- Kroc Institute Visiting Research Fellowship 2025-2026 Notre Dame
- University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN, United States
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Each year, the Kroc Institute’s Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester or full academic year. We provide fellowships to both academic and alumni scholars. The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, January 31, 2025.
Academic Fellows
Fellowships Are Offered To Scholars With Substantial Research Experience Who Will Connect Their Research To Ongoing Kroc Institute Research Initiatives. For The Academic Year 2025-26, We Invite Research Proposals That Focus On One Or More Of The Following Themes
• Climate Change and Environmental Justice. We are interested in innovative interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and addressing the pressing environmental challenges we face today and their impacts on peace, broadly conceived to include environmental justice, environmental peacebuilding and sustainable peace.
• Intersection of Gender, Race, Class and Peacebuilding. We are interested in interdisciplinary approaches and qualitative, participatory, and/or feminist methodologies. Thematically, we are interested in questions of intersectionality in relation to identity, power, representation and direct and structural violence.
• International Mediation. We are interested in international mediation, preventive diplomacy and national dialogue as strategies for preventing and ending high intensity conflict. Preference will be given to applicants whose research has direct relevance to policy and/or practice.
• Media, Technology and Peacebuilding. We are interested in the impact of digital platforms on conflict dynamics and peace processes; the use of technology to support democratic inclusion in governance; and technology to support peacebuilding (peacetech). Preference will be given to applicants whose research has direct relevance to policy and/or practice.
• Peace Accords Matrix (PAM). We are interested in the design and implementation of peace accords, with special attention to inclusive peace processes that involve civil society, transitional justice and country contexts currently negotiating or implementing a peace accord. Preference will be given to applicants whose research has direct relevance to policy and/or practice.
• Peacebuilding and the Arts. We are interested in the various ways in which the arts - understood broadly to include performance, poetry, fiction, music, visual arts and more - are used to contribute to peacebuilding. This category aims to attract scholar-artists.
In all the above categories, the applicant should present a clear and concise description of the planned research project, its significance, why the Kroc Institute is an ideal place for the researcher to complete a fellowship, and how the project will build on existing research in a given field.
Applicants must indicate whether they seek a fellowship for a single semester or the full academic year.
Alumni Fellows
We invite Kroc Institute alumni who graduated prior to 2017 and hold an advanced degree to apply for a one-semester (fall or spring) visiting research fellowship. This fellowship targets alumni who have pursued careers as peacebuilding practitioners and seek time to reflect on and write about their work while in residence at the Institute.
The successful alumni visiting fellow will be expected to be involved in the intellectual life of the Institute, and to produce a tangible result from the fellowship. This could include producing a publishable written work that brings to bear their practical experience in conversation with innovative peace research in their field, hosting a workshop or mini class while on campus, or another creative product developed during the fellowship.
Application Process
The deadline for submitting applications is January 31, 2025.
A Kroc Institute faculty committee will review the applications and make recommendations to the Institute Director. Selection criteria include evidence of academic excellence; clarity of the link to existing research at the Institute; and anticipation of participation in the intellectual life of the Institute. Scholar-practitioners with high standing and leadership in their field will be considered.
Results will be announced in April 2025.
Qualifications
Non-alumni applicants must have completed a doctoral, or equivalent, degree. If you are currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, you must have completed your doctoral degree before the beginning of the fellowship. If you have previously been a Kroc Visiting Research Fellow, please wait seven years before applying again.
Applicants applying for the alumni category must have graduated from one of the Kroc Institute’s academic programs (undergraduate or graduate) prior to 2017. Alumni of the Kroc undergraduate program must have completed a graduate degree (a master's, doctoral or professional degree).
Application Instructions
A Complete Application Consists Of
• A cover letter (no longer than 2 pages) that indicates whether you are applying for one semester or two, and that clearly identifies the field to which you are applying (Climate Change and Environmental Justice; Intersection of Gender, Race, Class and Peacebuilding; International Mediation; Media, Technology and Peacebuilding; Peace Accords Matrix [PAM]; Peacebuilding and the Arts; Alumni)
• A research project proposal (maximum 10 pages, including bibliography; for alumni track applicants, research proposals are a maximum of 5 pages) that concisely describes the basic elements of the research project (sources, data, methodology, and analysis), a timetable, and expected products. The bibliography should include citations relevant to your proposed research
• An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae
• Two confidential letters of recommendation
Other Information
Fellowships begin at the start of the University of Notre Dame's semester (August or January) and can run for one semester or an academic year. Visiting fellows will receive a stipend of $30,000 per semester. Housing is provided in furnished Institute apartments at no cost. Fellows have library and internet access and document retrieval services.
If you have further questions about the application process or other information, please contact: Juan Flores Ramirez, jfloresr@nd.edu
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from female and minority candidates and those candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).
Background Check
This appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Applicants will be asked to identify all felony convictions and/or pending felony charges. Felony convictions do not automatically bar an individual from employment. Each case will be examined separately to determine the appropriateness of employment in the particular position. Failure to be forthcoming or dishonesty with respect to felony disclosures can result in the disqualification of a candidate. The full procedure can be viewed at https://facultyhandbook.nd.edu/?id=link-73597.
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