Voice on social sciences – First International Conference of the College of Social Sciences

The College of Social Sciences (CoSS) of the University of Dar es Salaam is organizing an international conference titled the “Voice of Social Sciences” (VSS) under the theme of “Achieving Sustainable Development in an Interconnected World”. 

The Conference will be held on November 17-18, 2014 at Mlimani City in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Conference will bring about 200 participants  from the academia and non academia including government officials, non-governmental organizations  international organizations, policy makers, development partners, civil society organizations, and researchers from different parts of the world.

 A total of 130 abstracts and 70 full papers have been received. Participants are from Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, USA, Cameroon, Kenya, Netherlands, Botswana, Sweden and China.  

The theme of the Conference is informed by the fact that we are living in an interconnected world, thus efforts to achieve sustainable development must consider a number of issues and everyone in the global society. The VSS will be conducted annually starting from this year. Issues of sustainability are very broad and can be approached from multifaceted angles, thus a number of subthemes for the 2014 VSS Call. The VSS is a forum for airing all our societal issues which are challenging in achieving sustainable development.

This forum therefore is the first of its kind that will avail researchers and the knowledge community ample opportunity to disseminate research findings of knowledge, data and information which are not influenced by any side but researchers from social sciences’ point of view. Conference papers will be on different topics addressing issues of sustainability in any part of the world as long as they draw on and contribute to social sciences theories, methodologies and understandings.

We are still accepting papers and application for participation

For further information: Check our website

www.coss.udsm.ac.tz

Or send email to coss@udsm.ac.tz or

Or +255 (22) 2410247 (Direct)

The College of Social Sciences would like to thank SSRA, BOT, Serengeti, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainable Development (UDSM), Azam, CRDB, TCRA, and invite firms and organizations who would like to sponsor and take part in the Conference.