The details about the IFRC-TISS International Roundtable Conference to be organized by TISS or Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in October 2016 are as follows:

IFRC-TISS International Roundtable Conference on 'Disasters and Forced Migration: A Global Overview'

Date and time: Oct. 24, 2016 10:00AM - Oct. 25, 2016 6:00AM

Venue: TISS, Mumbai


Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is organizing International Round Table Conference on Disaster and Forced Migration: A Global Overview".

Sub Themes

• Disasters and Forced Migration
• Contradictions in Global Governance: Role of State, Host Population and the
Migrants
• International Humanitarian Interventions & Civil Society Response: Strengths and Challenges.
• Critical Approaches to Humanitarian Principles: Reflections from field based
Practices

Call for Abstracts
It invites academicians, practitioners and researchers to submit abstracts (not more than 500 words) to alumni.ifrctiss@tiss.edu by not later than August 31st, 2016.

The abstract must contain authors’ names, institutional affiliations, contact number, email and postal address. Authors will be notified of acceptance of Abstract by September 10, 2016.

TISS Mumbai Conference October, 2016