http://milanoschool.org of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:42:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://milanoschool.org/faculty-spotlight-professor-mccandless-publishes-chapter-on-capacity-development-and-resilience/ http://milanoschool.org/faculty-spotlight-professor-mccandless-publishes-chapter-on-capacity-development-and-resilience/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:00:44 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=121075 GPIA Professor Dr. McCandless has a new publication out, co-authored with Frauke de Weijer, that examines key lessons from the last two decades of research and practice on capacity development and applies them to the emerging resilience agenda. Resilience is associated with the capacity of individuals, groups and society as a whole to cope, adapt, and […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/faculty-spotlight-professor-mccandless-publishes-chapter-on-capacity-development-and-resilience/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/tania-lee-data-security/ http://milanoschool.org/tania-lee-data-security/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:30:51 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120851 At the end of June Tania presented at InterAction’s 2015 Forum Workshop series on a workshop panel titled ‘The Next Big Scandal? International NGO Data in the Age of Edward Snowden, Facebook, & WikiLeaks.’ The workshop highlighted the real risks in the data lifecycle, examined the legal frameworks surrounding data protection and ownership, and trained attendees on a few free tools and approaches to mitigate these threats.]]> http://milanoschool.org/tania-lee-data-security/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/new-issue-of-the-journal-of-peacebuilding-and-development/ http://milanoschool.org/new-issue-of-the-journal-of-peacebuilding-and-development/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:25:56 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=120092 Volume 10 Issue 1 of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development is now available. This special issue is entitled:  “Vertical Integration: A Dynamic Practice Promoting Transformative Peacebuilding.”  Scholarship and practice in areas of both peacebuilding and development have long been concerned with the question of how to maximise efforts at different levels and use resources effectively towards producing […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/new-issue-of-the-journal-of-peacebuilding-and-development/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/gpia-conflict-security-concentration-immigration-identity-islam-panel/ http://milanoschool.org/gpia-conflict-security-concentration-immigration-identity-islam-panel/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:00:41 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=119820 http://milanoschool.org/gpia-conflict-security-concentration-immigration-identity-islam-panel/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/professor-mccandless-participating-in-united-nations-expert-meetings-on-developing-an-indicator-framework/ http://milanoschool.org/professor-mccandless-participating-in-united-nations-expert-meetings-on-developing-an-indicator-framework/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:13:37 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=119789 Dr. McCandless is attending UNDESA Expert Group meetings on indicator framework for the post-2015 development framework this week. Over the last several years, she has been engaged with various specialist networks working to infuse peace, security, governance and justice concerns into the new framework (“goal 16”). UN discussions are presently focused around indicators, and Dr. […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/professor-mccandless-participating-in-united-nations-expert-meetings-on-developing-an-indicator-framework/feed/ 0