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SCHOLARS GROUP- Central Asia and South Caucasus Social Development
Network, LSE

Posted by: Babken V. Babajanian <B.V.Babajanian at lse.ac.uk>

CASC-Social Network
Central Asia and South Caucasus Social Development Network

Centre for Civil Society
London School of Economics and Political Science

The LSE Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is pleased to announce the
establishment of CASC-Social - a network of researchers and
practitioners interested in social development issues in Central Asia
and the South Caucasus (CASC).

On 20 October 2005, CCS hosted a one-day specialist workshop on Civil
Society in the South Caucasus and Central Asia: Bridging Research and
Practice. The workshop highlighted the need to strengthen the bridge
between empirical research and policy design and implementation in the
region. One of the practical outcomes of the CCS workshop has been a
decision to establish a network of professionals and scholars involved
in the CASC region. There are currently several networks dedicated to
the CASC region, as for example, the Central Eurasian Studies society.
Many participants of the CCS workshop felt that there is a niche for a
smaller, specialised network that would connect researchers and
practitioners involved in the region.

CASC-Social is devoted to social development matters in Central Asia and
the South Caucasus. These include civil society and community-driven
development; various areas of social policy, including health,
education, social protection, and social care; gender; poverty and
anti-poverty strategies (e.g., PRSPs), and social impact of development
projects and policies. A key objective of the network is to help in
bridging research and practice. The network will present a forum for the
international academic community and development professionals to share
their latest research and thinking on social development issues in the
region.

The network is based on an e-mail announcement list moderated by CCS.
Members are welcome to submit short articles documenting their research
findings and ideas, which will be published in the CASC-Social
newsletter. This will allow other members of the network to get in touch
directly with the author of the article and pursue further discussion
outside the announcement list. Selected articles will be posted on the
CCS website. The list will also provide announcements to connect people,
and inform members of events, opportunities, resources, publications and
programmes in the region. CASC-Social members can publicise
non-commercial events, publication announcements and other news through
this list. The membership is free of charge.

The list is moderated and is not for discussion. Postings should not
contain comments and responses on other messages. Members are requested
not to solicit information of primary relevance to their personal
research, travel plans, recruitment, etc. The moderator may reject
postings that do not fit the criteria of the list. For quality
assurance, all submitted articles will be reviewed and selected for
posting in the newsletter by an advisory panel at CCS.

Guidelines for Submitting Short Articles

1. Region/location
2. Information source (e.g., academic research; project evaluation;
    observations from your personal involvement in a project
    design/implementation or NGO activity; etc.)
3. Short summary of research methods
4. Research question/objective
5. Main findings
6. Implications for theory and practice

The articles should not exceed 800 words, and should be written in good
English. Articles that require substantial editing and formatting may
not be posted.

Please indicate your name, position and institutional affiliation and
specify in which capacity you were involved in the research/development
initiative (e.g., academic researcher, development consultant,
project/NGO staff, etc.). By submitting an article for the CASC-Social
newsletter you agree that other CASC-Social members may get in touch
with you to discuss your article. Please include your contact details
(email preferable) at which you would like to be contacted by other
members.

To subscribe to CASC-Social, please send an email to
CASC-SOCIAL-ANNOUNCE-L at LISTSERV.LSE.AC.UK with your full name,
institutional affiliation and email address. Please use the same email
address for submitting your articles. Please note that you will need to
subscribe to the list in order to be able to submit articles and receive
the newsletter.

Welcome to CASC-Social!


Dr Babken V. Babajanian
Department of Social Policy
Centre for Civil Society
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2 2AE
U.K.

Tel: 0207 955 7364
Fax: 0207 955 7415






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