{Aegis Trust Rwanda announces the selection of 12 research proposals to receive funding as part of its Research, Policy and Higher Education (RPHE) programme, supported by the UK’s Department for International Development. A selection panel comprising academics from the UK and Rwanda chose from a competitive field of 171 research proposals responding to the call for applications issued to Rwandan academics in January. }
The selected innovative research proposals address seven broad themes: 1) memory, identity and narrative, 2) reconciliation and social cohesion, 3) transitional Justice, 4) trauma and psychological/psycho-social issues, 5) gender dimensions of post-genocide recovery, 6) post-genocide economic development, 7) education, media and peacebuilding.
Dr Phil Clark, Head of the RPHE Programme and Reader in Comparative and International Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, commented, “We are delighted with the enormous number and quality of proposals, which indicates the breadth and vibrancy of the Rwandan research community. The purpose of this programme is to support Rwandan researchers, to showcase the best of their work internationally and to enhance interactions between the academic and policy fields. The selected projects will undoubtedly do that.”
Successful candidates, who have been notified individually, will benefit from a series of workshops and a programme of peer mentoring that will take place throughout the year.
“Our community of academics working on genocide-related issues warmly welcomed the call for proposals issues by the Aegis Trust. Not only does it reinforce our capacity to produce better data and analysis on genocide-related issues in Rwanda and comparable contexts, but it also strengthens our determination to prevent mass atrocities in Rwanda and elsewhere through knowledge exchange and international collaboration”, said Ms Alice Karekezi, Co-founder of the the Center for Conflict Management at the University of Rwanda whose research proposal on social cohesion was selected.
The deadline for the submission of the selected authors’ papers, with accompanying policy briefs, is 15 December 2015. The papers will eventually be submitted as articles to peer-reviewed academic journals or as chapters in edited scholarly collections. Unsuccessful candidates are encouraged to apply again in the next round of call for proposals.
The complete list of selected research proposals and a short resume of the authors are available on Aegis Trust website: http://www.aegistrust.org/index.php/Aegis-Rwanda/aegis-funds-twelve-peacebuilding-studies-by-rwandan-researchers.html
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