The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s Studies (Carleton University) and the Institute of Women’s Studies (University of Ottawa), with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), are pleased to launch the third year of a research programme on feminist perspectives on globalisation. This four-year (2004-2008) programme offers highly qualified researchers working on issues of globalisation from a feminist perspective, from developing countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific, the opportunity to spend a research term in Ottawa based at one of the two universities. The Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalisation will contribute to gender and development research at both universities and provide an opportunity for collaboration between feminist scholars in Canada and the developing world.

For the year 2006-2007, an English-speaking scholar is sought to be based at the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies at Carleton University.

The purpose of this fund is to attract qualified researchers from developing countries working within a feminist perspective on globalisation in one of the following areas: agriculture, basic education, child protection, health and nutrition, HIV/AIDS, information and communication technologies (ICTs), human rights, democratization and good governance, conflict and peacebuilding, private sector development, infrastructure services (capacity building), social and economic equity, or environment and natural resource management.

Applications are invited from scholars in developing countries, both tenured and untenured faculty, and from post doctoral, independent scholars who are pursuing critical feminist research. Individuals pursuing a university degree are not eligible. Applicants are expected to be fluent in English, to have a completed PhD, to have already published in scholarly publications, and to have a current and established research project.

During their stay in Canada, the visiting scholar will pursue and present her/his ongoing research project in conferences and seminars as requested, will generally participate in outreach activities, and will produce one major research paper on the impact her/his visit to Canada had on her/his ongoing research. It is anticipated that this research will promote policy advocacy and/or further gender and development studies and the effective integration of gender equality in development policy and programming.

Applications can be submitted in English or French and should include an abbreviated curriculum vitae (10-12 pp.), a letter of intent outlining the research that will be undertaken in Canada (max. 2 pp.), a list of recent publications, availability during the 2006-2007 academic year; and the names and addresses (postal and e-mail) of two referees.

The closing date for submitting applications is February 17 2006 (application dossiers received after this date will not be examined). Selection will be completed by April 15 2006. Please note that only the short-listed candidates will be contacted.