IREX, in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Kennan Institute (WWC), will be organizing its 2012 Regional Policy Symposium entitled “Transnational Crime and Corruption in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.” The research symposium is supported by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program).
During the conference American junior and senior scholars and members of the policy community will study and examine transnational crime and corruption in Eastern Europe and Eurasia from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
In this context, junior scholars are invited to present their current research on the topic of the Symposium enabling them to qualify for grants.
Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to present their current research. The Symposium is scheduled to take place April 18 – 20, 2012 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and will involve two full days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the development of policy recommendations.
Topics
Topics may include: organized crime, corruption, human trafficking, drug trafficking, illicit trade, terrorism, cyber crime, financial crime and environmental crime, among others.
Goals
– To enable American junior and senior scholars to work together in analyzing complex issues affecting the countries of Eurasia and Central and East Europe from multi-disciplinary and multi-regional approaches
– To encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas and networking opportunities among scholars with similar regional interests
– To provide policymaking communities with knowledge of current research on evolving regions and valuable findings and conclusions drawn from intensive interaction among scholars
– To nurture interest among junior scholars in the study of these regions.
Eligibility
Applicants must be US citizens and must either be currently enrolled in an MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD or PhD program or have held a graduate degree for 10 years or less.
Last date for submission of applications is December 9, 2011.
For more information, visit this link.
