Deadline: 22 May 2013
Open to: Researchers from (or very familiar with) following countries: Sudan, South-Sudan, Libya, Kenya, Kosovo, Republic of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bosnia Hercegovina (Republika Srpska), Rwanda
Grant: 27 000 zloty (ca. 8 500 USD)
Description
In 2013, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities was awarded a project grant by the Polish National Center of Science, whose aim it is to investigate the impact of international criminal tribunals on media, political discourse and institutional reform in the countries, which are affected by these tribunals’ decisions.
Eligibility
- For this project, the project leader (Prof. Klaus Bachmann from SWPS) and the two main coordinators Irena Ristić (Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade) and Prof. Gerhard Kemp (Law Faculty of Stellenbosch University) seek researchers who are either very familiar with or residents of the following countries: Sudan, South-Sudan, Libya, Kenya, Kosovo, Republic of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bosnia Hercegovina (Republika Srpska), Rwanda.
- Familiarity with the country is to be understood as the ability to conduct field research, interviews, collect research material and analyze written publically accessible sources in the main languages of the country’s media system. It is helpful, but no precondition, to have knowledge and skills in the qualitative analysis of media frames, and information about the relations between the relevant country with the relevant international criminal tribunal in question.
- Successful applicants will have to take part in a preparatory workshop, which will introduce them into the theory and practice of qualitative frame analysis, the necessary basics of International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice and the research design of the project. The most important aim of the workshop is to make sure, that all participants of the project apply the same criteria and methods to their research material, so that results are comparable across cases and countries. More information about the project is available on request from k.bachmann@feps.pl.
Grant
Successful applicants will be given a project contract with a maximum duration of three years amounting to an overall performance-based payment of 27 000 zloty (ca. 8 500 USD), which will be paid in several tranches after the completion of the different project phases by the applicants. They are also entitled to refunds for any travel, accommodation and other justified and documented expenses linked to the completion of their project tasks. They will take part in several workshops and conferences with other researchers participating in the project. During the final part of the project, they will contribute two independent authored chapters to an edited volumes in English, which will summarize the project findings.
All payments will be made according to Polish law and in Polish currency. Beneficiaries of payments made in the framework of the project will have to take care themselves in order to comply with the relevant tax, customs, social security and currency regulations of their countries of residence.
How to apply
All enquiries about the project should be sent to k.bachmann@feps.pl. Applications concerning European countries should be sent to Irena Ristić iristic@idn.org.rs, and for African countries (other than Rwanda) should be sent to Gerhard Kemp, gkemp@sun.ac.za. Applications for Rwanda should be sent to k.bachmann@feps.pl.
All decisions will be based on project – related criteria notwithstanding academic titles, positions and general academic experience. Non-academics, journalists are also encouraged to apply.
Applicants can apply for research in more than one country (for example: in Republika Srpska and Serbia or Sudan and South Sudan together). In such cases, the contractual payment will be negotiated individually between the project leader and the applicant.
Documents needed
- A short CV (not more than one page, which can, but need not, include information about academic publications)
- A letter describing their competences, skills and experience as far as relevant for the project, indicating, which countries they want to choose for carrying out their part of the project, which media should be included into the frame analysis (and why) and which decisions of an international criminal tribunal they deem most relevant for the project. This letter should also contain information about the local languages, in which they are able to conduct source analysis and interviews (not more than 3 pages).
All these documents should only contain information in so far as it sheds light on the ability of the applicant to participate in the project and generate costs for the project budget. All documents must be written in English. The deadline for applications is May 22nd.
Please, there is no such thing as Muslim-Croatian Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina; If you are referring to one of the entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, its official name is Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and you should use it that way. Another thing that is wrong with this call is that you are referring to BH entities like they are two separate countries [Bosnia-Hercegovina (Muslim-Croatian Federation), Bosnia Hercegovina (Republika Srpska)]; You should use only the name of the country, Bosnia and Herzegovina or, if you insist, the name of the country with two entities mentioned in brackets: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Srpska. Btw, I doubt that applicants from Brcko District are not eligible for this program just because they are from BD, but according to this call, they are not.
I am sorry for writing you all of this, but you have not provided us with a link to the official call, where I would gladly address all of the mentioned above.
Thank you.
Dear Edita, there is no link to this call, we received it on email with their request to publish, everything written is by the donor organization, we just publish the information, but there is an email contacts, so you could address them with your opinion.
Regards
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