Grants and Bursaries

CLS aims to promote, facilitate, and carry out high-quality research in the subjects of social justice, inclusivity and the rights of vulnerable persons, education, and social movements in Lebanon, Jordan, and neighbouring countries.

Activist Research

The importance of activist research in these times of global pandemic, capitalist crisis, inequalities, anti-immigrant attacks, and social movements is the engagement it provides towards more humane and egalitarian social alternatives. CLS has a role to play today by elevating the discussion in Lebanon, as it goes through one of the most trying periods in its recent history, by providing a platform for activists, thinkers and reformists to dialogue and influence the general discourse within our networks, among the Lebanese diaspora and international community, and in Lebanon.

Building A Community

Community-building is a process which originates in the experience of people who accomplish more together than any one of them could if acting alone. Planning for and organizing for community members to accomplish their goals is a job we take seriously. Community-research can contribute to improve our junior researchers’ competencies and connectedness; develop their organisational capacity and leadership potential, and foster a healthy rapport with the larger community. We are particularly interested to bring together teams of different competencies, academic backgrounds, and priorities. We believe the outcome to be so much more enriching and universally relatable.

Developing Knowledge

Research is a process for developing knowledge. Researchers formulate theories, gather information, confirm facts, and solve problems about which they care. They synthesize existing studies, explain why things happen the way they do, or interpret the significance of findings for further thought and action.

“To Produce Relevant Impactful Research In Lebanon, We Support Data-Driven Research Within A Wide Academic Network”

As spaces and resources for academic and scholarly work in Lebanon are shrinking, our role in supporting research has become more pertinent. Nurturing and supporting local actors will ensure valuable research will continue to be produced.

Supporting research capacity in Lebanon is reliant on philanthropic donors, multilateral funders such as the UN agencies and bilateral foreign aid agreements such as individual government grants. Research institutions like ours have used this support to assist researchers and enable them to be more responsive, ethical and collaborative in their work.

 

Open Application for one research Associate Bursary, part of the British Academy project

CLS is currently open for application for associate and postdoctoral research bursaries in the humanities and social sciences to be undertaken in Lebanon for research in the fields of

  • Unions and Social Movements
  • Social Protection
  • Injustice in Education
  • Disability Studies
  • Forced Migration
  • Economics and Financial Recovery
  • Modern History of Lebanon

Applicants Criteria

  1. Phd or Master’s graduate with minimum 5 years of experience
  2. Currently involved in research activities
  3. Working in Lebanon or on issues related to Lebanon

 

Application Deadline: 30 November, 2023

يستقبل مركز الدراسات اللبنانية طلبات الباحثين/ات الزملاء/الزميلات في العلوم الإنسانية او الإجتماعية. نستقبل الطلبات باللغتين العربية أو الإنجليزية في المجالات التالية:

  • النقابات والحركات الاجتماعية
  • الحماية الاجتماعية
  • اللاعدالة في التعليم
  • شؤون ذوي/ات الاعاقة
  • الهجرة القسرية
  • الاقتصاد واستعادة العافية المالية
  • التاريخ الحديث للبنان

شروط التقديم:

  1. حامل/ة لشهادة الدكتوراه أو شهادة ماجستر  مع خبرة أقلها 5 سنوات
  2. منخرط/ة حالياً في أعمال البحث
  3. العمل في لبنان أو حول قضايا متعلقة به

مهلة تقديم الطلبات 30  نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2023