George Mason University
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For a one-time project on transnational networks shaping non-Western shadow spaces as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Ongoing geopolitical conflict has led to the proliferation of ungoverned ‘shadow spaces,’ or zones where state and non-state actors engage in criminality and illicit behavior that further disrupt the norms, institutions, and security of the global system. This project will conduct case studies on regional and technological actors and networks to establish transnational maps of illegitimate networks. It thenwill examine the effects of these networks on geopolitical crises to produce recommendations to contain threats of destabilization, strategically communicating findings to stakeholders in the form of media publicity and public events convened in Washington,London, and Stockholm.
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For enhancing publicly engaged scholarship in the Arab region
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
39 months
Description
Civil conflict and authoritarian governance have both catalyzed and constrained critical analysis across the Arab region. Over the past decade, George Mason University (GMU) has emerged as a leading institution enhancing the capacity and visibility of experts in the region across an array of academic disciplines. In collaboration with the Arab Studies Institute based in Lebanon, GMU expands the networks, research, publishing, and public profiles of Arab-region scholars working on such national and transnational problems as state-society relations, economic and cultural affairs, corruption, and prolonged conflict. With continued support, the project will expand its online tools and media outreach,host meetings and workshops, sustain international partnerships, and support scholars in emerging research fields to make their work accessible to academics, policymakers, and the general public.
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For enhancing publicly engaged scholarship in the Arab region
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Civil conflict and authoritarian governance have both catalyzed and constrained critical analysis across the Arab region. Over the past decade, George Mason University (GMU) has emerged as a leading institution enhancing the capacity and visibility of experts in the region across a wide array of academic disciplines. In collaboration with the Arab Studies Institute, GMU expands the networks, research, publishing, and public profiles of Arab-region scholars working on such national and transnational problems as state-society relations, economic and cultural affairs, corruption, and prolonged conflict. With continued support, GMU will develop online tools,maintaininstitutional partnerships, and expand the productivity of Arab-region scholars while scaling up their audiovisual content and outreach through the influential journals, Jadaliyya and the Arab Studies Journal.
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For enhancing and promoting scholarship on and in the Arab region
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Civil conflict and authoritarian governance have both catalyzed and constrained critical and informed analysis across the Arab region. Over the past decade, George Mason University (GMU) has emerged as a leading institution enhancing the capacity and visibility of experts in the region across a wide array of academic disciplines. This project expands the networks, research, publishing, and public profiles of multidisciplinary Arab scholars. It supports the integration of their social science scholarship and legal research with policymaking and civil society activity, with the ultimate goal of gradual but sustained impact on public life in the Arab world. With continued Corporation support, GMU will develop online tools, sponsor conferences and workshops on social science and legal issues, and expand the productivity of Arab scholars.
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As a one-time grant for a project on a political dialogue series focused on historical unhealed wounds of the Civil War
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
35 months
Description
United States public opinion shows an increasingly partisan political and social environment. Historians have argued that the current discord can be traced back to the unhealed wounds of the Civil War, prewar precedents, and the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction periods. Led by George Mason University, this project examines the current political strife in the United States through a historical lens, and its implications for domestic and foreign policymaking. This project will convene a group of distinguished historians and political scientists for three, two-day workshops to draw on the insights of history and political psychology to develop methods for engaging the current American political culture in the process of memory healing and generating opportunities for possible problem-solving.
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For enhancing and promoting scholarship on and in the Arab region
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
GMU is devoted to raising the profile and increasing the capacity of academics in the Arab region. Working with regional and international partners, the project will expand its work increasing the quality, quantity, and accessibility of locally produced knowledge and build networks and capacity. Shifting toward an increased emphasis on short-format policy documents, GMU aims to enhance the relationship between social science scholarship, legal scholarship, and the policy community, boosting citizen empowerment in the Arab world by creating connections between them. The project will convene workshops and conferences in the Arab region, allow scholars to present their research to the public, and place research in reputable academic journals and innovative online publishing platforms. They will increase efforts to raise the visibility of individual social scientists and their work.
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For enhancing and promoting scholarship on and in the Arab Region
Date
Sep. 17, 2015
Duration
24 months
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For a project on developing alternative indicators for measuring local perceptions of progress toward peacebuilding and statebuilding in Africa
Date
Sep. 13, 2012
Duration
47 months