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Globalisation Studies Groningen: 2011-2015 and Beyond This document evaluates the first financing period of GSG (Globalisation Studies Groningen) and presents a policy for GSG in the coming 5 years, for which the GSG Board of Governors seeks approval from the Deans and Board of the University of Groningen. The report consists of a summary evaluation text including comments of the external evaluator involved, prof. Jacob Wijngaard (former Dean of the Faculty of Business), a financial report 2011-2015, and proposed budget. Annexes provide: results measured to the 2010 Performance Contract, lists of outputs, and all Annual Reports.

Abstract. GSG was established by all faculties and Board of the university in 2010 as an instrument to strengthen the internationalization drive of our institution (budget €180.000 p/y). GSG engaged in a range of activities in education, networking, public activities, and project-acquisition, especially facilitating new initiatives. Results are very encouraging, like in attracting over 20 externally funded PhD researchers for various faculties, facilitating the Centre for East Asia Studies Groningen (CEASG), organizing almost 70 substantial public and academic events, a successful Minor programme, not less than 21 Summer Schools, and facilitating some 20 project applications that were externally funded with over €6,5 million.

I. Background GSG was established as a research institute under art. 9.21 of the Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek in September 2010. It was established by the Executive Board and all faculties of the University of Groningen and administratively positioned as an interfaculty institute administered by the Faculty of Arts. As compared to the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), GSG was fielded with the more explicit task to push forward the ambitious internationalization agenda of the University of Groningen and was given a thematically and geographically broader scope. GSG has a simple organizational set-up, consisting of: - a small core staff of four part-time (0.4 - 0.7 fte) staff; expanded with three on external funding; - a Governing Board of four experienced professors; - a large circle of over one hundred stake-holders in all faculties of the university. The 2010 Convenant Globalisation Studies Groningen (Annex 1) frames the structure of the GSG; the Performance Contract 2010-2015 (Annex 2) sets its expected results. These results concern 1) Visibility of the university, 2) Education, and 3) Research. Executive Board and Faculties share a financial commitment of €180.000 per year which is expected to lead to substantial added value to the internationalization, teaching, research and visibility of the university, as well as multiple extra projects, PhDs, and financial contributions from external partners.

II. GSG Tasks, Policy and Results 2011-2015 The main tasks of GSG have been shaped and reshaped during the 2010 – 2015 period because of being part of the exceptionally dynamic and expansive internationalization drive of the University of Groningen in these years. The policy demanded flexible, quick and energetic action to respond to chances and challenges coming up. For instance, the extraordinary expansion of the East Asia linkages of our university led to the establishment under the GSG of the Centre for East Asia Studies Groningen (CEASG), including a special professorship, and an impressive range of activities and new projects. Also, the university focus themes of Energy, Healthy Aging and Sustainable Society crystalised in this period, while attracting externally financed PhD candidates became a university policy priority to which GSG gave ample and very successful attention.

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Convenant:

The approach of GSG towards achieving these aims can be characterised by four points:

1. Connecting in an interfaculty setting, where possible, to the specific internationalization ambitions of the university (such as U4, East Asia policy, linking to external funding agencies, attracting self-financing PhD candidates).

2. Providing flexible and effective support to project initiatives and interdisciplinary research applications of (especially newly incoming) university staff around the university in order to make them a success (by e.g. pre-financing, administrative, PR, and lobby support).

3. Spotting and picking up opportunities emerging for institutions outside the university and linking these to our university staff and assisting in developing successful projects.

4. Expanding the set of attractive educational options at BA, MA and PhD levels at our university in the fields of globalisation studies, development, and humanitarian studies.

Exemplary for our approach are the establishment of CEASG, the STINGS initiative and projects, the preservation of the Osaka Representative Office in Groningen, the SPIRIT Indonesia projects, and the international Youth, Education and Work (YEW) network.

CEASG The launch of the Centre for East Asian Studies Groningen (CEASG), under GSG, as in inter-disciplinary and inter-faculty organization, has bundled ongoing activities and launched a number of new initiatives regarding East Asia. The Centre has secured funding for the appointment of new staff in Korean Studies, a Chair in East Asian Studies and a Chair for Chinese language and culture, the Library Korea Corner, and for collaborative research projects, linking with industry and with stakeholders in East Asia. Following the successful establishment of Groningen Centres in China and Japan, the CEASG is currently preparing the launch of a Groningen Centre in Korea and contributes to the development of a branch campus in Yantai, China.

The results of 2011 – 2015 GSG activities are summarized in Annex 2 Performance Contract – Performance Results, proving the basis for the critical self-analysis and lessons-learned at the end of this report. A complete overview of results is given per type of activity in Annexes 3 to 8, as well as in the attached set of Annual Reports of GSG and CEASG. The most important results are presented below in a verbal manner following the three main areas of activity: Visibility/Communication Education, Research. 1. Visibility/Communication This set aim, which can be paraphrased as “forcefully presenting Groningen expertise, research, and educational programmes to outside stakeholders and to the public,” includes linking to public and

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private institutions and to the public via web-presentation, conferences, public lectures, newsletters, and participation in international networks and projects. GSG and CEASG have boosted the visibility of globalisation-related activities of the university by its creative PR work of our colleague Marloes Viet who started on a ‘werkervaringsplaats’ to become a part-time staff. The project of creating an online database with all globalisation-related Groningen expertise was started but cancelled because PURE can present Groningen expertise in an effective way. Annex 7 lists the impressive range of public events organised by GSG-CEASG, from guest lectures on topical issues like mass protest in Hong Kong, to prominent international conferences such as the European Research Conference on Microfinance and the International Humanitarian Studies Association Conference. The visibility of the University of Groningen among funding agencies has also been boosted by GSG-CEASG activities. Annex 5 gives a list of external partners that we engage with, from the British government organization DFID and the Korea Foundation, to the Ford Foundation, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI), the World Bank, the Qatar National Research Fund, the Red Cross, the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Many of the newly established linkages were brought in by recently appointed University of Groningen staff that arrived with their own network and project plans. GSG plays a very active role in linking this new faculty in, and in facilitating their flourishing from a Groningen base. We offer advice and project writing assistance but also full administration of the project and start-up finance at this vital stage of forging successful project (see Annex 3 for successful applications with a total of over €6.5 million in project funds). GSG staff also actively contributes to our Groningen presence in international organisations and networks. The Presidency of the global Network on Humanitarian Action is currently in Groningen; we host the secretariat of the International Humanitarian Studies Association; with the Faculty of Law, we acquired the coordination of the multi-million project of the Land Portal and Global Land Tool Network, and we are, for instance, active in the U4 Social Sciences network organising its central conference in 2015, in the Coimbra Group, and in Erasmus Plus applications and networks. In the wider international realm we foster excellent relations with the Ford Foundation, Hanban (China), the Korea Foundation, Bappenas (Indonesia), EU, and partner universities in different continents. GSG/CEASG assisted the university with securing external funds for special professorships in various faculties, for example in Economics and Business, in Chinese Literature, in Multilateral Governance and Regional Infrastructure, and the World Bank /Bappenas funded SInGa programme fosters linkages with Indonesian institutions. 2. Education GSG-CEASG contributed to University of Groningen BA, MA and PhD programmes, as well as Summer Schools, and short courses in development projects. As always, developing and executing educational programmes involves considerable time investment, so our activities in education have been an important part of our work. We have been particularly successful in: contributing to expanding the interfaculty and international NOHA programme, establishing the interfaculty MA specialization East Asian Studies, expanding the Minor Development Studies, supporting faculty initiatives in globally oriented education (the Global Health profile in the BA Medicine, the upcoming international master in innovative medicine and the BA module in the Dutch Studies programme ‘International Humanitarian Action - A Dutch Perspective’). Also, contributions are delivered to the People, Planet, Profit minor of SSG/MNS. The PhD hub strategy for attracting externally funded PhDs is discussed below under Research. GSG initiated Summer Schools held in Tanzania (Development Studies) and in Tunisia (Democracy) already before the impressive University of Groningen Summer School programme started (Annex 6 gives a complete list of 21 GSG Summer Schools). Three annual Summer Schools are organised

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directly under GSG (on Democracy and Global Governance – in Tunisia; on Transitional Justice – in Croatia; and on Development – together with the Chinese Agricultural University and Beijing Normal University, and held in Tanzania). Several Summer Schools held in Groningen are closely linked to GSG (such as the ‘Groningen Energy Summer School’, and ‘Land Acquisition, Resettlement, and Social Sustainability’). GSG co-organised various Coimbra Group Summer Schools with European partners. The STINGS programme developed a format for Summer Schools on policy aspects of technological innovation – to be held in Africa (Mozambique), following a successful Summer School in the Netherlands. The Summer Schools receive very positive evaluations of participants and create linkages with important international organisations and donors from which they receive direct support, such as the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Furthermore, fruitful academic linkages are forged with foreign academic colleagues, resulting in further exchanges and joint projects. The MA specialization East Asia Studies and the Erasmus Mundus MA Humanitarian Action (NOHA) are closely related to GSG, with GSG staff and administrative involvement. We see the successful launching of the CEASG as a typical example of the ‘tug boat’ role of GSG in realizing new internationalization initiatives at the university. NOHA has meanwhile expanded into a global programme, linked PhD programmes (including a 1.2 million EU-RISE programme), and continued substantial support for the European Commission. GSG further assists in elaborating the Global Health study track in the Faculty of Medicine. At BA level, the successful MINOR in Development Studies is amongst the largest Minor programmes in the university, and individual courses attract up to 80 non-Minor students extra who take the courses as electives. The Economics and the Sociology courses have meanwhile been mainstreamed into regular faculty programmes; the attractive African, China, Europe (ACE) Summer School in Tanzania is presently included as a Minor option. Furthermore, GSG initiated of a new course in International Humanitarian Action in the Dutch Studies Programme, and it contributed to the starting of the popular course Aziatische Filosofische Tradities (Asian Philosophical Traditions) at the Faculty of Philosophy. GSG staff frequently gives guest lectures in other Minor, Honours, and Summer School programmes in various faculties. New, special professorships funded by external agencies have further been arranged by GSG/CEASG. The core chair of CEASG in Mongolian Studies (prof. T.H.F. Halbertsma) is a case in point, but also the appointment of a chair in Korean Studies in the Faculty of Economics (prof. Sun Choi), in Chinese Literature and Languages in the Faculty of Arts (candidate selected) and in Multilevel Governance and Regional Structure (Spatial Sciences). GSG also effected the establishment of the professorship in Lifelong Learning and Social Intervention in the Context of Globalization (prof. J.J.M. Zeelen) which facilitated the establishment of a successful international network Youth, Education and Work (formerly: Early School Leaving in Africa). Plans are well underway to realise an interfaculty special chair with GSG on Global Governance for Sustainable Humanity. Also, a longstanding relationship has been forged with prof.dr.ir. Thea Hilhorst (ISS) as visiting professor since 2013 on the social dynamics of conflict and disaster. More indirect has been GSG’s assistance in having Prof.dr. Hogerzijl appointed professor in Global Health at the Faculty of Medical Sciences. Apart from the substantial direct enrichment of these chairs to our Groningen education, we create new linkages though these chairs in the countries concerned. Finally, GSG staff conducts educational tasks in Africa in the form of short courses in research capacity building, often in the framework of Dutch NICHE development programmes, facilitated by NUFFIC. This expands our network, often results in linkages and development of PhD projects, and provides extra financial input for the GSG.

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3. Research Strengthening the international profile of the University of Groningen as an attractive and productive research university is at the core of a number of GSG-CEASG activities. The PhD Hub strategy is a case in point, but also the organization of major scientific conferences, smaller workshops and guest lectures, hosting and facilitating incoming guest scholars of great reknown, PhD supervision, and finally the assistance in writing and arranging grant applications. We consider the results of GSG-CEASG in this field very substantial and positive to the university. Our assistance to grant applications often starts with faculty approaching us to assist in writing, budgeting, or finding suitable partners within the university and in the private sector or abroad. A number of projects resulted in this way, such as the Partners for Resilience project with the Red Cross, the Land Portal with DFID, and the ESLA / YEW with various partner institutions. The other avenue is that we identify a relevant Call or donor and assist in bringing together an effective clustering of forces within the university to respond to this opportunity. The STINGS initiative is an example of this last route, where an expression of interest from the African Union and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was taken up by a team from the Ubbo Emmius Fund, Faculty of MNS (SSG, microbiology), and GSG, resulting in a range of activities and several substantial externally funded projects (€ 2.2 million). The PhD hub strategy involves advertising the University of Groningen as an attractive place for PhD studies by presenting a set of focus themes in Global Studies, including potential supervising professors from different Groningen faculties and joint research seminars of the theme group (see Annex 6 for the Hub themes, supervisors, and 41 PhDs, of which 24 attracted directly via the GSG PhD hubs). In order to advertise the Hubs and preselect candidates, GSG director prof. Joost Herman participated in PhD fairs in China, Korea and Brazil with very good results; PhD candidates supervised in our faculties of Law, Economics, Arts, Religious Studies and Social Sciences. External funding for the PhD projects comes from sources such as Netherlands Fellowship Programme, China Scholarship Council, Science Without Borders (Brazil), the governments of Indonesia, Mongolia and South-Korea, and the World Bank (apart from the expected PhD bonuses amounting to over 1 million euro, they bring in over €370.000 in direct tuition fees to our Groningen faculties). Organisation of conferences, workshops, research round tables, exhibitions, and guest lectures has been an ongoing activity of GSG and CEASG (see Annex 7 for the impressive list). Public lectures are often organised jointly with Studium Generale, while this same organization often invites GSG-CEASG staff to participate in or chair their public activities. We organised several highly visible academic conferences with faculty partners, such as The European Research Conference on Microfinance and The International Humanitarian Studies Conference, next to major joint conferences with Osaka University and with the U4 network, as well as well-attended GSG annual conferences that bring together our University of Groningen academics / stakeholders.

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III. FINANCIAL REPORT, PLANNING AND ANALYSIS

GSG and CEASG created substantial financial benefits for faculties and university (amounts reported in Annexes 3 and 4):

GSG-supported initiatives (e.g. STINGS, SInGA, YEW, EUR-RISE) developed projects funded by e.g. national, EU, and WB funders with a total over €6.5 million.

Substantial external funds (around €1 million) were obtained for int. conferences, Summer Schools and externally funded chairs; half of this achieved by CEASG alone.

GSG’s major effort in attracting externally funded PhDs brings considerable benefits to University of Groningen faculties in tuition fees (at least €370.000); final promotion bonuses will be far beyond €1 million.

NOTE: the ‘Prognoses 2015’ reported above does not include €35.000 in refunds of positive balances of projects that could not be transferred to GSG’s main account in time for this statement. Explanatory Note to Finances GSG The Summary Financial Report GSG 2011-2015 shows basically four components: 1) a regular financial contribution by the university (€180.000); 2) staff costs for 2,3 fte permanent and on average 0,5 fte temporary; 3) operational costs, incl. travel and seed-money; 4) income from projects, ODV, and missions. NOTE: The funds ‘inherited’ from the CDS (Centre for Development Studies) (€144.000) covered the imbalance between income and spending in the 2011 and 2015 period (so an increased budget will be necessary for the 2016-2020 period). Staff changes: In 2012 Dr. Yongjun Zhao (0,5 fte) filled the vacancy of L. Vergara with tasks to coordinate the Minor Development Studies, boost the number of incoming Chinese PhD candidates, and contribute to the CEASG and MA East Asian Studies.

Prognose

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-09 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Beginsaldo 1-1 144.600 179.157 171.317 86.287 59.254 59.254 -20.051 -77.105 -52.305 -27.505 -2.705

Inkomsten

Centrale bijdrage 180.000 184.800 180.000 180.000 135.000 180.000 180.000 180.000 180.000 180.000 180.000

Overige inkomsten * 53.343 75.819 110.833 210.978 76.960 129.050 87.000 87.000 87.000 87.000 69.000

233.343 260.619 290.833 390.978 211.960 309.050 267.000 267.000 267.000 267.000 249.000

Uitgaven

Personeelslasten 172.092 152.671 237.755 264.896 204.046 304.200 285.467 249.200 249.200 249.200 239.200

Overige lasten 26.694 115.787 138.108 153.116 74.878 84.155 113.587 68.000 68.000 68.000 60.000

198.786 268.458 375.863 418.011 278.924 388.355 399.054 317.200 317.200 317.200 299.200

Resultaat 34.557 -7.840 -85.030 -27.033 -66.964 -79.305 -132.054 -50.200 -50.200 -50.200 -50.200

Aanvullende bijdrage 75.000 75.000 75.000 75.000 75.000

Eindsaldo 31-12 179.157 171.317 86.287 59.254 -7.710 -20.051 -77.105 -52.305 -27.505 -2.705 22.095

* dit betreffen de inkomsten voor Missies, projecten en ODV.

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From 2011 Marloes Viet became our design and PR person; initially on a ‘werkervaringsplaats’, proving the great value of a professional and creative PR person for GSG and CEASG. We financed several temporary appointments to help start up ambitious projects (e.g. STINGS-coordinator Mouahli), and could appoint prof. Jacques Zeelen prior to his superannuation to expand the Youth, Education Work network, including nine PhD projects. Operational costs: GSG invested substantially in assisting non-GSG faculty to start up projects, Summer Schools, and programmes (such as the SInGa programme); mostly by financing international travel. Also for prof. Herman to participate in PhD fairs in China, Korea and Brazil, scouting talent for Groningen faculties.

IV. LESSONS LEARNED Matching the promised outputs at the start of GSG in the 2010 Performance Contract with the actual outputs is reported in Annex 2. This report shows that on almost all items GSG have achieved outputs far beyond those foreseen, especially regarding efforts to attract externally funded PhD candidates to University of Groningen faculties and the successful expansion of East Asia related activities thanks to the CEASG. The tug boat function of GSG in support of the University of Groningen internationalisation policy works out well. An analysis of the results leads us to identify several critical points:

A strategy of great degree of openness to new initiatives of University of Groningen faculties as well as an open eye for opportunities to engage with external academic and funding partners has contributed to the substantial output effected by GSG-CEASG.

Developing major projects to be executed by GSG-CEASG as a staff unit is sometimes not realistic. The idea of developing a complete database of Global Studies expertise at the university if a case in point. Larger project engagements, such a coordination of the large Land Portal project, need their own budget and staff. Meanwhile, the lobby, advising, administrative and PR support of GSG turns out to be an effective way of creating successful internationalization activities at the university.

Flexibility in terms of making staff time available and of providing quick start-up finance for promising initiatives has proven to be effective tools. Benefits (also large financial benefits) usually go the various faculties, such as in the case of externally funded PhD candidates or externally financed professorships, while GSG can augment its basic financing only to a limited degree with tasks in externally funded projects. The logic of the present financing mechanism between faculties, University Board and GSG seems to work well.

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V. OUTLINE GSG POLICY 2016-2020 Instigator, inspirator, co-creator, facilitator, match-maker. One could think of a multitude of descriptors to characterise GSG’s activities over the past five years. GSG has created additional interfaculty, interdisciplinary and international dimensions to the University of Groningen that it was assigned to do for the benefit of all the colleagues within the university. Reaching out to them and to all of the connected stakeholders across the globe, in the fields of education, research and profiling GSG has created an added value of considerable importance to Groningen’s global visibility and reputation. Without GSG, colleagues in Groningen would have been given lesser opportunity to interconnect their valuable knowledge and ideas with like-minded scholars across the faculties and link into the international networks of GSG for the benefit of their educational and research activities. Without GSG financial opportunities for progressive development of research projects, educational innovation and name branding / fortifying Groningen’s institutional reputation across the world would have been less. Without GSG lesser incoming scholars would have found their way to Groningen, making Groningen a global hub for knowledge build-up and dissemination. Backed by these experiences, the future of continuous and expanding passion and performance beckons. The summarised overview of activities and results in this report and the critical self-reflection offered in section IV do lead to the realisation of some trends, internally to the university as well as internationally and in the funding world, that tie into future opportunities for and directions of GSG. In more detail, these will be categorised below under the three major issue areas education, research and profiling/institutionalisation, first some general remarks will be made. Firstly, the matchmaking between academics within the university and the interfaculty ‘umbrella’ GSG offers to uplift existing and new operations from the faculties into the interfaculty / interdisciplinary / international domain has worked wonders. It should remain one of the core functions of GSG and should be energetically expanded, for the benefit of creating more output with existing human resources. Interchangeably, GSG now interacting with so many funding agencies and research groups worldwide will actively and flexibly respond to external opportunities and interlink them with ‘internal’ capacity. Because of GSG’s central interfaculty position, our level of knowledge concerning the great variety of research in Groningen make GSG a window to the world and a prism for the world to look at Groningen. Secondly, the enhancement and the creation of interdisciplinary teaching and research supported by members from different faculties have been both beneficial for incoming students (BA, MA and PhD) and existing / new staff. Our (modest) involvement in, e.g., the global health BA programme and the upcoming international master in innovative medicine, development studies, humanitarian studies at BA and Ma level, the people, planet profit programme, as well as social and political philosophy is attractive to a growing number of non-Dutch students and heightens the eligibility of Groningen for students to do a full master’s. The wide range of summer and winter schools (on law, energy, biosafety, land resettlement, Korea) enacted by GSG has made hundreds of participants aware of Groningen and the quality teaching it delivers. At the PhD level, our continuous search for externally funded quality PhD’s has been successful, with the creation of interfaculty teams of academic supervisors attracting a great deal of interest from institutes (universities, ministries) and sponsors (World Bank, EC). For staff, these programmes are challenging and not run-off-the-mill, securing to an ever greater degree Groningen as a fully internationalised higher education institution. Where possible, within our means, we will keep on strengthening the interdisciplinary character of programmes and ‘market’ Groningen (worldwide, but especially so in Asia at large) as an attractive university of high quality with a wide range of possibilities.

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Thirdly, the visible positioning of GSG as an interfaculty institute has uplifted the prominence of Groningen’s products (existing and new) and has offered the opportunity to flexibly create emphasis in both geographical terms (Asia, Latin America, Africa) as well as thematically (e.g. global sustainability, global governance, social inclusion and exclusion, technological innovation, justice and the rule of law, global health). Channelling, incorporating, involving existing (Mexico, Japan, Arctic) or new centres (Science and Society Group; East Asian Studies; Religion and Culture in Asia; International Humanitarian Studies Association; Science, Technology and Innovation Network Groningen for Sustainability) into the GSG-‘methodology’ has boosted output and activities, aligning them with the research priorities of the university, especially sustainable society. The thematic areas supported by GSG and identified under the GSG-PhD hubs interrelate with Groningen’s ongoing research output concerning the contemporary challenges facing global society (conflict, natural resource management, energy, education and labour market needs, access to public health and law, ethics and big data, logistics and supply chain management) and have created additional output of great societal relevance, as well as responding to new themes in the international research and policy agendas. GSG wants to continue this course of action and where possible enhance its functioning as two-way global gateway by giving more centralised ‘face’ to Groningen capacity and research output through continuous interlinking with (present it in the frame of) the main research priorities of our university. Education

1. Nurturing existing interdisciplinary education; offering interdisciplinary input to existing programmes; creating new programmes / summer schools in areas of existing or upcoming international societal relevance.

2. Creating a GSG basket of interdisciplinary research and methodology modules for the benefit of incoming PhD students, who can combine these courses with the training programme of the respective graduate school they are positioned with.

3. Offering ideas to existing graduate schools how to make their training programme more interfaculty and interdisciplinary and therefore more eligible for cross-university influx.

4. Through our networks (academic and public/private partners) profile the University of Groningen as an globalised place to take interesting master programmes and/or PhD programmes.

5. Create special opportunities for chairs by special appointment to deliver parts of education in existing programmes; likewise for incoming short term and longer term visiting scholars.

Research 1. Ongoing support for those colleagues across the faculties in their interdisciplinary research

projects. 2. Regular GSG-communities (number to be increased) meetings per designated area

(governance, health, technological innovation, humanitarianism and development) to create new research projects and to reach out to external funding.

3. The core staff of GSG moulding their research more in the interdisciplinary global issue areas identified as key to Groningen in order to create a comprehensive research identity under the research priorities’ umbrella of Groningen.

4. Maximally benefitting from external agencies willing to sponsor PhD trajectories because of the interdisciplinary research supervision Groningen offers.

Profiling / Institutionalisation 1. Continuous dissemination of information on Groningen’s research priorities, regular and

extraordinary activities in relevant for a and towards relevant stakeholders.

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2. More interlinkage with the top sector approach of the Dutch government and the research priorities of funding mechanisms such as Horizon 2020, the World Bank and the Gates Foundation.

3. Enhance the function and involvement of the GSG Board of Governors to benefit optimally from their positions within the university and from their outreach to high level stakeholders.

4. Ongoing outreach to existing geographical and thematic centres in Groningen for optimalisation of their output through centralised guidance and co-operative effort.

5. Greater involvement of GSG in the internationalisation strategy of the university 6. Assistance to the Yantai endeavour in any possible way. 7. Exploration of opportunities for physical Groningen research centres in countries with a high

demand for higher education (Asia, Africa). 8. Nurturing achievements of global relevance (Land Portal Secretariat in Groningen, IHSA

Secretariat in Groningen, NOHA Global in Groningen; Osaka Centre in Groningen) and creating space for new likewise initiatives as they come.

Our ambitions are grand, the support of the Faculties and Board of Directors greatly appreciated, the harvest of our first five year period for all to see. A modest enhancement of our means would guarantee at minimum a continuation of our role as catalyst for the benefit of our top-100 university. In all likeliness, quite a bit more can be expected for the second five year period ahead of us, helping to strengthen the University of Groningen as Institute of Higher Education with magnetic appeal to students and academics across the world.

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VI. ASSESSMENT BY EXTERNAL EVALUATOR Comment by professor Jacob Wijngaard I know the organization from the CDS time, when I was dean of the Faculty of Management and Organization. I have been also chairman of CDS for a couple of years. I read the previous version of this document, made some comments, had an extensive telephone call with Joost Herman and have now read this version of the document. I am impressed by the performance of GSG. Apparently, the transition from CDS to GSG has worked out very well. The education part is the most stable part. It has developed well (summer schools, NOHA, MINOR, …). But that development has been more or less continuous. However, the research part and visibility part have really jumped to another speed. Presumably, that is because the policy is now more to listen to and connect with university policy and external developments. In combination with the continued attention for the (individual) faculty interests, that does not only lead to highly improved visibility, but also to more and better research. The academic curiosity and flexibility is creatively explored and exploited. The lists of PhD projects and externally funded projects are very convincing. Also good to see that almost all faculties participate. GSG has apparently a well rooted relationship with all these faculties. That is something that may require some maintenance. My suggestion is to devote some attention to this in detailing these plans for the next five years. The plans for the next five years are broad and ambitious. Maybe a meeting with the board of the university, together with the faculty deans can help in prioritizing and stratifying the different goals. Given the flexibility and service orientation of GSG, it seems adequate to continue the existing way of financing (project independent financing by faculties and university board). It is not surprising to me that GSG demands an increase. The level of activities and the degree of success justifies it.

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ANNEXES: 1. Convenant Globalisation Studies Groningen (September 2010) 2. Summary table: Performance Contract – Performance Results 3. List of projects: GSG-initiated or supported 4. GSG PhD Hub strategy + List of PhD projects at GSG, GSG PhD Hubs, or started via GSG 5. List of partners / funding agents 6. Summary of GSG Summer Schools 2011 - 2015 7. List of public activities 2011 - 2015 8. Selected publications GSG or CEASG related 9. Annual Reports GSG (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) and CEASG (2013-2014, 2014-2015)

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ANNEX 1 The 2010 Convenant Globalisation Studies Groningen

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ANNEX 2 SUMMARY TABLE – PERFORMANCE CONTRACT & RESULTS 2011-2015

Visibility Objective 1

Integrated presentation via Web and publicity of faculty courses, programmes and expertise on global issues to

the outside world – students, colleagues, funding agents.

Visibility Objective 1

Integrated presentation via Web and publicity of faculty courses, programmes and expertise on global issues to

the outside world – students, colleagues, funding agents.

Planned Output Planned Output

Establishment of an umbrella under University of Groningen web site linking all globalisatiion-relevant locations at UoG in an integrated manner as the Groningen Globalisation studies window

Establishment of an umbrella under University of Groningen web site linking all globalisatiion-relevant locations at UoG in an integrated manner as the Groningen Globalisation studies window

Publication of a newsletter for external and internal partners, incl. alumni, about Groningen initiatives, research results and new educational and research programmes in the field of globalization

Publication of a newsletter for external and internal partners, incl. alumni, about Groningen initiatives, research results and new educational and research programmes in the field of globalization

Establishing an easily accessible Agenda of Groningen activities, events for students and staff, and study possibilities in order to raise and help materialize interest in globalization-related studies.

Establishing an easily accessible Agenda of Groningen activities, events for students and staff, and study possibilities in order to raise and help materialize interest in globalization-related studies.

Achieved Output Achieved Output

Developing a separate Globalisation-related RUG staff site was stopped since PURE provides an over-all staff search and info facility

Developing a separate Globalisation-related RUG staff site was stopped since PURE provides an over-all staff search and info facility

Newsletters, info- and invitation messages and posters widely circulated

Newsletters, info- and invitation messages and posters widely circulated

Informative websites GSG and CEASG with many links and download options, Facebook and Twitter accounts

Informative websites GSG and CEASG with many links and download options, Facebook and Twitter accounts

Visibility Objective 2 Representation and lobbying in national and

European forums, networks nd funding agents (CERES, DPRN, NWO/WOTRO, DGIS, Coimbra

Group, HumanitarianNet, EuropeAid etc.).

Visibility Objective 2 Representation and lobbying in national and

European forums, networks nd funding agents (CERES, DPRN, NWO/WOTRO, DGIS, Coimbra

Group, HumanitarianNet, EuropeAid etc.).

Planned Output Planned Output

Increased visibility and increased involvement of Groningen in related programmes - NWO, EU or similar programmes

Increased visibility and increased involvement of Groningen in related programmes - NWO, EU or similar programmes

Achieved Output Achieved Output

A vigorous expansion of contacts with partner and funding organizations; successful applications and considerable external funding

A vigorous expansion of contacts with partner and funding organizations; successful applications and considerable external funding

STINGS projects: EU, NWO; Gates Foundation, Friesland-Campina, ABNE African Union

SPIRIT (EU, World Bank, Bappenas Indonesia)

CEASG (Hanban China, Korea Foundation, ING, Korean Embassy, Mongolia Opportunities Fund, Riverbed Foundation Singapore)

Land Portal (DFID UK)

Youth, Education, and Work (NUFFIC, Child and Youth Finance International)

Humanitarian Action (EU-ECHO, EU Mare Curie, Humumanitarian Net)

REG – Research group in Ethics and Globalisation (DGIS of MinBuza, NIMD, USAID)

Land Acquisition, Resettlement Expert Summer School (World Bank, European Bank for R&D)

Langple (Ford Foundation)

Mobility programmes: (Erasmus Plus)

Fellowship programmes: China Scholarship Council (CSC), Netherlands Fellowship Programme

Coimbra Group projects participation (EuropeAid)

Partners for Resilience (Red Cross)

Preparedness for Resiliance (Horizon 2020 / RISE)

Evaluation: We give much attention to PR, a time-consuming task. We focus on circulating calls and information on new activities, as well as Groningen conferences, guest lectures, events.

Evaluation: On linking with international networks and funding agencies progress far beyond expectation has been made: many new fields, new donors, new partners, and several millions in external project funds.

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Education Objective 1:

A practical interface between staff, faculty courses, programmes on global issues.

Education Objective 1:

A practical interface between staff, faculty courses, programmes on global issues.

Planned Output Planned Output

Strengthening already established courses on global issues (e.g., by integrating them in local Minor and Master programmes, and by linking with European initiatives)

Strengthening already established courses on global issues (e.g., by integrating them in local Minor and Master programmes, and by linking with European initiatives)

Efficient combinations and overlaps between courses and programmes (at Minor and MSc levels) – at least 10% overlap / combinations.

Efficient combinations and overlaps between courses and programmes (at Minor and MSc levels) – at least 10% overlap / combinations.

Practical internal staff exchange between Groningen programmes for guest lectures, thesis supervision and PhD co-supervision.

Practical internal staff exchange between Groningen programmes for guest lectures, thesis supervision and PhD co-supervision.

Achieved Output Achieved Output

- Expansion of NOHA programme

- The Minor Programme Development Studies success (about 40 students and up to 120 per single course). Courses from faculties GMW, FRW, FEB (2x), Arts, WNN.

- Assistance to Global Health track in UMCG

- Course in International Humanitarian Action developed for Dutch Studies Programme

- Expansion of NOHA programme

- The Minor Programme Development Studies success (about 40 students and up to 120 per single course). Courses from faculties GMW, FRW, FEB (2x), Arts, WNN.

- Assistance to Global Health track in UMCG

- Course in International Humanitarian Action developed for Dutch Studies Programme

Two major courses Minor Development Studies now main-streamed in the regular programme of resp. FEB and GMW.

Two major courses Minor Development Studies now main-streamed in the regular programme of resp. FEB and GMW.

Teaching links between GSG-related staff from various faculties (esp. WNN, FEB, Arts, GMW, Honours programmes). Frequent co-supervision of MA, BA and PhDs projects.

Teaching links between GSG-related staff from various faculties (esp. WNN, FEB, Arts, GMW, Honours programmes). Frequent co-supervision of MA, BA and PhDs projects.

Education Objective 2:

A good context for establishing new faculty teaching programmes by mobilizing staff, expertise, linkage

partners abroad, and publicity avenues.

Education Objective 2:

A good context for establishing new faculty teaching programmes by mobilizing staff, expertise, linkage

partners abroad, and publicity avenues.

Planned Output Planned Output

Development of short courses for the development market together with GSG-related staff

Development of short courses for the development market together with GSG-related staff

Development of new faculty programmes on global issues supported

Development of new faculty programmes on global issues supported

Achieved Output Achieved Output

- Four short courses in research methodology for faculty in African universities developed. - The unfolding of a University of Groningen Summer School programme was not foreseen in 2010. GSG has greatly contributed with 18 Summer/Winter Schools.

- Four short courses in research methodology for faculty in African universities developed. - The unfolding of a University of Groningen Summer School programme was not foreseen in 2010. GSG has greatly contributed with 18 Summer/Winter Schools.

- New courses in International Humanitarian Action developed by GSG in the programmes Dutch Studies and in Global Health. - Master specialisation East Asian Studies; CEASG and GSG participate.

- New courses in International Humanitarian Action developed by GSG in the programmes Dutch Studies and in Global Health. - Master specialisation East Asian Studies; CEASG and GSG participate.

Evaluation: Gradually a ‘common educational space’ is taking shape in the university in globalisation oriented study options for students. GSG is a stimulating factor in this (Minor, Global Health, East Asian Studies, Humanitarian Studies). This is greatly appreciated by students and creates a range of linkages with European and global partners. GSG has greatly contributed to the expansion of the Summer Schools programme of our university.

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Research Objective 1

Networking and exchange between active Groningen scholars in different faculties

(e.g., research cluster groups)

Research Objective 1

Networking and exchange between active Groningen scholars in different faculties

(e.g., research cluster groups)

Planned Output Planned Output

Seminar series, guest lectures, dissertation and research report publication, annual GSG conference

Seminar series, guest lectures, dissertation and research report publication, annual GSG conference

Support to subject-specific Groningen networks and initiatives (e.g. IALTA, ESLA, CIBIF)

Support to subject-specific Groningen networks and initiatives (e.g. IALTA, ESLA, CIBIF)

Strengthening University of Groningen focal themes such as Healthy Aging, Energy and Social Integration by linking with global issues and partners.

Strengthening University of Groningen focal themes such as Healthy Aging, Energy and Social Integration by linking with global issues and partners.

Achieved Output Achieved Output

- More than 80 seminars, guest lectures and conferences have been organised. Often in collaboration with Studium Generale, Forum Images, and student associations; generally very well attended. - Research Reports: we observe that currently academics aim for peer reviewed publications, thus reducing the need for extensive institutional Research series. - GSG annual conferences have been festive and well-attended events where researchers and PhDs from various faculties mix.

- More than 80 seminars, guest lectures and conferences have been organised. Often in collaboration with Studium Generale, Forum Images, and student associations; generally very well attended. - Research Reports: we observe that currently academics aim for peer reviewed publications, thus reducing the need for extensive institutional Research series. - GSG annual conferences have been festive and well-attended events where researchers and PhDs from various faculties mix.

GSG has contributed substantially to the development of new Groningen research groups, such as:

- STINGS (Science Technology Innovation Network Groningen for Sustainability – WNN, GSG, Ubbo Emmius)

- SPIRIT Indonesia (Arts, GMW, Law, FEB, FRW)

- Centre for East Asia Studies Groningen (CEASG interfaculty)

- Land Portal, IALTA, GLTN (Law and others)

- Youth For Work (formerly ESLA – GMW, GSG)

- Research in Ethics and Globalisation

Well-established centres of expertise, such as GGDC and CIBIF (FEB) and PRC (FRW), are partners but hardly need our support.

GSG has contributed substantially to the development of new Groningen research groups, such as:

- STINGS (Science Technology Innovation Network Groningen for Sustainability – WNN, GSG, Ubbo Emmius)

- SPIRIT Indonesia (Arts, GMW, Law, FEB, FRW)

- Centre for East Asia Studies Groningen (CEASG interfaculty)

- Land Portal, IALTA, GLTN (Law and others)

- Youth For Work (formerly ESLA – GMW, GSG)

- Research in Ethics and Globalisation

Well-established centres of expertise, such as GGDC and CIBIF (FEB) and PRC (FRW), are partners but hardly need our support.

GSG links with the core themes in various ways, such as the EIRSS Energy Summer School, joint public lectures, and collaboration project applications with the Energy Academy. GSG has a co-coordinating role in the U4 Social Sciences Cluster co-organising the 2915 conference in Groningen.

GSG links with the core themes in various ways, such as the EIRSS Energy Summer School, joint public lectures, and collaboration project applications with the Energy Academy. GSG has a co-coordinating role in the U4 Social Sciences Cluster co-organising the 2915 conference in Groningen.

Evaluation: The idea of GSG and CEASG as lynch pins for bringing together and facilitating a broad range of new globally oriented initiatives at the university – although never completely realisable, has taken shape and may be further expanded in the coming years.

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- GSG has facilitated the attraction of a great number (some 18) of non-European PhD candidates for the various faculties of our university (see Annex 4). The PhD thematic Hub strategy is instrumental as well as GSG’s director participation in Educational fairs in China, Brazil and South Korea. - Currently, GSG-related faculty is supervising over 35 dissertation projects, thus also contributing to the financial sustainability of GSG in the long term.

Research Objective 3

Organisation of major international conferences with faculty partners

Research Objective 3

Organisation of major international conferences with faculty partners

Planned Output Planned Output

At least one major international conference co-organised

At least one major international conference co-organised

Achieved Output Achieved Output

GSG has played a major role in co-organising international conferences, such as: The European Research Conference in Microfinance; U4 Social Sciences conference; International Humanitarian Studies conferences; Peace Studies Conference; Osaka bi-annual fora.

GSG has played a major role in co-organising international conferences, such as: The European Research Conference in Microfinance; U4 Social Sciences conference; International Humanitarian Studies conferences; Peace Studies Conference; Osaka bi-annual fora.

Research Objective 2

Assistance in search of funding, and in writing and targeting research proposals.

Research Objective 2

Assistance in search of funding, and in writing and targeting research proposals.

Planned Output Planned Output

Effective electronic alert system to funding Calls in globalisation-related research for GSG groups and individuals (complementing to TLG and BIS activities)

Effective electronic alert system to funding Calls in globalisation-related research for GSG groups and individuals (complementing to TLG and BIS activities)

Participation and lobbying in relevant funding-related organisations;

Participation and lobbying in relevant funding-related organisations;

Increased number of successful applications from Groningen

Increased number of successful applications from Groningen

Achieved Output Achieved Output

The number of funding streams has become so large that it are the GSG-related initiatives who trace and communicate funding calls, rather than the GSG Office. GSG mailing list and Newsletter prove to be a very useful instrument for disseminating alerts.

The number of funding streams has become so large that it are the GSG-related initiatives who trace and communicate funding calls, rather than the GSG Office. GSG mailing list and Newsletter prove to be a very useful instrument for disseminating alerts.

GSG and CEASG have been very active in this field; viz. linkages with e.g. Ford Foundation, World Bank, Hanban, Korea Foundation, DFID, EuropeAid, EU-Echo, EU Costs, Erasmus Plus, NIMD. Almost monthly we receive new requests from university staff to assist in setting up and launching project applications.

GSG and CEASG have been very active in this field; viz. linkages with e.g. Ford Foundation, World Bank, Hanban, Korea Foundation, DFID, EuropeAid, EU-Echo, EU Costs, Erasmus Plus, NIMD. Almost monthly we receive new requests from university staff to assist in setting up and launching project applications.

- The number of major successful applications has increased sub-stantially involving millions of external funds (see Annex 3).

- CEASG is very successful in obtaining external funds for professorships.

- The number of major successful applications has increased sub-stantially involving millions of external funds (see Annex 3).

- CEASG is very successful in obtaining external funds for professorships.

Evaluation: Because external funding for research is becoming imperative, the performance of GSG in supporting this has become more vital as well. GSG and CEASG have been very active in this field (always together with staff in the faculties) with generally remarkably positive results (see Annex 3).

Evaluation: In attracting PhD projects to various faculties of the university GSG has exceeded the planned output manifold.

Research Objective 4

Facilitating attraction of PhD researchers from non-Western countries (e.g., Eric Bleumink Fund, Erasmus

Mundus and NFP)

Research Objective 4

Facilitating attraction of PhD researchers from non-Western countries (e.g., Eric Bleumink Fund, Erasmus

Mundus and NFP)

Planned Output Planned Output

Doubling the present output of 1 PhD per year – GSG-related.

Doubling the present output of 1 PhD per year – GSG-related.

Achieved Output Achieved Output

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ANNEX 3 LIST OF PROJECTS – GSG-INITIATED OR SUPPORTED (with project fund total of almost 6.5 million Euro)

Externally funders of GSG PhD-hubs related PhD projects bring in €371.000 in direct tuition fees; potential promotion bonuses generated via GSG PhD hubs amount to over € 1.5 million.

Name Partners Key staff RUG Faculty Period Funding

Spirit Indonesia Groningen (SInGA)

Bappenas, Indonesian Civil Service, Universities, Civil Society Organizations

Dr. Ron Holzhacker

Arts, FEB, GMW, FRW

2012 - World Bank Indonesian Government / Bappenas Total €354.000

Partners for Resilience (PfR)

CARE Nederland, Cordaid, Netherlands Red Cross, Red Cross/ Red Crescent Climate Center and Wetlands International) and their partners in 9 developing countries

Dr. Cecile de Milliano and Prof. Thea Hilhorst

Arts, GMW 2011 - 2015

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs + the partners €100.000

The Land Portal and Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)

Global network Prof. Lean Verstappen

Law + others 2015 - DFID (UK) € 1.2 mil.

Science, Technology and Innovation Network Groningen for Sustainability (STINGS). Includes: - Responsible innovation in Dutch potato breeding . - Social Challenges of Biotechnology in Africa. - Lokale duurzame energie-initiatieven - Food Security and Bio-technology in Africa

African Union / ABNE Michigan State University Various African and European universities and Dutch private partners

Dr. Sjaak Swart Prof. Lubbert Dijkhuizen Dr. Peter Weesie Prof. Menno Gerkema Dr. Henny van der Windt

WNN Ubbo Emmius Fund

2011 - EU-ERAFRICA EU-EduLInk NWO Private partners Total: €2.21 mil.

International Network Observatory on Big Data and Global Strategy (website).

Liverpool Hope Univ.; European Centre for Applied Research, Austria; Austrian Institute for International Politics

Prof. Andrej Zwitter

Law 2014 -

Youth, Education, Work (YEW) – previously: Early School Leaving in Africa (ESLA)

Child and Youth Finance Edukans, Gulu University, Makerere University, Uganda Martyrs University, University of San Gil, Colombia

Prof. Jacques Zeelen

GMW, Arts 2010 - Nuffic Netherland Fellowship Programme €252.000

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Centre for East Asia Studies Groningen (CEASG)

Many international and national partners

Prof. Tjalling Halbertsma

Inter-faculty

2013 -

ING - Mongolian Opportunities Fund Jack Weatherford Foundation Riverbed Foundation Total € 100.000

Korean Studies (funded professorship)

CEASG Dr. Sun Choi

FEB 2014 -

Korea Foundation € 76.000 (€350.000)

Chinese Languages and Culture (funded professorship)

CEASG candidate selected

Arts 2016 -

Hanban € 365.000

Linkage Emission Trading

Prof. Stefan Weisshaar Law 2015 -

Korea Foundation € 18.000

Library Korea Corner (website).

CEASG Univer-sity Library

2014 -

Korean Embassy €37.000 + € 2.000 p/y

The Humanitarian Genome Project (website).

Chamutal Eitam Dr. Cecile DeMilliano

GMW, Arts

Humanitarian Innovation Fund / € 160.000

State of Emergency Mapping (STEM) - Database Project.

Various Prof. Andrej Zwitter Law, Arts 2012-

Workplace Pride Research programme Talent to Change For LGBT Employee Research Leading the Way in Diversity (website).

ING, IBM, ABN-AMRO, Accentur, Arcadis and others

Dr. Ron Holzhacker Ministry of Education € 30.000

LISBOAN – Erasmus Academic Network

Network of 67 Universities across Europe

Dr. Ron Holzhacker 2010-2013

EU DG Education & Culture / € 10.000.-

Land Acquisition and Governance in China (LANGPLE)

SinoPoll, Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Peking University, local municipalities in China

Dr. Yongjun Zhao Prof. Leon Verstappen

Law 2011-2013

Ford Foundation China Office €176.000.-

Applied Social Knowledge (ASK) Africa

Prof. Andrej Zwitter LAW 2012-

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Preparedness and Resilience to address Urban Vulnerability Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie RISE (website).

University College Dublin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universidad de Deusto, Universitas Gadjah Mada Concern Worldwide, Future Analytics Plan Int. Ltd

Prof. Joost Herman Inter-faculty

2015- EU Horizon 2020 € 1.2 mil. (RUG € 700.000)

World Conference on Humanitarian Studies (WCHS). 2011 Boston 2013 Istanbul 2016 Addis Ababa

International Humanitarian Studies Association

Prof. Joost Herman, Prof. Thea Hilhorst, Marloes Viet

Inter-faculty

2011- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cordaid, World Vision, Save the Children € 300.000

European Humanitarian Action Partnership – (EUPHRA – EUHAP)

GSG, NOHA Prof. Joost Herman, Bastiaan Aardema

Inter-faculty

2012- € 1,1 mil.

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PHD PROJECTS AT GSG, GSG HUBS, OR STARTED VIA GSG More information on the GSG Hubs can be found in the brochure.

Name Supervisors Country Funding/Budget Mashele J Rapatsa Prof. Joost Herman,

Prof. Andrej Zwitter South Africa EU Saturn

(€9.000 tuition)

Muhadi Sugiono Prof. Joost Herman Indonesia NOHA

Heribertus Jaka Triyana

Prof. Joost Herman Indonesia NOHA

Alice Wabule Prof. Jacques Zeelen, Dr. Pieter Boele van Hensbroek

Uganda NUFFIC – NFP scholarship (€12.000 tuition)

Peace Buhwamatsiko Tumuheki

Prof. Jacques Zeelen, Dr. Georrge Openjuru

Uganda NUFFIC – NFP scholarship (€12.000 tuition)

Byambasuren Vanchin

Prof. Marco Harmsen Mongolia Mongolian State Training Fund

Bin Jiang Prof. Joost Herman, Yongjun Zhao China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Yingruo Wang Prof. Joost Herman, Yongjun Zhao China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Qi Xu Prof. Joost Herman, Chris Lamont

China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Yiping Duan Prof. Jan van der Harst, Prof. Tjalling Halbertsma

China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Cong Duan Prof. Joost Herman, Stefania Travagnin

China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Xingyu Yan Prof. Oscar Couwenberg, Prof. Stefan Weishaar

China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Yingying Zeng Prof. Oscar Couwenberg, Prof. Stefan Weishaar

China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Beibei Zhang Prof. Mathijs ten Wolde China China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Suwatin Miharti Prof. R.L. Holzhacker, Prof. Rafael Wittek

Indonesia World Bank (SPIRIT) (€ 40.000 tuition)

Nureni Wijayati Prof. R. L.Holzhacker, Prof. Niels Hermes

Indonesia NUFFIC (€ 34.000 tuition)

Mr. Kuswanto Prof. R.L. Holzhacker, Prof. Herman Hoen

Indonesia World Bank (SPIRIT) (€ 40.000 tuition)

Annisa Paramita Wiharani

Prof. Jaap de Wilde, Ronald Holzhacker Indonesia Erasmus-LOTUS scholarship

P.N. Laksmi Kusumawati

Prof. Joost Herman Indonesia World Bank (SPIRIT) (€ 40.000 tuition)

Prayoga Permana Prof. R.L. Holzhacker, Prof. Herman Hoen

Indonesia Indonesian Finance Ministry scholarship (€ 40.000 tuition)

Tatang Muttaqin Prof. Rafael Wittek Indonesia BAPPENAS – World Bank Scholarship (€ 40.000 tuition)

Mala Sondang Prof. Rafael Wittek Indonesia World Bank Scholarship (€ 40.000 tuition)

Taufiq Hidayat Putra

Prof. Wendy Tan Indonesia BAPPENAS, Scholarship (€ 40.000 tuition)

Lucy Akello Prof. Jacques Zeelen, Prof. M.C.Timmerman S. Namusisi

Uganda NUFFIC – NFP scholarship (€12.000 tuition)

Paul Wabike Prof. Jacques Zeelen, P. Boele van Hensbroek

Tanzania External

Marit Blaak Prof. Jacques Zeelen Prof. Victor Friedman

The Netherlands External

Cuthbert Tukundane

Prof. Jacques Zeelen, Prof. Alexander Minnaert, Prof. P. Kanyandago

Uganda Finished NUFFIC – NFP scholarship (€12.000 tuition)

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Dissertation projects outside, or started before, GSG Hub strategy

Thuur Caris Prof. Jacques Zeelen, Ben Boog

The Netherlands Hanzehogeschool Groningen

Josje van der Linden Prof. Jacques Zeelen, Prof. A. Von Kotze

The Netherlands External

Nathalie Beekman Prof. Jacques Zeelen, G. Biesta

The Netherlands Raad voor de Kunst

Noreen van Elk Prof. Joost Herman, Prof. Andrej Zwitter

The Netherlands External

Mike Clarke

Prof. Joost Herman, Prof. Andrej Zwitter

USA External

Valeska Korff Prof. Rafael Wittek, Prof. Melinda Mills Liesbeth Heyse

Germany Finished

Cecile de Milliano Prof. Joost Herman The Netherlands Finished

Ulla Pape Prof. Herman Hoen Germany Finished

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ANNEX 5 PARTNERS

ABN-AMRO Korea Foundation

Accentur Korea Foundation (Seoul)

African Union / ABNE Liverpool Hope University

Anna Lindh Foundation Makerere University, Uganda

Arcadis MEPA / US State Department

Austrian Institute for International Politics Michigan State University

Bappenas Mongolia Opportunities Fund (Ulaanbaatar)

Beijing Normal University Mongolian State Training Fund

Brill (Leiden) Netherlands Ministry of Education

Cambridge University Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Care Nederland Netherlands Red Cross

CBS NOHA group

Child and Youth Finance International Edukans NUFFIC

Chinese Academy of Forestry NWO

Chinese Agricultural University Peking University

Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources Pusan University

Climate Center and Wetlands International Red Crescent

Coimbra Group Red Cross

Columbia University Riverbed Foundation (Singapore)

Concern Worldwide Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Cordaid Shell

DFID (UK) SinoPoll (from China Society for Economic Reform)

Embassy of the Republic of Korea (The Hague) Ubbo Emmius Fund

EU – ECHO Office Uganda Martyrs University

EU DG Education & Culture Unilever

EU Saturn Universidad de Deusto

EU-EduLInk Universitas Gadjah Mada

EU-ERAFRICA Universiteit Leuven

European Centre for Applied Research (Austria) University College Dublin

Ford Foundation University of Ghent

Fudan University University of Göttingen

ING Bank (Hongkong & Amsterdam) University of Padova

Institute of Social Studies (ISS, The Hague) University of San Gil, Colombia

Jack Weatherford Foundation (Ulaanbaatar) University of Uppsala

KNAW Wildlife Conservation Society

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ANNEX 6 SUMMARY GSG SUMMER SCHOOLS 2011-2015 GSG was a front runner in the organisation of Summer Schools within the university. GSG hosted its first such Schools in 2012, and will organize its 21st Summer/Winter School by end of 2015. The University of Groningen centralised summer school website brings together all summer and winter schools by theme and nicely show the great variety of the university-wide topics. The topics of GSG’s Summer Schools highlight the university’s priority research themes: Energy, Healthy Ageing and Sustainable Society. Secondly, are summer show the attractions of our university for prospective MA and PhD students; they can be an ideal tool to recruit potential (research) master students. Lastly, GSG’s Summer and Winter schools are often sponsored or organized with (new) international partners. It’s a perfect way to promote the University of Groningen in the strategic non-Groningen regions. Strategic partners are becoming more and more important to attract external funding for which we need a proper track record and are a perfect way to start and intensify collaboration with external partners and sponsors. GSG has proved to be able to attract and maintain extensive external funding for its Summer Schools over the past 5 years. An overview of GSG-related Summer and Winter Schools over the past 5 years:

2012 World Society & Energy Transition Summer School

9 - 20 June 2012

Organised by the University of Groningen International Relations Department and GSG in Groningen.

Democracy and Transitional Justice Summer School

3 - 13 August 2012

Organised by GSG- REG (Research in Ethics and Globalisation) in collaboration with the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Sousse and the Dutch Embassy in Tunisia in Sousse, Tunisia.

Intensive Programme: Land Issues in the Age of Globalisation

19 - 31 August 2012

Co-organised with the Coimbra Group in Szeged and Balaton, Hungary.

2013 Groningen Energy Summer School: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Energy Transition, from Policy to Physics.

17 - 28 June 2013

Organised with Energy Academy Europe in Groningen.

Summer School on Transitional Justice and the Politics of Memory

24 June - 4 July 2013

Organised by GSG-REG (Research in Ethics and Globalisation) and the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka in Cres, Croatia.

Summer School on Democracy and Global Governance

July 19 - July 28 2013

Organised by GSG-REG (Research in Ethics and Globalisation) in Sousse, Tunisia.

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Africa, China and Europe Intensive Summer Programme in Development Studies (ACE)

21 July - 3 August 2013

Organised with Mzumbe University and the College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University in Morogoro, Tanzania.

Summer School on Humanitarian Supply Chain Management & Logistics 23 - 28 September 2013

Organised with Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA).

Coimbra Group Winter School Urban Changes and Social Dynamics

27 January - 6 February 2013

Co-organised with Italian and Spanish Coimbra Group partners in Khartoum, Sudan.

2014 Summer School on Transitional Justice and the Politics of Memory

23 June - 3 July 2014

Organised with Research in Ethics and Globalisation in Cres, Croatia

Africa, China and Europe Intensive Summer Programme in Development Studies

5 - 19 July 2014

Organised with Mzumbe University and the College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University in Morogoro, Tanzania.

Summer School on Arab Spring Transitions

4 - 13 August 2014

Organised with the University of Sousse’s Faculty of Law and Political Science in Sousse, Tunisia.

Groningen Energy Summer School 2014: Smart Grids from a Global Perspective: Bridging Old and New Energy Systems

18 - 29 August 2014

Organised with Energy Academy Europe in Groningen.

Summer School on Humanitarian Supply Chain Management & Logistics 24 - 28 November 2014

Organised with Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA).

Winter school on Human Rights

8 - 17 December 2014

Supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Tunis.

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2015 Summer School on Transitional Justice and the Politics of Memory

22 June - 2 July 2015

Organised by GSG-REG in Cres, Croatia.

Africa, China and Europe Intensive Programme in Development Studies (ACE)

6 - 17 July 2015

Organised with Mzumbe University, the College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University and the School of Social Development and Public Policy of Beijing Normal University (BNU) in Morogoro, Tanzania.

Summer School on Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Social Sustainability

6 - 17 July 2015

Organised with the Faculty of Spatial Sciences in Groningen.

Summer School on Humanitarian Supply Chain Management & Logistics 06 - 10 July 2015

Organised with Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA).

Winter School on Human Rights

14-18 December 2015

Organised by GSG-REG Research in Ethics and Globalisation.

Winter School on Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Social Sustainability

6 - 17 November 2015

Organised with the Faculty of Spatial Sciences in Groningen.

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ANNEX 7 PUBLIC ACTIVITIES 2010-2015

2010 28-30 September Osaka - Groningen Annual Forum Globalisation and Conflict: Entanglement

between Local and Cosmopolitan Orientations

28-29 October Annual Conference NVAS Africa for Sale; Analyzing and Theorizing Foreign Land Claims and Acquisitions Annual conference of the NVAS (Netherlands African Studies Association)

18-19 November NALACS Annual Conference Neoliberalism in Latin America

17 - 18 December NOHA Tenth Anniversary Conference Humanitarian Challenges in a Globalised World International Conference

2011 27-28 April First Annual REG Conference Habermas from Global Perspectives

23 May Mini Conference State of Emergency – International, German, and Austrian legal perspectives

25 May Public Lecture Active citizenship, social exclusion and lifelong learning: theoretical and African perspectives

25-28 May Closed one-week seminar Active Citizenship, Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning

16 - 18 June Conference Second European Research Conference on Microfinance

28 September Third World, First Hand Public Lecture series - The Future of Development Aid Esther Duflo (French development economist at the MIT)

10 October Third World, First Hand Public Lecture series - The Future of the Arab Revolutions Ahmed AbdelHamid (Egyptian, writer for Al Jazeera Talk) and Monique Samuel (Egyptian-Dutch writer and Middle East expert) Moderator: Fred Leemhuis (Arabist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Groningen)

24 October Third World, First Hand Public Lecture series - The Future of Africa Mohamed Salih (Professor of Politics of Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden)

25 October Special Guest lecture Torture and the Ticking Bomb Argument

7 November Third World, First Hand Public Lecture series - The Future of Latin America Oscar Guardiola-Rivera (teaches International Law and International Affairs at London University)

21-22 November Closed seminar Tailor-made sustainable Biotechnology for Africa ABNE (African Biosafety Network of Expertise) Conference

24 November Public seminar The Arab Spring: The Rise of Democratic Politics and the New Arab Citizen

9 December Public lecture Ageing in India

21 December GSG Launching Conference Sustainable Society, Healthy Ageing and Energy in Global Contexts: Trans-Disciplinary Invitations

21 December Public lecture The Future of Development Policy by Esther Duflo (professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))

21 December GSG academic seminar Food Security in Africa: global and local perspectives

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2012 15 March PhD Ceremony Ulla Pape

28 March Exploring collaboration with Palestinian Universities

4 April GSG-REG Conference: ‘A Crisis of Legitimacy? Rethinking Transition and Globalisation’

24 May Second Invitational Conference on Lifelong Learning and Social Exclusion in an International Context

25-30 May Biotechnology and Society in Africa (BTSA) Summer Academy

12-21 June Ron Holzhacker presented the results of the Workplace Pride research project

14 June The European International Relations Summer School; World Society & Energy Transition in Groningen

9-20 July Public lecture ‘Diversity, Decentralization and Dynamics: Rethinking China’s Regional Development’

13-16 Aug Biotechnology and Innovation Project to Michigan State University

19-31 Aug Intensive Programme on Land Issues in the Age of Globalisation

8 October Public seminar of GSG-REG on Transitional Justice in the Former Yugoslavia

10 October Public seminar of GSG-REG on Memory and the Second World War

12-14 October Bazar Conference Göttingen, Gent, Groningen, Uppsala (U4)

7 November Public seminar GSG-REG on Understanding Terrorist Finance

8 November Public seminar GSG-REG on Breaking the News: How Social Media Change Journalism in a Globalizing World

27 November Expert workshop organized by GSG-REG on; The Rule of law and Grassroots Justice: Rethinking the State, Civil Society and Transitional Justice

28-29 November IRIO lustrum conference ‘Imagining Democracy: Arab Spring, Asian Visions and Western Lessons’

3 December Public GSG Interactive lecture on Global Ageing

6 December PhD ceremony Cecile de Milliano

11 December Prof. Dr. Andrej Zwitter presented the first results of the STEM (State of Emergency Mapping) database

18 December Second Annual GSG Conference

2013 8-9 January Tunisian Youth Politicians visit Groningen

26 February REG Transitional Justice Expert Roundtable

19 March Inaugural lecture of professor dr. H.V. (Hans) Hogerzeil: Whom do we choose to ignore? Choices in Global Health

23 April GSG-REG Talk: The Martens Clause – the Laws and Customs of War on Land

17 April - 5 June Microfinance - Lecture Series

2 May Public Lecture: Erosion of State Sovereignty in Conflict - Private Security Companies in Security Operations by Dr. Phillip Gray and Mr. Benjamin Tkach

May 24 African Student Community Symposium

10 June

International Conference on Land Reform - RuG’s project ‘Farmland Acquisition Governance in China’ (LANGPLE)

25 September The Courage of Truth – in Modes of Reasoning Lecture Series

27 September Public Lecture: Ethical and Human Rights Dilemmas in the Teaching Profession in Africa

30 September Round table: Transitional Justice in the Former Yugoslavia

24-27 October World Conference on Humanitarian Studies

21 November Public Lecture: Moscow - Beijing and Beyond, Russia’s foreign policy towards East Asia

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2014 14 January Inaugural Lecture Professor Joost Herman on “The Socialisation of

Globalisation”

14 January The Socialisation of Globalisation: the Case of Humanitarian Action. GSG Annual Conference - Global Norms and Local Implementations

22-23 January Tunisian Youth Politicians Masterclass

6 March RUG College Tour - with under-secretary general of the UN Noeleen Heyzer

17 March Public Lecture: ‘A thousand bombs and grenades, North Korean propaganda in perspective’

17 March CEASG Lecture: ‘China’s Regional Security Strategy in Transition’ - Examining China’s Behavior in Territorial Disputes

27 March CEASG Film and Lecture - Rainmakers, China’s Environmental Warriors

11 April Guest Lecture: ‘Dutch Foreign Policy Focus on Asia’ by Alex Oosterman

14 April The SInGA Spring conference, on ‘Good Governance and Sustainable Society’

8-9 May CEASG Launch Conference on ‘East Asia and the European Union, strong Economics, weak Politics?’

21 May Guest Lecture: ‘Universal values or cultural specificity? The reception of universal historical thinking in modern Japan’

28 May Lecture by Prince Claus Chair holder Prof. Jumoke Oduwole

13 June Public Lecture and documentary: ‘Lifelong learning and early school leaving in Africa: experiences from South Africa, Ghana and Uganda’

6 October Public Lecture/Debate on ‘Demonstrations in Hong Kong; Will the protests become China’s stumbling block?’

27 October Public Lecture on ‘My early life in North Korea’ with a speaker from North Korea

30 October Public Lecture and Photography Show on ‘Rediscovering Buddhism in Mongolia: transition, restoration and creation’ by Mareike Guensche

22-23 November GSG visit Beijing China Scholarship Council Fair

1 September Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frans Timmermans held speech at RUG

16 September China Workshop on ‘China’s foreign policy and China-EU relations’ by CEASG & GCI

11-12 December Groningen Peace Conference: ‘Past, present and Future of Peace Research’

17 December Guest Lecture on ‘Russian foreign policy and East Asia: Energy’ by prof. Chun Hongchan of Pusan National University

18 December Opening of the Korea Corner at University Library

2015 21 January Tunisian Youth Politicians Masterclass

4 February Guest Lecture: Smallholder Farming Practices and their Impact on Environment in Rural China

17 February Inaugural Lecture Prof Jacques Zeelen: Bowling Together: Lifelong learning as a Collective Challenge in the North and the South

18 February Annual Globalisation Studies Conference

17 March Inaugural lecture Prof T.H.F. Halbertsma: Domestic Challenges and International Opportunities: Meandering through Mongolia's Past and Present

20 March Avril McDonald lecture by Christine van den Wyngaert, judge International Criminal Court

30 April GSG-NGIZ Lecture Series on Big Data and Globalisation – ‘Peace Informatics: How Big Data can support Aid and Peace’

26 May 3x GSG Book Launch

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8 June GSG-NGIZ Lecture Series on Big Data and Globalisation – ‘A Data Driven Society’

15 June Studium Globale seminar: The Balance between Drug Control and Access to Opioid Analgesics in Middle Income Countries

22 June Summer School on Transitional Justice and the Politics of Memory

06 July Third Edition of Africa, China and Europe Intensive Programme in Development Studies (ACE)

06 July Summer School on Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Social Sustainability

10 September The University Peace Days - Innovation in Peace - Advances in Peace and Peace Research

17 September The University Peace Days - Innovation in War - New Threats and Opportunities

17-21 September GSG visit at Science without Border PhD Fair in Sao Paulo, Brazil

9-10 October Groningen - Osaka Bi-Annual 2-day Conference on Humanitarianism and Regenerative Medicine

4 November U4 Cluster Conference on Governance of a Contemporary Multilateral Institutional Architecture

18-25 November GSG visit Beijing/Shanghai for China Scholarship Council Fair

25-30 November Pusan set-up Dutch Studies Centre

14 December Groningen Winter School on Human Rights

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ANNEX 8 PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

2012 GSG Research Report Series: Broomans, P. & van der Waal, M. (Eds.). (2012). Peripheral feminisms. Literary and sociological approaches. Groningen ISBN: 978-90-367-5738-6 Schoenmakers, H. (2012). The power of culture. A short history of anthropological theory about culture and power. Groningen ISBN: 978-90-367-5724-9 Schoot Uiterkamp, B. J. & Pennink, B.J.W. (2012). Local capacity development via knowledge sharing: empirical results from Sulawesi. Groningen ISBN: 978-90-367-5720-1 Other GSG Related Publications: Milliano, de, C.W.J. (2012). Powerful streams. Exploring enabling factors for adolescent resilience to flooding. Groningen. ISBN: 978-90-367-5954-0 Pape, U. (2012). Civil society and the politics of HIV/AIDS in Russia. Groningen. ISBN: 978-90-367-5361-6 Vega, J., & Boele van Hensbroek, P. (Eds.).(2012). Cultural Citizenship in Political Theory. Oxford, UK: Routledge ISBN: 978-0415696487

2013 GSG Research Report Series: Satta, T. & Pennink, B.J.W. (2013). Decentralization by devolution in Tanzania; The role of Local Financial Management and Tax Revenues. Groningen ISBN: 978-90-367-6483-4 Other GSG Related Publications: Zhao, Y. (2013). China’s Disappearing Countryside: Towards Sustainable Land Governance for the Poor. Farnham, U.K. and Burlington, U.S.A.: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 174 pages. Prof. dr. Joost Herman:

Kritiek Halsema is deels gratuit en naief. Volkskrant, 25 June 2013

Interview in NRC (December 2013). “Spontaan was deze noodkreet om Syrie niet echt”. (link).

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Oral book review “A thousand days” of Natalie Righton on her experiences in Afghanistan (March 2013)

Dr. Pieter Boele van Hensbroek:

Beyond Crossing Borders, beyond Intercultural Philosophy. Chapter in: M.B.Ramose (ed). Hegel’s Twilight: Liber Amicorum Discipulorumque: Pro Heinz Kimmerle. Rodopi Press, Amsterdam, ISBN 978-90-420-3665-9. Studies in Intercultural Philosophy, Volume 23. 2013

Participation as a tool for effective governance. Chapter in: Yongjun Zhao, Leon Verstappen, Wilbert Kolkman (eds) 2013 Farmland Acquisition in China: Governance, Local Practices and International Experiences, Beijing: Science Press. 2013, p.225-261

Dr. Yongjun Zhao

‘China-Africa development cooperation in the rural sector: An exploration of land tenure and investments linkages for sustainable resource use’, Journal Environment, Development and Sustainability, Special Issue on China as a New Shaper of International Development: The Environmental Implications, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp 355-366.

Yongjun Zhao & Xiuli Xu “China-Africa agricultural cooperation, African land tenure reform and sustainable farmland investments”, in John A. Allan and Martin Keulertz et al (eds) Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa: Foreign Direct Investment and Food and Water Security, London and New York: Routledge, pp 436-445.

Media publications Prof. Tjalling Halbertsma: • Radio 1 Journaal, interview on Chair launch, 11 December 2013; • RTV Noord, announcement Chair and bio Halbertsma, 12 December 2013; • Dagblad van het Noorden, RUG krijgt professor ‘Mongolië -kunde’, 12 december 2013; • Dagblad Trouw, Personalia, announcement Chair for East Asian Studies, 13 December 2013; • NTR, Dichtbij Nederland, Interview (two parts) on Chair for East Asian Studies, 20 December 2013; • Dagblad van het Noorden, Wetenschap, Mongolië is goed voor de ziel, p.2, 21 december 2013

2014 GSG Research Report Series: P. Wabike and J. van der Linden (eds). Education for Social Inclusion. Groningen: GSG, 2014 C. Tukundane. Education and Skills for Development, Transforming Support Programmes for Early. Groningen: GSG, 2014 Other GSG Related Publications: Holzhacker, R. & Luif, P. (eds) 2014. Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union: Internal and External Dimensions of Increased Cooperation after the Lisbon Treaty. New York: Springer. Media publications Prof. Tjalling Halbertsma: • Mongolia, Radio 1 Bureau Buitenland (VPRO), 21 January 2014; • VS klimaatonderzoek en de Mongoolse wereldveroveringen in VPRO OVT Radio 1, 16 March 2014; • Expedition Silk Road, Radio 1 VPRO Bureau Buitenland, 3 Juni 2014; • Radio 4, Mongolië Renaissance, BOS Radio 4, 4 juni 2014; • ‘Een goede, efficiënte winning van grondstoffen kost tijd’, De Volkskrant, woensdag 16 april 2014 (Buitenland, p. 17);

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• Elke winter vallen hier doden’, De Volkskrant, woensdag 16 april 2014 (Buitenland, p. 17); • Fries Dagblad, Het goede leven van Tjalling Halbertsma (portret). p.7, 9 September 2014; • Dagblad van het Noorden, Leerstoel Chinese Taal en Cultuur in Groningen, 18 December 2014.

2015 GSG Related Publications: Ronald Holzhacker, Rafael Wittek, and Johan Woltjer (Eds) 2015. Decentralization and Governance in Indonesia. Springer. Christopher K. Lamont, Jan van der Harts, Frank Gaenssmantel (Eds). 2015. Non-Western Encounters with Democratization; Imagining Democracy after the Arab Sprin. Ashgate. Andrej Zwitter, Christopher K. Lamont, Hans-Joachim Heintze, Joost Herman (Eds). 2015. Humanitarian Action; Global, Regional and Domestic Legal Responses. Cambridge, UP. Liesbeth Heyse, Andrej Zwitter, Raphael Wittek and Joost Herman (Eds). 2015. Humanitarian Crises, Intervention and Security; A framework for evidence-based programming. Routledge. Joost Herman. 2015. The Socialization of Globalisation - Inaugural Address, Globalisation Studies Groningen, Groningen. Media Publications Prof. Tjalling Halbertsma: • VPRO OVT Radio: Domestic Challenges and International Opportunities: Meandering through

Mongolia’s Past and Present. 22 March 2015; • OOG Radio GLASNOST: Domestic Challenges and International Opportunities: Meandering through

Mongolia’s Past and Present. 23 March 2015; • O’Hanlon’s Hero’s, VPRO TV (searches for almas in Mongolia), NPO1, 2 June 2015; Prof. Joost Herman:

BNR Radio Interview: Cut-Backs of Public Spending on Dutch Development and Humanitarian Organizations. 28 September 2015.