LSE Kuwait Programme Call for Proposals and Fellowships

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  1. The Call for Proposals for the 2021-22 LSE Kuwait Academic Collaborations: http://www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-centre/research/kuwait-programme/kuwait-academic-collaborations/call-for-proposals. The collaboration projects have been set up to enable Kuwait-based researchers to work with LSE academics on research focused on Kuwait. Up to £75,000 is available for each successful project, and we can help match Kuwait-based researchers and LSE researchers up with each other. The first deadline (to link up with an LSE researcher and express an interest in applying) is 14 December 2020. The successful applications will start in September 2021.

Here are a list of the collaboration projects we have funded in the last three years:

  • ‘The Governance of Spatial Change: shaping urban policies and investments in Kuwait' - Nuno F Da Cruz, LSE Cities, and Dhari S. Alrasheed, Kuwait University.
  • ‘Beyond Oil: Trade Diversification and Economic Growth in Kuwait’ - Athanasia Kalaitzi, LSE Middle East Centre, and Ahmad Al-Awadhi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
  • ‘Evaluating Digital Skills and Tangible Outcomes in Kuwait’ - Ellen Helsper, Department of Media and Communications, LSE, and Fahed Al-Sumait, Gulf University of Science and Technology.
  • ‘Empowering Democratic Citizenship Through Education: Exploring Rights-Based Approaches to Educational Policymaking in Kuwait’ - Sam Mejias, Department of Media and Communications, LSE, and Rania Al-Nakib, Gulf University of Science and Technology.
  • ‘Towards Promoting Private R&D Investment in Kuwait’ - Neil Lee and Simona Iammarino, Department of Geography and Environment at LSE, and Husam Arman, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
  • ‘Public Space in Kuwait: From User Behaviour to Policy-making’ - Alexandra Gomes, LSE Cities, and Dr Asseel Al-Ragam, Kuwait University.

2. Short-term fellowships – open to Kuwaiti-based researchers to come to the LSE for three months, between June 2021 and May 2022, to conduct research focussed on Kuwait: http://www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-centre/research/kuwait-programme/fellowships. The application deadline is 2 January 2021.