Norad has awarded funding through its for a six-year project to strengthen higher education institutions' ability to produce high-quality research and teaching. The project was initiated by The Norwegian Center for Human Rights (NCHR) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ) in partnership with five leading institutions in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
The project shall develop a global network for enhancing academic capabilities in the fields of Peace and Conflict and Human Rights research and will run from 2021-2026 under the academic consortium of the Research School on Peace and Conflict. The project has been granted close to 20 million NOK and is entitled: "Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies". It was submitted under sub-programme 4 on "Political and Economic Governance".
This will be a cooperation coordinated by NCHR together with ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ, partnering with five leading institutions in three different parts of the world, including Africa (Makerere University, Uganda; African School of Economics, Benin; and Mekelle University, Ethiopia), Latin-America (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) and the Middle East (Birzeit University, Palestine).
"This is a unique opportunity for ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ to expand our higher education training together with highly competent global partners" says ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ director, Henrik Urdal.
The new network will organize PhD courses, train junior faculty staff, develop relevant curricula and arrange academic exchanges. This cooperation will take place in the context of a research school focusing on peace and conflict and human rights issues. Norad received 199 applications to this call, of which 60 will be funded ().
Partners:
- Norwegian Center for Human Rights, Norway
- Peace Research Institute Oslo (ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ), Norway
- Makerere University, Uganda
- African School of Economics, Benin,
- Mekelle University, Ethiopia
- Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
- Birzeit University, Palestine
