New Class of United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Fellows Announced
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to announce its 2009–2010 class of Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows, who will spend ten months in residence at the Institute working on projects related to peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 4, 2009
Contact:
Lauren Sucher
+1-202-429-3822
lsucher@usip.org
(Washington) -- The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to announce its 2009–2010 class of Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows, who will spend ten months in residence at the Institute working on projects related to peacebuilding and conflict resolution. Fellows are chosen through a rigorous multi-stage review that includes consideration by USIP staff and outside experts. The final decision regarding fellowships rests with the Institute's board of directors.
USIP's Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows program began in 1987 and draws applicants from around the world. There have been over 260 fellows so far. With occasional exceptions, the fellows arrive in October and stay through June. While at USIP, fellows are provided a stipend, access to USIP's library and a research assistant. They typically meet with and advise USIP staff and participate in public events. The fellows often give media interviews and public briefings on their topics of expertise.
Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, associate vice president at USIP, who runs the fellowship program, said, "Our fellowship program gives these renowned professionals a break from their everyday work and daily deadlines so that they can focus on research, and make a significant contribution to the field of peacebuilding and conflict resolution."
A list of next year's fellows and their project titles follows:
- Imtiaz Ali, journalist
Project focus: Emergence of the Tribal Belt as a Fault Line in the War on Terror: The Growing Influence of Homegrown Pakistani Taliban and Its Implications for Regional and Global Security - Judith Asuni, Founder/ Executive Director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks
Project Focus: Niger Delta ‘Militants’: Victims or Perpetrators? Conflict and Violence in the Niger Delta - William "Bill" Long, Professor and Chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Project Focus: Cross-Border Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict: Deriving Lessons for Improving Regional Stability and Global Security - George Lopez, Professor and Chair, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh Chair in Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame
Project Focus: Can Sanctions Be Saved? - Andries Odendaal, independent conflict transformation specialist.
Project Focus: Local Peacebuilding Forums: Methodological Considerations - Sammy Smooha, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa
Project Focus: The Challenge of National Minorities to Ethnic Majority Hegemony: Comparative Study of Ethnic Democracies in Israel, Estonia, Slovakia, Macedonia, and Northern Ireland - Marc Sommers, Associate Research Professor of Humanitarian Studies in the Institute of Human Security at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Project Focus: Youth, Popular Culture and Terror Warfare: Insights from Sierra Leone - Emmanuel Teitelbaum, Assistant Professor at the Elliott School of International Studies, George Washington University
Project Focus: Putting Identity in Perspective: Economic Reform and Political Stability in the World’s Largest Democracy - Patricia I. Vasquez, Latin America Team Leader at Energy Intelligence
Project Focus: Untold Conflicts: Local Resistance to Oil and Gas Development in Latin America - Andreas Wimmer, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles
Project Focus: Understanding Ethnic Conflict - Robin Wright, independent journalist
Project Focus: The Future of Islam
