REU Site: Civil Conflict Management and Peace Science

REU 网站：民事冲突管理与和平科学

• 批准号: 1659545
• 负责人: John Ishiyama
• 金额: $ 35.85万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-03-15 至 2021-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659545&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Civil; Conflict; Management

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. As such, it has both scientific and societal benefits, and it integrates research and education. This project is a renewal REU Site at the University of North Texas (UNT). The Department of Political Science at the UNT runs this unique program to provide 30 undergraduate students (recruited from across the country) the opportunity to engage in graduate-level research in conflict management and peace science, in a senior faculty-mentored, in-residence, eight- week, Summer Research Experience that integrates training in civil conflict management with training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial analysis, and research ethics. In this program, student participants develop theoretical propositions that are tested empirically using geocoded data and report their findings in a national professional political science conference. There is also training on research ethics incorporated as part of the program. Activities include workshops on theory development and research methodology, GIS, and the graduate school application process. There are also activities designed to build a sense of research community among students, faculty and graduate student mentors. It is important to extend training in conflict management to all students, but particularly to populations historically underrepresented in higher education (which are growing as a proportion of the undergraduate student population). This program seeks to address the need to develop further expertise in conflict management and peace science by providing opportunities to engage in advanced empirical research to students who would not otherwise have such research opportunities. UNT is well positioned, both institutionally and geographically, to provide such access. To that end, the PI-team is cooperating with a Historically Black College/ Universities (HBCU) in Texas, Prairie View A&M University, the American Political Science Association, and the Ronald E. McNair Program at UNT to assist in broadening the pool of applicants to the program, although all students with an interest in this field are encouraged to apply to the program. The growing frequency of civil conflicts in the world and the security concerns these conflicts pose for the United States, the development of human capital that is equipped to deal with these challenges is critical for the national security of the country. The intellectual focus of the program is on civil conflict management and the enhancement of peace. Indeed since 1945 civil conflicts-civil war, revolution, secessionist war, and ethnic and sectarian violence-has replaced interstate war as the most frequent and deadly form of armed conflict in the world. The program seeks to focus on understanding the causes of civil conflict occurrence (or reoccurrence) by examining sub-state data. In particular, the goal is to train students in theory building and empirical analytical skills, which will promote innovative thinking and problem solving skills. Developing skills in geospatial analysis provides undergraduate program participants with cutting edge tools to understand the causes of conflict, and hence better prepare them to devise innovative solutions regarding civil conflict management.

该项目由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。因此，它具有科学和社会效益，并整合了研究和教育。该项目是北德克萨斯大学（UNT）的一个更新REU网站。政治学系在UNT运行这个独特的计划，提供30名本科生（从全国各地征聘）有机会在高级教员指导下，在驻地，暑期研究经验，将国内冲突管理培训与地理信息系统培训相结合地理空间分析和研究伦理。在这个项目中，学生参与者开发的理论命题，使用地理编码数据进行经验测试，并在全国专业政治学会议上报告他们的发现。 作为该方案的一部分，还纳入了关于研究道德的培训。活动包括理论发展和研究方法，地理信息系统和研究生院申请过程的讲习班。还有一些活动旨在建立学生，教师和研究生导师之间的研究社区的感觉。 必须将冲突管理培训扩大到所有学生，特别是历史上在高等教育中代表性不足的群体（他们在本科生人口中的比例正在增加）。该计划旨在解决需要通过提供机会，从事先进的实证研究，否则谁不会有这样的研究机会的学生发展冲突管理与和平科学的进一步专业知识。联合国技术小组在机构和地理上都有很好的条件提供这种机会。为此，PI团队正在与德克萨斯州的历史黑人学院/大学（HBCU），Prairie View A M大学，美国政治学协会和罗纳德E。麦克奈尔计划在UNT，以协助扩大申请人的程序池，虽然在这个领域有兴趣的所有学生都被鼓励申请该计划。世界上日益频繁的国内冲突以及这些冲突给美国带来的安全问题，为应对这些挑战而配备的人力资本的发展对国家安全至关重要。该计划的智力重点是国内冲突管理和加强和平。事实上，自1945年以来，国内冲突内战、革命、分裂主义战争以及种族和宗派暴力已经取代国家间战争，成为世界上最频繁、最致命的武装冲突形式。该计划旨在通过检查子状态数据，重点了解国内冲突发生（或再次发生）的原因。特别是，目标是培养学生的理论建设和实证分析能力，这将促进创新思维和解决问题的能力。发展地理空间分析技能为本科生课程参与者提供了了解冲突原因的尖端工具，从而使他们更好地准备制定有关国内冲突管理的创新解决方案。