AMMAN — The Generations For Peace Institute on Tuesday announced postgraduate scholarship opportunities as part of a new partnership with the University of the Western Cape’s Interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence for Sport Science and Development (ICESSD).
The programme offers a "rare opportunity for PhD candidates to conduct research on Sport for Peace and Development, with a specific focus on sport–based approaches to conflict transformation addressing local issues of conflict and violence at the grass roots in communities," Generations For Peace (GFP) said in a statement e-mailed to The Jordan Times.
The partnership continues the institute’s investment in local research hubs to support innovation, quality, impact and sustainability of its programmes in different continents. Recognising the limited opportunities available to students in Africa to progress to PhD studies, the scholarships will be a valuable boost to local research, the statement said.
Highlighting the importance of the scholarships, ICESSD Director Marion Keim said the partnership would “promote research, teaching and community engagement in the crucial area of sport for peace and development to empower our students and to foster social change, and to live up as much as we can and wherever we are to Nelson Mandela’s legacy.”
HRH Prince Feisal, founder and chairman of GFP, said they were looking forward to welcoming the selected candidates. "Learning and education are at the heart of our organisation, and we are confident that the scholarship holders will be a great asset in our efforts to support positive change in local communities facing conflict and violence,” the statement quoted the prince as saying.
Established in 2010 as the research and development arm of Generations For Peace, the Amman-based institute works in collaboration with GFP programmes, and with Georgetown University, the University of Oxford and the University of the Western Cape, to lead and support collaborative multi-disciplinary research, and to share knowledge and best practices across the peace-building community.
