华夏匹夫急寻"开放社会研究所研究员项目"英语合作伙伴
根据开放社会研究所8月20日发布的"开放社会研究所研究员项目"相关条款,华夏匹夫现有两项正在进行的研究课题,符合该项目准则。为这两项课题,华夏匹夫已搜集了大量资料,并已拟好了初步提纲,其中部分提纲已经形成了研究论证结论,正待搜集进一步的详细资料,并在再次完善提纲的条件下,开展进一步深入的研究论证工作。为此,华夏匹夫打算向开放社会研究所提出课题(项目)申请,一方面寻求经费弥补,另一方面也抓住一次让自己的思想得以在更大范围传播的机会。
但华夏匹夫限于自身的英语水平,无法按要求与研究所进行必要的交流沟通,也无法按要求将自己的研究论证结果译成英文,故公开征求英文合作伙伴,共同开展课题研究。
对合作伙伴的要求如下:
1.已高度理解和接受自由、民主、人权等现代普世价值理念;
2.对中国当前社会政治制度及其恶果有较为深刻的认知感受,并有志于以力所能及的方式(如理论探讨、政论写作与宣传鼓动、某种实际行动等)致力于推进国家宪政改革的人士;
3.有较为雄厚的英语口语和写作、翻译基础,和对汉语言文字理解、写作的相应能力;
4.有相对自由的工作和生活环境(包括家庭环境),研究活动不受干扰;
5.能就研究合作伙伴及其相关活动情况、研究资料等对外界严格保密;
6.其他。
在本课题研究中获得的研究经费,将与合作伙伴按一定比例分配。
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附件一:开放社会联谊会准则(中国)的文件
开放社会研究所研究员项目
8/20/2008
创意宗旨
开放社会研究员项目资助世界各国的杰出人物,使有革新精神的专业人士,包括记者、政治活动家、学术工作者和自由职业开业者,对有助激发有意义的公众讨论,公共政策的形成,和活跃开放社会研究所中的学术思维的有关项目进行研究。
重点研究类别
国家安全与开放社会
国家安全领域是对开放社会的深刻挑战。国家安全政策可能会侵犯民权和政治权利,同时国家安全的体制直接影响到政府的透明度,应付的责任和民主程度。开放社会研究所(以下简称研究所)长期以来致力于扩大公众的知情权,促进法制建设,保护人权和少数人的权力,创建活跃的公民社会,和促进有效的有责任的管理。但这些考量在国家安全领域中往往不被重视。
研究所中核心观念的制定者也在考虑与此有关的问题。我们注意到许多人已经在讨论美国的反恐怖政策对民权和政治权利的影响,但希望有更多的人关注全球范围内开放社会与国家安全问题的交界点,所以寻求研究这两者关系的研究人员。
研究项目课题可包括:
•如何制定和实施与基本民权和人权相符的反恐怖政策–如国家安全政策及其实施的比较研究;
•西方国家安全政策中对伊斯兰教的对策及其对少数人权利的影响;
•如何鼓励对国家安全政策制定的更多的公众参与;
•开放社会中军事力量的适当作用;军事职能的私有化;国防及情报部门与民间力量之间的适当关系;
•战争冲突结束后的安全、法制、与公民社会之间的相互依存关系;
•美国在非洲的军事介入和美国非洲军事指挥部(AFRICOM)的作用;
•情感因素如恐惧与耻辱感如何影响和形成公众在国家安全问题上的态度;
公民权利、群体成员及边缘化问题
本研究所一向致力于对某些社会群体在法律、社会和政治上的包容,从美国的有关移民和种族公正动议,到欧洲吉普赛人的"洛玛权利"(Roma Rights),从非洲的公民权问题到俄罗斯和中亚的劳工游民,以及穆斯林在欧洲城市中的社会融合的研究等。本项目希望加强这些方面的研究,特别是被排斥的边缘化群体的状况和政治参与问题。如:有哪些因素促使造成政治边缘化?哪些因素促使政治包容和休戚与共的团结?其各自后果如何?
研究项目课题可包括:
•全球性的移动迁徙和国家政区的再定义设想;
•宗教少数群体的边缘化;
•移民团体中的政治活动的形式;
•建立对无国籍人的公民权利的法律规范;
•对少数群体的排斥政治边缘化与政治暴力之间的关系;
•非公民也可投票的新尝试;
•重新构想有关多元文化和文化融合的讨论;
公众参与的战略及方式
为有效地推动社会变革,本研究所及其合作者必需不断评估和设计有关战略和策略。例如,新型媒体的出现和年轻人的参政活动的增长创造了吸引和增强新选民力量的机会。本研究所寻求对公民参与的激动人心的新形式进行探讨和尝试的研究人员。
研究项目课题可包括:
•辅助年轻人成为社会变革动因的尝试;
•文化表达与文化运动在促进开放社会中的作用;
•在城市中对民众进行组织的战略方法比较研究;
•电子时代的政治活动–如网上动员以及用社交活动网站进行政见鼓动的可能;
•以信仰为基础的政见活动的新形式;
•通过选民建设和公众沟通解决世界很多地方以权利为基础的非政府机构面临的合法性危机的可能性;
•为非政府机构提供将社会运动理论转化为实际可行的运作方法的建议;
对专制政体的理解
本研究所曾经大多是在"开放"和正在开放的社会中工作,但现在开始越来越活跃在政治不民主的专制政体中。研究所寻求有助于帮助我们了解这些政体的研究项目–如其政权结构,公民社会,政治经济体制以及寻求变革的机会和途径。
研究项目课题可包括:
•现代专制政体如何用思想和意识形态对本国人民和国际社会解释其专制统治的合法化;
•政治与法律改革的机会与可能–如中国社会中专业律师和记者职业作风的强化;
•在封闭和正在被封闭的环境中准政治组织的形成和运作方式,如小生意协会,宗教团体,学生组织等;
•在专制政体中,如俄罗斯和伊朗,电子媒体的传播如何为言论和结社创造了新的空间,同时也为政权的社会控制提供了新的工具;
•国际组织,如欧洲议会,欧洲安全与合作组织,欧洲共同体和联合国对非民主自由行为的制约能力和作用;
•专制政体崩溃后如何维持国家稳定和社会秩序;
•专制政体中国家资本主义的政治经济学;
开放研究类别
本研究所也支持少数研究人员在以上四类重点课题外进行符合本研究所宗旨的其他研究。尤其欢迎申请本研究所新的研究领域课题,特别是有关全球暖化和战争冲突后的环境问题。
研究人员的申请和条件
本研究所考虑来自世界任何地方的申请。研究员可在研究所住宿也可不住宿。住宿研究员可在本研究所办事处或索罗斯基金会办事处之一做研究,取决于这种安排是否对项目研究有价值。研究人员在项目期间可以在研究所的几个办事处做研究,或只有一部分时间住宿研究。
如研究员在非本国进行课题研究,必须遵守有关国家的签证要求。研究所会帮助研究人员取得必要的签证并承担所有有关费用。
研究时间一般为一年,有些情况下也可考虑少于或多于一年。研究所优先考虑能进行全职研究的申请,有些研究员如只能做兼职研究研究所也会酌情给予考虑。
研究项目成果
研究所考虑多种形式的研究成果,包括:出版物(如书籍、文章、博客等);有创意的公共教育节目,包括网上媒体,纪录片的前期调研及后期制作;发起新的运动或组织的工作。项目应选择研究不够和尚待解决的问题,以及对现行思维有突破性的课题。
除提供研究员津贴外,研究所还可能支付其他有限开支如差旅费、会议费和兼职的研究助理等。研究费不包括运作开支如雇员工资和建筑设施。本项目的目的是支持个体研究人员,因而只负责个人开支。
本项目不支付在学术机构拿学位或不拿学位的学习,包括论文研究。
请注意,根据适用于美国私人基金会的税收条款,研究所不可以支持游说活动和与游说活动有关的项目。如果你不确定你的项目活动是否构成游说,请在递交申请前查看税法有关游说条例。
本项目的期待目标
本项目的重要目标之一是将研究人员纳入开放社会研究所的网络。研究所希望寻找能使自己的思维更锐利,能质询自己的假设,并能有效地使用研究所在职人员的研究人员。研究所期待研究员在本研究所网络中发挥作用,参与研究所举办的会议和项目活动,并可能被要求为研究所工作人员和外面的同事举办讲座。
为能参与这些活动,要求研究人员能较流利地讲英语。
对研究员的资助
研究所根据当地生活标准以及他们从事研究项目投入的时间为研究员提供有力的资助(包括健康保险)。
多数情况下研究所会为研究员提供沟通渠道,帮助他们将其研究工作和想法引进公众论坛。研究所并可通过其网络将研究人员介绍给研究所的个人或组织合作者和赞助金的领取者。
研究所还可能支付有关的项目开支,如差旅费(包括机票和旅店),签证费,研究助理和会议费。
申请程序
所有有兴趣的申请者需在网上填写申请表https://oas.soros.org/oas并递交支持性的申请材料。申请前务请阅读常见问题(FAQS)。申请人可用英文以外的文字递交项目提案及相关材料,但同时要附英文翻译,而且最好是有证明的翻译。
最初信息输入电脑后,申请人将会收到一个身份号码,可以用来修改表格直到正式递交。所有通讯都要有这个号码。
无法上网的申请人可下载下面所附的申请表,将填好的表格和申请材料寄至下述地址:
Open Society Fellowship
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
研究所根据资金状况对研究员的申请做持续性考虑,没有截止日期。申请会得到及时审议。
挑选过程
本项目人员征求研究所同事和外部专家的咨询意见对申请进行审议。所有进入最终程序的申请人都要面谈。最终挑选由一个外部委员会决定。
挑选标准包括,但不局限于申请人的经历,研究项目与本项目目标的相关性,和申请人实现目标的潜力。
联系办法
如需了解更多信息,请联系 OSFellows@sorosny.org,只能答复用英文发的电邮。
本文可在以下网址上看到:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/focus_areas/guidelines
附件二:从 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/focus_areas/guidelines复制的英文文件(本人只作了部分复制,不知是否全面,若不全面,请按以上地址进入做全面复制)
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Fellowship Guidelines
Fellows
The Open Society Fellowship supports outstanding individuals from around the world. The Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute.
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Fellowship Categories
Fellowship Placement and Term
Fellowship Project
Fellowship Expectations
Fellowship Support
Application Process
Selection
Contact Information
Fellowship Categories
National Security and the Open Society
The national security arena poses profound challenges for open societies. National security policies may violate civil and political rights, while the structure of the national security state has consequences for government transparency, accountability, and democracy. OSI has long worked to broaden public access to information, advance the rule of law, protect minority and human rights, create vibrant civil societies, and promote effective and accountable governance. These considerations, however, receive relatively little attention in the security field.
Likewise, security issues are still under-examined by those working on OSI's core concerns. Although we recognize that many people are addressing the consequences of U.S. counter-terrorism policies for civil and political rights, we would like to see more attention paid to the overlap between open society issues and security concerns in a global context. We therefore seek Fellows who will explore the relationships between these two domains.
Project topics might include:
· How to fashion and implement counter-terrorism policies that are consistent with basic civil liberties and human rights—e.g. comparative studies of national policies and practices
· The focus on Islam in Western national security discourse and its implications for minority rights
· Fostering greater popular engagement with national security policymaking
· The appropriate role of the military in an open society; privatization of military functions; the proper relationship between the defense and intelligence sectors and civilian actors
· The interdependence of security, the rule of law and civil society in post-conflict settings
· U.S. military engagement in Africa and the role of AFRICOM
· How emotions such as fear and humiliation shape public attitudes toward national security issues
Citizenship, Membership, and Marginalization
OSI has always worked for the legal, social, and political inclusion of particular populations—from initiatives on immigration and racial justice in the U.S. to Roma rights efforts in Europe, from work on citizenship in Africa and labor migrants in Russia and Central Asia to the study of Muslim social integration in European cities. The Fellowship seeks to enrich this work by focusing on conditions of membership and marginalization that bear specifically upon political participation. What are the factors that contribute to political marginalization? To political inclusion and solidarity? What are their consequences?
Project topics might include:
· Global migration and the re-imagination of national political communities
· The political marginalization of religious minorities
· Forms of political mobilization in immigrant communities
· Developing international legal norms on statelessness and citizenship
· The relationship between political marginalization of minority groups and political violence
· New experiments in noncitizen voting
· Recasting the debate on multiculturalism and integration
Strategies and Tools for Advocacy and Citizen Engagement
In order to effectively promote social change, OSI and its partners must continuously reassess and recalibrate strategies and tactics. For example, the rise of new media and growth of youth activism create opportunities to engage and empower new constituencies. OSI seeks to support Fellows who explore and seed new and exciting forms of advocacy and citizen engagement.
Project topics might include:
· Efforts to empower youth as agents of social change
· The role of cultural expression and cultural movements in promoting open society
· Comparative studies of urban organizing strategies
· Activism in the digital age—e.g. online organizing and the potential uses of social networking sites for advocacy purposes
· New forms of faith-based activism
· Constituency building and public communications as possible antidotes to the legitimacy crisis facing rights-based NGOs in many parts of the world
· Translating social movement theory into practical tools for NGOs
Understanding Authoritarianism
OSI has mostly worked in societies that are "open" or opening. But today, it is increasingly active in politically illiberal and authoritarian settings. OSI seeks to support projects that help us better understand these countries—their regimes, civil societies, political economies, etc.—and to identify apertures for change.
Project topics might include:
· How do contemporary authoritarian regimes use ideas and ideology to legitimate their authority to their own populations and to the international community
· The opportunities for political and legal reform—e.g., the growth of professionalism among lawyers and journalists in China
· Forms of pre-political organization and mobilization in closed and closing environments—e.g. small business associations, religious congregations, student groups
· How the spread of digital media in authoritarian countries such as Russia and Iran creates new spaces for speech and association but also offers regimes new tools for social control
· The ability of international actors like the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the EU, and the UN to influence or constrain illiberal behavior
· How state stability and civil order can be maintained after the collapse of an authoritarian regime
· The political economy of authoritarian state capitalism
Open Category
OSI supports a limited number of Fellows whose projects are germane to its mission but fall outside the four focus categories. In particular, we welcome applicants who will work on areas of emerging interest to OSI, especially global warming and post-conflict environments.
Fellowship Placement and Term
OSI considers applicants from all parts of the world. Fellows may be resident or nonresident. Resident Fellows will be housed in OSI's offices or in one of the Soros foundations, depending on whether such placement adds value to the project. Fellows may work out of multiple OSI offices during their term, or spend only some part of their Fellowship in residence.
Fellows who wish to work on their project in a country in which they do not have citizenship must satisfy and comply with applicable visa requirements. OSI helps Fellows obtain necessary visas and cover all associated costs.
Fellowships are awarded for one year. In some cases OSI considers requests for shorter or longer durations. Preference is given to applications for full-time Fellowships, but OSI also considers applicants who can only work part-time on their projects.
Fellowship Project
OSI is open to considering a broad range of work products, including: publications (e.g. books, articles, blogs); creative public education projects including online media, pre-production research and post-production outreach for documentary films; and efforts to seed new campaigns or organizations. Projects should identify and address under-examined or underserved problems and opportunities that can push the boundaries of current thinking and debate.
In addition to supplying a Fellowship stipend, OSI may cover additional limited expenses such as travel, conference fees, and part-time research assistance. Fellowship expenses should not include operational or programmatic costs, such as employees and physical infrastructure. The purpose of the Fellowship is to support individual Fellows; therefore OSI will only cover individual expenses.
The Fellowship does not fund enrollment for degree or non-degree study at academic institutions, including support for dissertation research.
Please note that under federal tax rules applicable to U.S. private foundations, OSI cannot support lobbying activities. Projects that include lobbying activities will not be funded. If you're unsure whether your project activities constitute lobbying, please review the Tax Law Lobbying Rules before submitting an application.
Fellowship Expectations
An important goal of the Fellowship is to integrate Fellows into the OSI Network. OSI seeks Fellows who will sharpen its thinking, question its assumptions, and constructively engage with its program staff. Fellows are expected to engage with OSI's network by participating in conferences and program events and may be asked to run a seminar for OSI staff and outside colleagues.
In order to facilitate these interactions, proficiency in spoken English is required.
Fellowship Support
For a full-time Fellow based in the U.S., the stipend ranges from $60,000 to $100,000. For Fellows based in other countries, appropriate adjustments will be made to reflect the economic circumstances and costs of living in those countries. Stipends are based on several factors including work experience, seniority, prior earnings, and the proportion of time committed to the Fellowship. The stipend does not necessarily equal the applicant's current salary.
In most cases, OSI provides Fellows with communications support to help them move their work and ideas into popular debates. OSI can also help integrate Fellows into its networks of individual and organizational partners and grantees.
OSI may also cover additional project expenses such as travel (including airfare and hotel), visa costs, research assistance, conference fees and health insurance.
Application Process
All interested applicants should complete the online application form at https://oas.soros.org/oas and submit supporting materials for consideration. Please read the FAQs before applying. Applicants may submit a project proposal or other materials in a language other than English, as long as they also submit an English translation. Certified translations are strongly recommended.
Once the initial information has been entered, applicants receive an ID number that allows them to make additions and revisions to the form until materials are submitted. The ID number should be quoted in any correspondence.
Applicants may mail their hard copy materials to:
Open Society Fellowship
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Note: Only applicants without Internet access may send an application by post. A PDF application form can be downloaded below. All others must apply online.
OSI considers applications on a rolling basis subject to funding availability. There are no application deadlines. Applications are reviewed in a timely manner.
Selection
Fellowship staff review applications in consultation with OSI colleagues and outside experts. All finalists are interviewed. Final selections are made by an external committee.
Criteria for selection include, but are not limited to, the applicant's experience, the project's relevance to the goals of the Fellowship, and the applicant's potential to accomplish such goals.
Contact Information
For more information please contact: OSFellows@sorosny.org.
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