CARNEGIE COUNCIL FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline:
March 30, 2001
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs will sponsor up to
five non-residential Fellows for the program year September 2001 - June 2002.
For more information, and to download the application cover sheet, visit Web site at
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/callfellows.html.
Inquiries
may be addressed to:
Carnegie
Council on Ethics and International Affairs
170 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10021
e-mail: fellows@cceia.org
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE
Eligibility
The program is open to junior scholars, educators, writers and policy
practitioners engaged in work related to the moral dimensions of international
affairs. Junior scholars, mid-career professionals, and from developing
countries are especially encouraged to apply. All fellows must be fluent in
English.
Research proposal areas
Fellowship proposals must show a clear linkage to one of the Carnegie Council's
ongoing research themes:
1) Environmental Values
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/callfellows.html#environment
Fellowship applicants should address one of two potential areas:
1. environmental values and policy-making
2. international environmental justice
When devising proposals related to environmental values, applicants should
refer to the Council's project "Understanding Values: A Comparative Study
of Values in Environmental Policy Making in China, India, Japan
and the United States"
(http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/themes/environment.html).
In the area
of international environmental justice, the program is interested in
theoretical and empirical projects on the application of the concept of
international environmental justice and the expansion internationally of the
environmental justice movement.
2) Human Rights
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/callfellows.html#human
rights
In line with the goals of the Council's Human Rights Initiative (http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/themes/humanrights.html),
we are seeking applicants in the field of human rights to carry out field-based
research that examines existing levels of public legitimacy for a specific
human rights concern and/or how to enhance public legitimacy for that concern.
Research projects may involve an examination of the development of local norms
-- in particular, how local norms are influenced by
international norms and the international human rights movement.
Applications from individuals based in non-Western and developing countries are
particularly encouraged. Applicants should be a national of, or have long-term
experience in, the country of research as well as local language fluency.
3) The
Future of Conflict Prevention
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/callfellows.html#conflict
Applicants should be scholars or practitioners involved in research or analysis
related to the field of international conflict prevention. Research topics
should demonstrate a familiarity with emerging literature and theory on
conflict prevention and should be focused on a particular region or country
that is in, or has experienced, deadly conflict in the last ten years. Examples
of potential project themes are:
1. A critical examination of existing strategies and tools of conflict
prevention, such as economic sanctions, Track II diplomacy, and/or targeted
development aid.
2. An exploration of new or emerging approaches to the prevention of deadly
conflict.
3. An analysis of the role of international actors in a deadly conflict.
4. A study of the relationship between local and international actors in
regions affected by conflict.
New approaches and perspectives on conflict prevention are also welcome, in
line with the goals of the Council's Conflict Prevention Program
(http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/themes/conflictprev.html).
4) Justice and the World Economy
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/callfellows.html#justice
Applicants
interested in justice and the world economy might develop a project to explore
one or more of the following:
1. the normative dimensions of globalization.
2. the changes wrought by globalization on any key economic and political actor
with regard to notions of justice and/or responsibility.
3. new definitions of (and practices in) the public and private spheres as they
related to global economic policy.
4. more specifically, the effect of globalization on multinationals and their
involvement in public-private partnerships and corporate voluntary initiatives.
Accordingly, applicants should be in a position to assess globalization and its
relationship to pressing concerns in society, whether from the inside -- as
policy-makers, activists, business people, or journalists –or from the outside
(as social scientists). New geographic, gender, and/or professional
perspectives, in line with the aims of the Council's program on Justice and the
World Economy (http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/themes/justice.html),
are especially welcome.
5) History and the Politics of Reconciliation
http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/callfellows.html#history
Applicants
in the field of reconciliation should be actively involved in research and
analysis of how societies come to terms with past injustices and how long-term
reconciliation among former enemies (within or among nations and faiths) can be
promoted. Their research topics should be relevant to the concerns of the
Council's Project on History and the Politics of Reconciliation (http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/themes/histrecintro.html).
Examples of such topics include:
1.the
ethical dilemmas faced when reckoning with the past.
2. the role of public education in examining a difficult history and promoting
reconciliation, including education through schools and museums.
3. the roles of different actors in promoting reconciliation, including the
state, religious organizations, civil society organization, international
organizations.
4. the national and international politics of history textbooks and places of
commemoration. Specific case studies may also be considered.