Scholarship Programme

Scholarship Programme

To promote young social scientists in the fields of contemporary history, sociology and sustainable urban development

Since 2003, the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation (HBS) has run a yearly “on site” scholarship programme for 25 up-and-coming academics in the social sciences from all South Caucasian nations. The researchers (maximum age: 35) work at their home places on individual interdisciplinary projects in the fields of contemporary history, critical sociology and sustainable urban development. more

News

Call for project proposals for HBF Alumni 2003-2011

As a result of nine-year experience of working in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, the Heinrich Boell Foundation has contributed to the training of qualified staff for the Academy as well as for Civil Society. The alumni of the HBF are now the authors of many new topics and initiatives in different spheres of public life. The Foundation considers it important to support sharing the accumulated experience in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia and giving the birth to new ideas or initiatives based on the obtained knowledge. With this purpose, South Caucasus Regional Office of Heinrich Boell Foundation announces small grants competition for its former scholarship holders. more»

Competition Announcement for 2013

The South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation announces a competition for its Regional Scholarship Programme

- The goal of the Scholarship Programme is to foster academic research in South Caucasus countries. The Programme aims to support:
  • Young researchers to conduct individual and interdisciplinary research that contributes to the development of social sciences in the countries of the South Caucasus.
  • The development of a regional network of social scientists in the South Caucasus.
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Events

SUMMER SCHOOL

„Conflict and Transformation in the South Caucasus“

- Organised by the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Bakuriani, Georgia, 6-10 October 2009

The one-week summer school brought together twenty young researchers and NGO staffers from the South Caucasus and ten experts in the field of post-communist transformation, national identity, conflict management, state building and Europeanization. The organisers were Iris Kempe and Nino Lejava on behalf of Heinrich Böll Foundation and Tobias Debiel and Corinne Heaven on behalf of the Institute for Development and Peace.

Dr. Wim van Meurs more»

Alumni Network

Network
From the year 2004 on far more than 80 young scientists took part in our scholarship program. Coming from various disciplines the researchers worked in the fields of contemporary history, critical sociology and sustainable development. more»
Public Debates in Kutaisi
On Friday, May 17, 2013, at 17:00 the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation organizes a regional debate on

Law, Justice and Equality against Homophobia

in Kutiasi.

Speakers:

  • Mr. Givi Avaliani, Blogger
  • Ms. Tamar Gurchiani, Human Rights Defender;
  • Ms. Tata Tsopurashvili, Professor, Ilia State University

Moderator: Ms. Ketevan Berdzenishvili, Radio “Old City”

Address: 6, Pushkin st., Kutaisi

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