The First Global Conference on Transparency Research. takes place at Rutgers University-Newark on May 19-20, 2011.  The deadline for proposals is November 30, 2010.  Information on the conference and the Call for Papers is provided here: http://tinyurl.com/2uoq44v

The advisory committee for the First Global Conference on Transparency Research is pleased to announce Professor Christopher Hood as the keynote speaker.  Dr. Hood is the Gladstone Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College Oxford. He has written extensively on the topics of transparency and accountability, and co-editedTransparency: The Key to Better Governance (Oxford University Press, 2006). The keynote speech is sponsored by Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions.

Travel assistance

Conference organizers will provide hotel accommodations and on-site meals for all individuals presenting papers.  A limited number of travel bursaries are available and supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre, the Open Society Institute’s Right To Information Fund, and the World Bank Institute.  Information on travel funding is available on the conference webpage.

For more details contact:

Professor Suzanne J. Piotrowski

Conference Chairperson

School of Public Affairs and Administration

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

111 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-3026

 Ph. 973.353.5199, Fax 973.353.5907

[email protected]