ESRC Non-Governmental Public Action Programme
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
ESRC Non-governmental Public Action Programme
Public action by and for disadvantaged people, undertaken by non-governmental
organisations such as developmental NGOs, cooperatives, campaign groups, human
rights organisations and so on, is increasingly significant at local, national
and international levels. The ESRC research programme on non-governmental
public action seeks to develop existing theory on non-governmental public
action, generate new empirical data and develop beneficial links between
researchers and users through international, comparative and multi-disciplinary
research. Current projects address a diversity of topics, ranging from the
comparative advantages of cooperatives in poverty reduction to the role of
non-governmental public action in enhancing the poor's access to good quality
cheap drugs. For full details of the aims of the programme, list and abstracts
of current projects and contact details of principal investigators see
www.lse.ac.uk/ngpa.
International Visiting Fellowships
The ESRC Non-governmental Public Action Programme is calling for applications
for two senior International Visiting Fellows for the year 2006-2007.
Fellowships must be hosted either by a UK Higher Education Institution with a
current NGPA project or at the LSE with the Programme Director. They are
available from 3 months up to 6 months.
Applicants should have recognised expertise in the area of non-governmental
public action. Applicants' proposals should address:
either cross-cutting themes in the NGPA programme, such as:
issues of accountability and legitimacy
the theorisation or conceptualisation of non-governmental public action
theorising and conceptualising the changing dynamics of North/South relations
both amongst non-governmental actors and between non-governmental actors and
states
theorising relations of diversity and difference across civil society such as
gender, faith, race, ethnicity
theorising relationships between non-governmental public action and poverty
reduction and/or social transformation
or others to be identified by the prospective fellow
or themes that link together different projects under the programme such as:
the relationship between organisational form, non-governmental public action and
social transformation
or the importance of national context in shaping non-governmental public action
or the politics of transnational non-governmental action
or theorising the changing contours of organising around labour issues
or any other relevant themes to be identified by the prospective fellow.
What does the fellowship cover?
The fellowship provides a subsidy of £3,000 per month for up to six months. The
subsidy covers food, accommodation, research material and local travel. Up to
£300 is available to travel to UK project sites. A travel allowance of up to
£1,000 is provided for international economy travel to the UK and related visa
costs.
How to apply
Applicants should submit a research proposal (maximum 1,000 words), indicating
the following:
Background information: name of applicant, institutional affiliation, contact
details, start-date and duration of fellowship, university base in the UK
An outline of your research proposal, including research aims, methods and key
outputs, contribution to research programme
and submit also:
CV of applicant, including full list of publications
Letter of agreement from principal investigator of the project where you intend
to be based (see www.lse.ac.uk/ngpa for contact details of principal
investigators of projects)
Applications for fellowships should be submitted by Monday 24 April 2006 to Jane
Schiemann, Programme Administrator by email ([log in to unmask]) or by post
to the NGPA programme (see details below). Candidates will be notified within a
month of the deadline about the success of their application. Key criteria
include quality of research proposal, relevance and added value to programme.
Fellowships can be taken up any time during the academic year 2006/2007.
NGPA Programme, c/o Centre for Civil Society
London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A
2AE
http://www.lse.ac.uk/ngpa; tel: 020 7955 7205; fax 020 7955 6039; email:
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