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BIEA Fellowship for Refugee/Displaced Researchers on the BIEA-RSC Fellowship Scheme 2021

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The BIEA Fellowship are offered by the University of Oxfordโ€™s Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) & the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA)

Application Deadline:

30th August 2021 ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ“๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐„๐€๐“*
๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

*๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ*
To learn more about the Fellowship and the application process, and to ask any questions, you are invited to attend any of the following information sessions. Please use this Zoom link to attend a session (registration is not required): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9712622599

Info session 1: Thursday, August 12th at 5pm EAT
Info session 2: Tuesday, August 17th at 2pm EAT
Info session 3: Monday, August 23rd at 10am EAT

If you cannot attend a live session but would like to access a recording, please email: opportunities@refugeeledresearch.org

About the BIEA Fellowship:

The Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH) at Oxfordโ€™s Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is launching a 12-month fellowship for refugees and other displaced scholars who are interested in graduate-level study in the field of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (RFMS). It will be run in collaboration with the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA). The fellowship will include world-class teaching, mentorship, and professional development activities provided by specialists in the field. Activities will span ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก (๐Ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) followed by a ๐Ÿ‘-๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ with RLRH, RSC, BIEA, or other academic and research institutes. Fellows will hold affiliated membership statuses with both the RSC and BIEA, and will be awarded a certificate from the University of Oxford upon completion. Fellows will receive monthly stipends for all 12 months of the programme.

๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ. ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : Fellows will complete 12 classes delivered by RSC faculty that introduce the main disciplines, methods, and themes in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Additional seminars with Oxford and BIEA colleagues will enable learners to acquire a broad understanding of key academic debates in RFMS and to develop critical thinking and analytical skills. They will also build research skills to carry out an individual or group research project, and will be supported to publish their work in prestigious academic and research outlets.

๐Ÿ. ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: Fellows will have regular, hands-on interactions with specialists on topics related to forced migration. They will receive supervision from RSC staff, study alongside current students on the RSCโ€™s Masters in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, and participate in group and 1:1 mentorship activities with other scholars.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Fellows will receive individualised support to ensure access to onward academic, research, and other professional opportunities once they have finished the fellowship. Throughout the fellowship, we will run graduate school information sessions, hold career conversations, and facilitate access to a network of RFMS specialists. In the final months of the programme, all fellows will take part in a 3-month placement where they will apply their acquired academic and research skills in a professional setting.

Type: Fellowship

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž BIEA Fellowship:

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž (๐‘๐’๐‚) was established at the University of Oxford in 1982. It aims to promote understanding of the causes and consequences of forced migration and to improve the lives of some of the worldโ€™s most marginalised people through multidisciplinary, independent, and critical scholarship and a variety of teaching programmes including its MSc, doctoral supervision, Summer School, and Short Courses. For more information, visit the RSC website: https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ž-๐‹๐ž๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‡๐ฎ๐› (๐‘๐‹๐‘๐‡) is an initiative of the Refugee Studies Centre that is predominantly staffed by scholars affected by forced displacement. The Hub provides academic and professional training to displaced learners to advance an agenda for refugee-led research in the field of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. The RLRH has a physical base in Nairobi at the BIEA.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š (๐๐ˆ๐„๐€) is headquartered in Nairobi and conducts and facilitates research across all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences within the wider region of eastern Africa. It has a strong tradition of research in anthropology, archaeology, history, and linguistics, and recent projects have embraced geography, public health, art and performance, and political, environmental and development studies. For more information, visit the BIEA website: https://www.biea.ac.uk/

Eligibility:

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต:

1. Have lived experience of forced displacement (e.g., as a refugee, asylum seeker, IDP, stateless person, former refugee, or another category);
2. Live in East Africa or the Horn (e.g., Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan); refugee/displaced scholars living elsewhere and with an interest in displacement issues in Africa are also encouraged to apply;
3. Have completed a BA degree in a field in the Social Sciences or Humanities (e.g., International Relations, International Development, Politics, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Law, Literature, etc.), or have comparable experience (e.g., have previous professional experience in the humanitarian sector, participation in academic/professional research projects, completion of training in related fields, etc.);
4. Have demonstrated interest in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies or related fields; and
5. Be able to commit for 25-30 hours a week, for a period of 12 months.

๐–๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž, ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐†๐๐“๐+, ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

Eligible Countries:

East African countries

To be Taken at (Country):

Remote with occasional in-person activities at BIEAโ€™s premises in Nairobi, Kenya (optional & conditions permitting). All training and activities will be accessible via computer to accommodate learners in different locations.

Number of Awards:

12 BIEA Fellowships

Value of Award:

750 USD per month

Duration of Award:

9 months of study (Oct 2021โ€“Jun 2022) + 3 months for a professional placement (Julyโ€“Sept 2022)
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: 25โ€“30 hours per week

How to Apply for the BIEA Fellowship:

Apply here

  • It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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