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

在三年的时间里，非洲移民研究学院将开展两项关键活动：(1)四个“研究所”为博士生和博士毕业后最多3年的早期职业研究人员提供能力建设，以完善他们的研究重点，促进专业发展和学术贡献。(2)对知名学者和博士后进行一系列研究访问/交流，以支持非洲移民研究的研究能力建设和智力项目的加强。该学院目前包括5个国家的7个机构[待定]。这些研究所的申请将接受来自任何非洲研究所的博士生和早期职业研究人员的申请。1. 埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴大学和/或OSSREA 2。加纳大学，勒贡，阿克拉，加纳Makerere大学，坎帕拉，乌干达Eduardo Mondlane大学，马普托，莫桑比克西开普省大学，开普敦，南非开普敦大学，南非研究所：一系列的四个“研究所”将在ARUA网络的不同地点举行，每个研究所都侧重于不同的主题领域：移民和城市化；移徙、健康和福祉；归属、差异和散居；以及非洲移民研究的知识政治。这些研究所还将纳入专业发展培训，包括发展同侪支持和指导机制。最后一个活动将在最后/第三年举行。这将采取一种会议的形式，面向从事非洲移民和流动研究的早期职业研究人员和研究生——包括那些参加过这些研究所的研究人员。这些研究所将被设计成：-支持非洲移民学者接受理论建设，参与移民/社会理论，以及与非洲移民研究相关的知识政治。与会者将受益于跨学科移民研究的严格理论和方法基础，以及资源人员的学科观点。-提供实用的专业建议/专业发展，包括：学术出版；项目管理;组织和管理数据；咨询同事和该领域的其他人；在一个学术领域，跨学科工作的风险和收益在很大程度上仍然是以学科形式组织的。-通过促进博士生、早期职业研究人员和知名学者之间的互动，提供指导和同伴支持，包括虚拟和面对面的交流。这些结构将支助与各研究所有关的所需产出，包括书面工作；演讲技巧;以及专业简历和在线简介的开发。研究访问/交流：研究院将为成熟和早期的研究人员提供各种活动资助。资金将在竞争的基础上发放，并由一个审查小组根据其计划的活动和产出进行评估。将优先考虑旨在支持研究能力建设和加强非洲移徙研究智力项目的提案。所有提案都需要证明合作/伙伴关系的建立是一项核心活动。-已成立的研究人员到其他机构进行为期一周的教学/督导/研究交流；-一个月的博士后访问奖学金；举办专题讨论会和/或提案制定研讨会，以支持建立新的研究伙伴关系。

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.