SSRC Post-Doc on Global Security

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Postdoctoral Fellowships on Global Security & Cooperation

Global Security and Cooperation (GSC)

Fellowship application deadline: December 2, 2002. Please note: This page
must be read carefully and taken into consideration when filling out the
application.


The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce its 2003
fellowship competition for research and training on the conditions for
enhancing global security and cooperation. The following fellowship
opportunity, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is
available for scholars holding the Ph.D. degree or its equivalent anywhere
in the world.


PROGRAM

The goal of the GSC fellowship program is to provide support to promising
scholars from around the world in order to generate new knowledge and
theoretical insights to better understand the causes of, and safeguard
against threats to human security. In particular, we seek to help bridge the
gap between academic expertise and the knowledge held by practitioners in
the many non-governmental, governmental and multilateral institutions that
are involved with peace and security issues. We believe that new and more
appropriate forms of collaboration between these two communities are vital
for both understanding and ameliorating the varieties of threats to human
security around the world. We are particularly interested in providing
research scholars with the opportunity to gain new insights from the
experience of immersing themselves in a practice-oriented or policy-oriented
environment. Significant intellectual products that address the conditions
for enhancing global security, and create new frameworks for building
cooperation and peace are expected as a result. Products may include books
or series of articles; documentaries; and/or educational Web sites.


LENGTH AND LOCATION OF TENURE

The postdoctoral fellowships, which last from 12 to 18 months, must be
completed in two stages: the first part (six months minimum) working in a
practitioner institution, the second part conducting research related to
this experience.

We invite applications for fellowships from scholars whose research would
directly benefit from a period of work experience in a non-governmental,
international, or multilateral organization directly involved in peace,
international cooperation, or security issues. The host institution may be
anywhere in the world, but must be different from the applicants' current
institutional affiliation; applicants are encouraged to spend their
fellowship outside their country of residence, but are not required to do
so.

By non-governmental organizations, we mean both grassroots organizations
(like community-based organizations seeking to protect the local
environment) and transnational organizations (like Amnesty International or
Doctors Without Borders). By international or multilateral organizations, we
mean official organizations like the International Court of Justice,
Interpol, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The second half of the fellowship must be spent doing research on a topic
directly related to or informed by this experience. Field research is
encouraged, and may be done anywhere that is appropriate to the research
design. Proposed affiliation(s) should be clearly specified in the proposal.


THEMES/TOPICS

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the human security
implications of human rights; inequality; religious, national, and ethnic
revivalism; military affairs; weapons proliferation and arms control;
peace-keeping and peace-building; the spread of disease; ecosystem
degradation; international migration; international crime; trafficking in
humans; food supplies; and global finance and trade. Priority will be given
to proposals related to these themes and offering innovative perspectives on
issues of security in this broad context.


STIPEND

Fellowships begin in September 2003. There is a maximum award of $38,000 per
year. In addition, each fellow will be provided allowances for research and
institutional expenses.


ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must:

· Hold a Ph.D. degree, or have an equivalent amount of research and teaching
experience. (Applicants currently completing Ph.D. degrees must do so by
January 1, 2003.)

· Speak, read and write English at a level that allows for intellectual
exchange between fellows.

There are no citizenship, nationality, or residence requirements.

The SSRC particularly encourages applications from women and residents of
developing countries.

The Council does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed,
disability, marital status, national origin, race, sex, or sexual
orientation.


DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

All application materials must be received by December 2, 2002. Faxed copies
or materials submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Announcement of the 2003 awards will be made by June 1, 2003.