The Minerva Center for the Study of the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa (Faculty of Law and the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies), invites proposals for research activities, as outlined below, aimed at analyzing the various aspects of pre, during and post-emergency resilience.

The General Purpose of the Minerva Center is to serve as an international venue and transnational forum - together with the University of Hamburg - for study, research, training, education and publication in the areas of institutional, cultural, socioeconomic and policy aspects of the rule of law under the specified extreme conditions:

·            National security emergencies  - wars, terrorism, counter terrorism, cyber and military actions

·            Socioeconomic crises - economic meltdowns and severe sociopolitical fragmentation

·            Natural and man-madedisasters - epidemics, floods, storms, fires, tsunamis and earthquakes, including induced man-made natural disasters.

The Minerva Center shall fund:

1.        Graduate student (doctoral and master) scholarships.  These are available for students enrolled at the University of Haifa. (Applicants not yet enrolled at the University of Haifa but with appropriate topics may send a query to Dr. Ben Gal to see if there is a potential matching of interests with mentors)  

2.        Post-doctoral fellowships  / visiting researchers (short and longer term)

3.        Seed money for research proposals – up to $5000

4.        Support for on-going research – up to $5000

5.        Workshops, colloquia and conferences (in Israel) – up to $5000

6.        Development of empirical databases – up to $5000

7.        Publications of relevant research products – up to $2500

Applicants:

Scholars, faculty members, young scientists, post-doctoral and graduate students, subject experts, policy and legal advisors.

Potential Interacting Disciplines:

Law, sociology, history, economics, political science and international studies, planning, media studies, psychology, geography, environmental studies, philosophy, public policy and administration, public health and medicine. The Center aims to be a venue for systematic and cross-cultural learning and research, using various methodologies, qualitative, quantitative and mixed.   

Submit Proposals – up to 5 pages specifying submission category (1-7 above).  For categories 3 and 4 please include: research description, goals, innovation, methodology and budget; For all other categories please include areas of focus, goals, expected outputs.  All applications must be accompanied by a curriculum vita of applicant(s) and two names of potential recommenders familiar with his/her abilities.

Deadline:   February 15, 2017 to: Dr. Michal Ben Gal, Minerva Center Research Coordinator This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.