Europe

Christopher Stone to Lead Open Society Foundations in 2012
December 7, 2011
The Open Society Foundations today announced the appointment of Christopher Stone as its next president, effective July 2012.

Call for Applications: Doctoral Fellows Program
Deadline: January 23, 2012
Scholarship Programs offers fellowships to individuals from Georgia and Kyrgyzstan for flexible doctoral study in the United States or Canada.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of Oxford Scholarships
Deadline: January 20, 2012
Offered in collaboration with the Open Society Foundations and the University of Oxford, these scholarships enable students of outstanding academic merit to pursue one-year taught postgraduate courses of study at the University of Oxford in subjects relevant to the needs of their countries.

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Closing the Gap: City Leadership on Employment and Workforce Diversity
Online seminar
November 23, 2011
 VIDEO  
This webinar cohosted by the At Home in Europe Project and Cities of Migration examines efforts made by municipal authorities to create more equal and diverse workforces.

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
OSI-New York
November 7, 2011
 AUDIO
A panel of experts discuss The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, by Open Society Fellow Andrew Feinstein.

Grupa Spomenik/Monument Group: "Studije Jugoslavjie"
OSI-New York
November 7, 2011
 AUDIO
Grupa Spomenik (Monument Group), a critically acclaimed group of artists and theoreticians, examine the representation of mass atrocities after the 1995 atrocities in Srebrenica.

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Preventing Drug Overdose Is Key in Fight Against AIDS
Roxanne Saucier
December 12, 2011
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For many people living with HIV, the risk of overdose presents a more imminent threat than AIDS-related illness. Despite this fact, donors and governments are slow to adopt overdose prevention measures as part of their AIDS programs. It's time for a wake-up call.

Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court: Recommendations to the Assembly of States Parties
December 2011
As the member states of the International Criminal Court meet at the United Nations in New York, the Open Society Justice Initiative has called for them to actively support efforts to bolster national justice systems’ ability to prosecute international crimes.

Why Police Stops are not Making England Safer
Chris Baugh
December 9, 2011
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Police in England continue to argue that "stop and search" tactics are essential in the battle against knife crime. But the numbers are not convincing.

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