The Academy for African Migration Research (AAMR): supporting the development of the next generation of African migration scholars

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Over a three year period, the Academy for African Migration Research will undertake two key activities: (1) Four 'institutes' to provide capacity building for doctoral students and early-career researchers who are a maximum of 3-years post-PhD, to refine their research focus and promote professional development and scholarly contributions.(2) A series of research visits/exchanges for established academics and postdoctoral fellows to support building research capacity and strengthening the intellectual project for migration research in Africa.The Academy currently includes seven institutions in 5 countries [TBC]. Applications for the institutes will be accepted from doctoral students and early-career researchers from any African institute. 1. University of Addis Ababa and/or OSSREA, Ethiopia2. University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana3. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda4. Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique5. University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa6. University of Cape Town, South Africa7. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaInstitutes: A series of four 'institutes' will be held at different locations across the ARUA network, each focusing on a different thematic area: migration and urbanization; migration, health and wellbeing; belonging, difference and diaspora; and, the knowledge politics of migration research in Africa. These institutes will also incorporate professional development training, including the development of peer-support and mentorship mechanisms. A final event will be held in the final/third year. This will take the form of a conference for early career researchers and postgraduate students - including those who have participated in the institutes - working on migration and mobility in Africa. The institutes will be designed to: - Support African migration scholars to embrace theory building, engagement with migration/social theory, and the knowledge politics associated with migration research in Africa. Participants will benefit from rigorous theoretical and methodological foundations in inter-disciplinary migration studies in addition to disciplinary perspectives from resource persons.- Offer practical professional advice/professional development including: academic publishing; project management; organising and managing data; consulting colleagues and others in the field; and the risks and benefits of interdisciplinary work in an academic universe still largely organised in disciplinary formations.- Provide mentorship and peer support by facilitating engagements between doctoral students, early career researchers and established academics both virtually and in-person. These structures will provide support for the required outputs associated with the institutes, including written work; presentation skills; and the development of professional CVs and online profiles.Research visits/exchanges: The Academy will fund various activities for established and early career researchers. Funds will be awarded on a competitive basis, and will be assessed by a review panel made up on their planned activities and outputs. Preference will be given to proposals aiming to support research capacity building and strengthening of the intellectual project for migration research in Africa. All proposals will need to demonstrate collaboration/partnership building as a central activity.- one-week visits for established researchers to travel to another institution to undertake teaching/supervision/research exchanges; - one-month visiting postdoctoral fellowships; and - symposiums and/or proposal development workshops to support the establishment of new research partnerships.