Visiting Research Fellowships (Non-Stipendiary)

2010/2011

University of Victoria

Visiting Research Fellowships
(Non-Stipendiary)

BC Institute for Co-operative Studies

The BC Institute for Co-operative Studies at the University of Victoria invites applications from scholars in Canada or abroad for Visiting Fellowship appointments of up to 12 months' duration during the 2010/11 academic year.

Purpose

The purpose of the fellowship is to provide scholars working on research projects related to co-operative and community-based economy with suitable space and a stimulating environment conducive to writing and reflection.

Topics

The Institute welcomes applications from all disciplinary backgrounds for projects that promote the scholarly study of subjects related to co-operative and community-based economic arrangements. ‘Co-operative and community-based economy’ is taken to refer to collective undertakings, not necessarily co-operatives:

•       aimed at providing the needs and wants of some community or group, where any profits are a means of supplying those needs and wants,

•       managed autonomously and by democratic processes, and

•       in which persons and their participation are given priority over capital in the distribution of any surplus.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: conditions, including policies, that give rise to, or inhibit, co-operative and community-based economic activity; the relations between co-operative and community-based economic organizations and other forms of enterprise, examinations of sectoral organizations (Health, Housing, Agriculture etc.); issues of representation and
participation in co-operative and community-based economic arrangements; the history, sociology and/or anthropology of co-operative and community-based economic models; and co-operative and community-based arrangements as an instrument for sustainable community development, including indigenous
settings.

Eligibility

Canadian and international scholars; retired scholars; new scholars; scholars on sabbatical leave from their regular academic appointments.

 Value

Private office space located in a pleasant environment on the edge of the scenic University of Victoria campus; a congenial, retreat-like setting; university privileges; enhanced opportunities for research networking and exchange; participation in the Institute’s wide range of scholarly and social activities.

Conditions

Fellows are expected to:

1.     conduct their work in their Institute office;

2.     participate actively in the programs and activities of the Institute;

3.     give at least one public seminar or lecture on the theme of their research;

4.     acknowledge the Institute in all publications arising from the fellowship, and deposit one copy of such publications in the Institute's library.

Research products will be eligible for consideration as an occasional paper published by the Institute.

Application Procedure

Applications should include:

1.     a covering letter;

2.     a descriptive title of the research area;

3.     a detailed statement of the research proposal in a form that makes the applicant's intentions fully understandable to experts in his or her own discipline (maximum 5 pages);

4.     a current curriculum vitae, and

5.     the name, appointment and email addresses of three scholars who might evaluate the proposed project. The Institute may also choose to solicit the opinions of other referees.

Application forms should be submitted in electronic form. Paper copies will be accepted only for supporting material (e.g. transcripts and reference letters).

Application Deadline – 5 November 2009

Completed applications should be submitted to Dr. Ana Maria Peredo, Director, BC Institute for Co-operative Studies, University
of Victoria. Applications should be sent by email to vvm@uvic.ca or by mail or courier to the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies, University House 2, Room 109, PO Box 3060, Victoria, BC V8W3R4.

Selection will be made by the BCICS Program Committee based on the academic merit of the proposal, the views of the referees, and the recent scholarly activity of the candidate. Proposals submitted outside of the regular application deadline schedule may also be considered at the discretion of the director.

2010/2011 University of Victoria Visiting Research Fellowships (Non-Stipendiary) BC Institute for Co-operative Studies

For Details: See attached file.