University of Vienna
Project Title
For participatory research in MENA contexts
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
27 months
Description
In long-running conflicts, people often lack channels for representation, participation, or accountability in governance. This project has shown how independent knowledge production that adopts a participatory approach–engaging with conflict-affected communities–can provide a space for people to represent their expectations and priorities and enhance their power to transform conflict dynamics. These transdisciplinary methodologies and scholar network democratize knowledge production, countering prevailing security narratives and supporting society-led initiatives toward more inclusive governance in MENA countries. Building on the accomplishments of the Know War project situated at the University of Vienna, the project will concentrate on three research themes: the reconceptualization of citizenship and political participation, the social economy, and solidarities in the context of conflict.
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Project Title
For the second phase of the KnowWar project centered in the Arab region
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
30 months
Description
The war in Syria has resulted in the largest population exodus in recent global history. To achieve a more adequate understanding and practice of research in conflict in the region, the KnowWar project was launched in 2018 with support from the Austrian Development Agency. The project has brought together an international network of experts and institutions to design and pursue new methods of participatory field research for conflict zones and produce critical knowledge on the nexus of war and war economies, displacement, repatriation, and reconstruction. Corporation support toward the second phase of the KnowWar project, now based at the University of Vienna’s Development Studies Department, will enhance social science research on inclusive economies and strengthen capacity building of next-generation researchers. The grant will go toward research, workshops, publications, multimedia outputs, and dissemination.
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Project Title
For an oral history of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Date
Jun. 04, 2015
Duration
20 months