From:
Maria Eriksson [mailto:Maria.Eriksson@soc.uu.se]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001
To: RKLEIN@MAINE.maine.edu
a Nordic research programme 2000 - 2004
2nd
call for proposals
Issues related to gender and violence are today clearly present both on the political and research agendas in the Nordic countries. In several countries reform measures have been initiated, which aim for changes in law, in protection, preventative and treatment programmes, as well as stimulating debate. Research on gender and violence is current and/or has been initiated in most of the Nordic countries and has in some cases also developed into international co-operation. However so far, the Nordic possibilities for co-ordination of research on gender and violence have not been sufficient. The research has mainly been conducted by individual researchers in shorter projects, or in rather small research communities, which impedes continuity and limits the possibilities for co-operation. Furthermore, this form of isolation places a burden on the researchers. Therefore an overarching and co-ordinating Nordic research programme is needed.
The Nordic Council of Ministers has decided to initiate a five year research programme on gender and violence, for the period 2000 - 2004. A steering committee appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers is responsible for the programme, which is administered by the Nordic Academy for Advanced Study (NorFA). On behalf of the steering committee, NorFA now issues a second call for co-operation projects on research and researcher training within the following four prioritised areas:
1.Power, violence, sexuality and victimization as a gender specific process;
2.Parenthood, gender and violence: parenthood as a gendered social institution;
3.Masculinity and violence as mutually constituting one another and cultural definitions of sexuality which privilege men's and subordinate women's sexuality;
4.The implications of "culture" and "cultures" for the link between gender and violence.
For further details, see the programme description with the guidelines and application forms at NorFA's homepage www.norfa.no .
The aim of the programme is to connect small and dispersed research communities in the Nordic countries and to support Nordic development of the sphere of competence and researcher training. The programme supports networking with a Nordic dimension, where among other things Ph.D. grants, postdoctoral grants, researcher training courses, seminars and workshops can be included. In this call support to PhD- and postdoctoral scholarships will be given priority.
The projects will aim at participation from several Nordic countries and may include researchers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and North-western Russia as well as other European countries. The research programme will also provide support to individual projects with a Nordic dimension.
The Nordic Council of Ministers has for the year 2001 agreed to institute a total sum of 3,65 MDKK for the programme. The steering committee expects to support 6-8 projects in this second call. Funding will take the form of 2-year framework grants, with the possibility of applying for an extension.
During the first call for proposals nine co-operation projects received financial support. Applicants within the present call may possibly find it useful to contact one of the existing networks:
Masculinities and violence in youth micro-cultures Co-ordinator: Tommi Hoikkala, Finnish Youth Research Network, Helsinki. hoikkala@alli.fi
Nätverket Glappet (The Network The Gap) Co-ordinator: Eva Lundgren, Uppsala University. Eva.Lundgren@soc.uu.se
Kön och våld - historiska och kulturella perspektiv (Gender and violence - historical and cultural perspectives) Co-ordinator: Inger Lövkrona, University of Lund. inger.lovkrona@etn.lu.se
Kønnets betydning i det professionelle arbejde med voldtægtsofre (The meaning of gender in professional work with victims of rape) Co-ordinator: Sven Aage Madsen, University Hospital of Copenhagen. svaam@rh.dk
The Nordic Network on Violences, Agency Practices and Social Change Co-ordinator: Suvi Ronkainen, University of Tampere. Sssuro@uta.fi
Research on treatment processes with men using violence against women Co-ordinator: Marius Råkil, Alternative to Violence, Oslo. mr.atv@online.no
Research Network around Crisis Centres for Women in the Barents Region Co-ordinator: Aino Saarinen-Manninen, University of Oulu. aino.saarinen@oulu.fi
Nettverksgruppe i forskning om omskjæring/kjønnslemlesting av kvinnor (Network group on research on circumcision/genital mutilation of women) Co-ordinator: Johanne Sundby, University of Oslo. johanne.sundby@samfunnsmed.uio.no
Gendered Violence in Schools and Teacher Education in the Barents region Co-ordinator: Vappu Sunnari, University of Oulu. vsunnari@oulu.fi
Project proposals, original and 10 copies, should be mailed to: NorFA Holbergs gate 1 NO-0166 Oslo Norway
Application
deadline: 2nd May 2001 (postmarked day).
Further information may be obtained from :
Programme co-ordinator Maria Eriksson
Dept. of Sociology, Uppsala University
Tel.: +46 18 471 3455
E-mail: maria.eriksson@soc.uu.se
or
Senior advisor Morten Bennum
NorFA
Tel.: +47 2335 4563
E-mail: morten.bennum@norfa.no
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Maria Eriksson
Ph. D Candidate,
Uppsala University, Dept. of Sociology
Programme co-ordinator,
Gender and Violence - a Nordic research programme 2000-2004
Address:
Tel: + 46 18 471 34 55
Box 821
Fax: + 46 18 471 11 70
SE - 751 08 Uppsala, Sweden
E-mail: maria.eriksson@soc.uu.se