2014. Strict compliance with this deadline is required. Papers submitted will be evaluated through a standard peer review process. Authors of the selected papers will be notified by e-mail. Submission of a paper implies that the author has the intention of publishing the paper in the JHDC, and it is not currently under evaluation at another journal.
Call For Papers: Theorising Africa: Reviewing a History of Ideas
Deadline: 10 January 2018
Theorising Africa seeks to explore what it means to be human, to be a member of society, through the exploration of identity, aesthetics, and politics by placing cultural theory and African epistemic frameworks in dialogue. For this seminar series, conveners at The University of Leeds are interested in looking to Africa for its history of ideas: How has African thought transcended boundaries and how can it continue to do so? What can African thought contribute to the many blind spots in the fields of cultural theory? How can these contributions account for the work of knowledge-making? In what ways are these contributions necessary? The conveners seek papers and proposals on topics including, but not limited to: African literary theory; Reframing the history of ideas – philosophical interrogations; Cultural analysis; Psychoanalysis; African Futures; Law; Politics and bio-violence; Feminisms and policy; Community building; The creaturely; Animism; Theology; Art History; Challenges to the legacy of the writer; Any non-conforming inquiry which doesn’t fall into a field. Proposals (max 300 words + bio) in Word format are to be sent to findingpocoafrica@gmail.com
Call for papers: Towards the 8th Pan African Congress
Congress date: March 2015
Veteran and young Pan Africanist leaders will meet to discuss Pan Africanism and a vision for Africa’s future in March 2015 in Accra. Towards the 8th Congress in 2015, the Local Organising Committee is inviting papers from all Africans on the continent and the Diaspora. Some of the papers will be presented at the plenaries and working groups during the 8th Congress and the will be published as part of post Congress for knowledge building. Authors can choose to write one or two papers from a list provided or propose a topic of interests within the wider Pan African discourse. Papers can either be in French or English and will be subject to peer review. Submissions should be presented in soft copy, double spaced and not more than 3,000 words. For information on the themes please visit the link and email papers to zyeebo@gmail.com.
Call for papers: WHO/PLOS collection: No health without research
Pang T And Terry RF: PLoS Medicine 8(1), 25 January 2011
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Public Library of Science (PloS) are calling for papers for a joint WHO/PLoS collection on the theme of the 2012 World Health Report on Research for Health. This flagship report from WHO will, for the first time in its history, focus on research for better health. The primary target audience of the report will be ministers of health in the WHO member states, and the goal of the report is to provide new ideas, innovative thinking, and pragmatic advice for member states on how to strengthen their own health research systems. In addition to primary research (both quantitative and qualitative) and well-developed case studies, WHO and PLoS also invite the submission of review and policy articles on how national health research systems contribute to the broader international research endeavour, especially in the context of the following areas: global health research governance; inequitable access to the benefits and products of research; global standards for responsible research conduct; and future research trends with implications for the developing world.
Call for papers: WHO/PLoS Collection: No health without research
Pang T and Terry RF: PLoS Medicine 8(1), 25 January 2011
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Public Library of Science (PloS) are calling for papers for a joint WHO/PLoS collection on the theme of the 2012 World Health Report on Research for Health. This flagship report from WHO will, for the first time in its history, focus on research for better health. The primary target audience of the report will be ministers of health in the WHO member states, and the goal of the report is to provide new ideas, innovative thinking, and pragmatic advice for member states on how to strengthen their own health research systems. In addition to primary research (both quantitative and qualitative) and well-developed case studies, WHO and PLoS also invite the submission of review and policy articles on how national health research systems contribute to the broader international research endeavour, especially in the context of the following areas: global health research governance; inequitable access to the benefits and products of research; global standards for responsible research conduct; and future research trends with implications for the developing world.
Call for Papers: Writing South Africa Now: a Colloquium, 16-17 June 2016,
Deadline: 4 March 2016
In 2013, it was reported that more than two-thirds of South Africa’s citizens now live in the country’s sprawling urban areas. The Gauteng region alone saw its population swell to some 12 million, an increase of more than 30% in 10 years and more than double the national average. Such statistics, while significant, are not in themselves very instructive. The everyday impact of South Africa’s urbanisation in the years since apartheid, the daily struggles the the poor urban infrastructure imposes, the expanding social and spatial inequalities that fragment the city, and the architecture of anxiety that determines so many ordinary urban habits, are better understood through the narratives crafted by the city’s writers, filmmakers, performers and visual artists, In the imaginative writing of the city, established authors such as Ivan Vladislavic, William Kentridge, and Willie Bester contribute as much to our understanding of the South African city as the emerging voices of photographers and filmmakers such as Mikhael Subotzky, Ramadan Suleman, and Oliver Hermanus. Moreover, like the graffiti commonly daubed on the M1 underpass in Newtown, Johannesburg and the fiction titles that line the shelves of Cape Town’s Book Lounge, the form these stories adopt and the networks through which they find expression are as diverse and uneven as the cityscapes themselves. Now in it’s fourth year, Writing South Africa Now calls for academic papers that contribute to the ongoing writing of the South African city. For academic papers, send an abstract of 300 words and brief biography to the organisers by 4th March. For artistic contributions, send an outline of the proposed contribution of examples of work, along with a brief biography to organisers as soon as possible.
Call for papers: Young Voices in Research for Health: Innovating for the health of all
Deadline: 3 May 2009
The Global Forum and The Lancet invite young researchers and leaders of tomorrow to submit an essay to the popular competition, ‘Young Voices in Research for Health’. This year's competition theme is ‘Innovating for the health of all’. ‘The concept of innovation encompasses the entire process from the generation of new ideas, to their transformation into something useful, to their implementation. Innovation for health includes the development of new and more cost-effective services, products, methods, management practices and policies to improve health outcomes. It involves both social and technological innovation. Young people are invited to submit their essays by 3 May 2009.
Call for participants in consultation on global health priorities
Global Health Research Initiative: 2011
Canada’s Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) is inviting researchers and decision-makers from around the world to participate in an online consultation process to identify global health research priorities. The results of this exercise will be used to inform the development of the next strategic plan of the Global Health Research Initiative and GHRI will also share the results on the Web with the global health community. Filling in the online form should take between eight and ten minutes.
Call for participants in online debate: What is the future for sustainable livelihood approaches?
Institute for Development Studies, United Kingdom: 26 January 2011
The Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) is a people-centred approach used by non-governmental organisations and researchers to identify the main constraints and opportunities faced by poor people, as expressed by the people themselves. It consists of a framework and a set of guiding principles that aim to protect and foster the resources and livelihood assets of poor people, such as their natural resources, technologies, skills, knowledge, capacity, health, access to education, sources of credit and their networks of social support. The approach is intended to help stakeholders to navigate the complex reality of the development context and ensure people are at the centre of development. Some critiques of SLA point to its limitations in dealing adequately with some issues such as power, gender and governance, and many in the development sector incorrectly assume that SLA is only relevant at the micro level. At the sixth and final seminar on Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLAs), taking place at the Institute of Development Studies on 26 January 2011, you can take part in the online debate. Some directions for debate include what the future holds for SLAs, how SLAs are relevant to current development challenges and how SLAs need to adapt, as well as research, policy and practical implications for the future. To register, please email the seminar administrator at the address provided.
Contact: A.Kuchanny@ids.ac.uk