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The ACADEMIC SWISS CAUCASUS NET (ASCN) is a programme aimed at promoting the social sciences and humanities in the South Caucasus. Those involved in the programme believe that their participation encourages constructive debate on society, which in turn contributes to the region’s transformation process. The programme’s different activities foster the emergence of a new generation of talented scholars in the South Caucasus. Promising junior researchers receive support through research projects, capacity-building trainings and scholarships. The programme emphasises the advancement of individuals. Emphasis is also placed on international networking, thus promoting sustained cooperation among scholars based in the South Caucasus and those based in Switzerland.

The ASCN Programme is coordinated and operated by the Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe (IICEE) at the University of Fribourg. It is supported by GEBERT RÜF STIFTUNG.

Initially, the programme focused primarily on Georgia. It was then extended to include Armenia in 2011.

2nd ASCN Annual Conference, 29-30 June 2012, Yerevan

 
The Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN) is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual ASCN Conference entitled "Political Transformation and Social Change in the South Caucasus: Georgia and Armenia in Perspective" that will take place this year in Yerevan, Armenia on the 29th & 30th of June 2012.

Proposals to be submitted until 12 March 2012
 
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New Call for Research Projects in Social Sciences - Georgia and Armenia


The ASCN Programme launches a call for project proposals in the social sciences, open to researchers from and resident in Georgia or Armenia. The research proposals to be submitted should be relevant to transition themes, and they should address and deal with specific issues at stake. Furthermore, the proposals must fit into one of the two below topics defined specifically for Georgia and Armenia:
  1. Democratization and Transformation (democratization, local governance, judicial reform, social inclusion, civil society, societal values, reforms, institution-building etc.)
  2. Social Change: Structures and Representations (rural/urban divide, human capital, migration and remittances, social change and its representation in media and social discourse, etc.)
Submission deadline: 2 May 2012

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