Tillsammans med italienska Compagnia di San Paolo och tyska VolkswagenStiftung har RJ sedan 2004 ett samarbete som syftar till att finansiera unga forskare inom utrikes- och säkerhetspolitikens område. Denna satsning går nu mot sitt slut i och med att så många som 94 yngre forskare är antagna i programmet. Programmet kommer att avslutas med en större konferens i Italien hösten 2010.

I anslutning till detta program utdelas även ett pris för bästa insats av en forskare eller skribent inom ämnesområdet. Priset är tänkt att hedra minnet av utrikesminister Anna Lindh, vars tragiska död har motiverat tillkomsten av forskningsprogrammet.

The Anna Lindh Award är på 20 000 euro och gick 2009 till den tyske forskaren Thomas Diez, professor vid universitetet i Tübingen. 2008 var pristagaren Nathalie Tocci, som promoverades vid London School of Economics.
 

Programmet har finansierat ett hundratal unga forskare inom utrikes- och säkerhetspolitikens område. Satsningen är i dag avslutad. Mer om den går att läsa på programmets hemsida.

Målsättningen har varit att ge unga forskare möjlighet att vistas i en miljö i ett annat land i upp till två år. Varje år har kohorter om 20-25 stipendiater utsetts.

Satsningen har varit så lyckad att samtliga finansiärer gått vidare med ett nytt samarbete kallat Europe and Global Challenges.

Nedan följer dessutom information på engelska kring det internationella programmet.

Though the question of how the European Union can ensure the security of its citizens and contribute to worldwide peace has become increasingly relevant, foreign and security policies in Europe are still widely considered as national responsibilities. The research and training programme “European Foreign and Security Policy Studies” aims at overcoming this gap by analysing and debating the preconditions and prospects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the EU and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

The programme has been jointly developed by the foundations Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino/Italy, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Stockholm/Sweden, and VolkswagenStiftung, Hanover/Germany. A first round of applications in 2004 resulted in the selection of 26 research projects and last year another 23 young researchers were allowed to join the programme.

With their joint initiative the three foundations want to strengthen the European dimension in the next generation of intellectual leaders and security experts. The dominance of national approaches to international security in large parts of the academic debate and day-to-day politics should recede in favour of a transnational perspective. Therefore international mobility of participants is an important objective of the initiative.

The research and training programme will give European researchers and young professionals opportunities to conduct research at two or more European institutions, and to build networks, thereby making an impact on the wider debate in the field of foreign and security policies. Within this thematic framework applicants can freely choose their research topics.

Eligible for funding are post doctoral researchers and Ph. D. candidates. Young professionals (e.g. civil servants, diplomats, journalists, lawyers, and employees of nongovernmental organisations) with equivalent background are also invited to apply. Applicants should be based in Europe and not be older than 32 years. Specific disciplines, nationality or EU citizenship do not form criteria for exclusion in the selection process. In total, we envision that 80 to 100 researchers and young professionals, divided into cohorts of 20 to 25 persons each, will participate in the programme during the next few years.

For further information please contact Fredrik Lundmark, phone: + 46 8 50 62 64 21.
 

Uppdaterad 2010-02-01