Project Proposal
Seeking international collaborators to join a UK funding call under the Creating Safer Space network
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Seeking expertise:
Airwars is seeking to collaborate with experts working in (or with strong partnerships in) academic institutions and local civil society in lower middle income countries in order to apply for a University of Aberystwyth call under the UKRI grant 'Creating Safer Spaces'.
The call seeks experts to build learning around understandings of vulnerability to physical harm in violent conflict - potential research questions include, but are not limited to:
How is vulnerability to physical harm understood by the conflict-affected communities?
How is it shaped by the historical, political, socio-economic, cultural and legal context and the dynamics of the violent conflict?
How can common vulnerability markers such as gender, age, ethnicity or religion be unpacked to account for the intersectionality of experiences, which may lead to agency and empowerment as well as vulnerability?
How do context and identity-related factors come together to create specific vulnerabilities, but also to enable agency and resilience?
Which role does violence-affected communities’ mental health play in vulnerability, resilience and protection? What strategies enhance mental health and resilience (e.g., cultural and artistic strategies)?
How can UCP actors assess vulnerabilities in dynamic conflict contexts in order to best tailor their approaches, so as to protect without disempowering or undermining specific groups such as ‘women’ or ‘youth’?
It is strongly encouraged that the research focus is on conflicts in Colombia, South Sudan, Myanmar and/or the Philippines, however any DAC country focus are also welcomed.
Airwars team of specialist researchers have extensive experience documenting civilian harm in the MENA region. We are seeking to collaborate with experts in other DAC countries or in the countries mentioned above in order to share lessons learned and produce relevant and timely research that exposes how physical harm in violent conflict effects individuals and communities. We are seeking experts in a variety of fields - from digital investigation to human rights law, identity politics and political research, in order to make our research outputs as dynamic and innovative as possible.
Two grants are available - small grants of £20,000-£30,000 and large grants of £30,000-£100,000. The start date of both grant options is Oct-Dec 2022, and end date Jan 2024. Application deadline is April 15 with a short application process expected.
