“Socioscope” Societal Research and Consultancy Center NGO was founded in 2008 to research, teach and advocate for the improvement of social situation and democratization of Armenia. The mission is to contribute to the establishment of up-to-date critical social thought in Armenia through research and educational initiatives. The organization is working:

  • to challenge the dominant social knowledge of power, nation, culture, gender, and sexuality;
  • to understand, define the psychological, socio-cultural, and political conditions for human agency in Armenian society;
  • to contribute to social change in Armenia by supporting human agency, popularizing critical thought and fostering dialogue between various groups of society.

Socioscope is a founding member of the Human Rights House Yerevan.

AREA / SUBJECT OF THE FELLOWSHIP

This is the list of the preferred areas and subjects for the fellowship at “Socioscope” NGO

  1. Methods of sociological research, exchange of knowledge, perspectives and tools;
  2. Research and discourse analysis on ‘militarization’ and ‘peace’;
  3. Research and study the topics and subjects of gender and sexuality;
  4. Research and studies on social movements and civil society.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED FELLOWSHİP ACTIVITY

The proposed activity for the fellowship is to prepare, organize and conduct workshops regarding the research issues, critical sociology, critical theory. Moreover, we expect from the fellow knowledge exchange, exchange of the experiences around the above-mentioned issues, as well as future collaboration around these topics.

EXPECTED PROFILE 

Sociologist, social scientist, researcher, human rights activist with a research background.

CONDITIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

2 weeks, 10 working days, 40 working hours in total, 4 days of the weekend.

PROPOSED TIME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP

2 weeks in March-June 2021