Deadline- 1 February 2014
Proposals are accepted for African Peacebuilding Network Research Grants offered under Social Science Research Council (SSRC). The goal of this program is to promotes independent African research and analysis on peacebuilding in or near countries and regions affected by violent conflict on the continent. The program contributes to the emergence of a critical mass of Africa-based expertise: researchers, analysts, and practitioners who will play an important role in the shaping of an Africa-centered peacebuilding agenda.
Thematic areas-
- Root causes of conflict and conflict prevention, mediation, management, resolution, and transformation
- Environmental change and conflict
- Post-conflict elections, democratization, and governance
- The relationship between peacebuilding and state building, including state-society relations and state reconstruction
- Transitional justice, reconciliation, and human rights
- Economic and financial dimensions of conflict, peacekeeping, and peace support operations
- Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR)
- Security sector reform (SSR)
- Media, civil society, and peace
- Peace partnerships involving the UN, the AU, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and civil society
- Gender and peacebuilding
- Peace education and social change
Up to ten individual grants of a maximum of $15,000 will be awarded.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- All applicants must be African citizens currently residing in an African country.
- Academic applicants must hold a faculty or research position at an African university or research organization and have a PhD.
- Policy analysts and practitioner applicants must be based in Africa at a regional or subregional institution, a government agency, or a nongovernmental, media, or civil society organization and have at least an MA with no less than five years of research-related or work experience.
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