<div dir="ltr">Hope this may be of interest to some of you.<div><br></div><div><i style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">UNRISD invites expressions of interest from researchers to prepare papers that will feed into the development of a research proposal for a project on the relationship between universities and social inequalities in low- and middle-income countries.</i><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">With the persistent and rising inequalities of our time encompassing not only income and wealth but also inequalities across race, gender, ethnicity and geographic region, it is critical to reinvent, reimagine and strengthen a wide range of policies and institutions that can play a role in overcoming inequalities. This Call, and the subsequent research project to be developed, focuses on universities as one such institution.</span><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">The project proposal will focus on the role of universities in reinforcing or lessening social inequalities in low- and middle-income countries. It will explore the following questions: What potential does higher education have today to increase social mobility, reduce inequality and contribute to the advancement of society through the production of knowledge and skills? Are institutions of higher education contributing to inequality rather than equality, and if so, through what specific actions and mechanisms? How can the transformative potential of such institutions be fully harnessed for overcoming inequality?</span><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><h3 class="gmail-anchor" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(127,95,66)">Specifications of the present Call</h3><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">The present Call seeks expressions of interest from researchers to prepare the following types of papers, based on existing research:</span><ol type="1" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px 1.3em;padding:0px;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:decimal">Literature review or background research, particularly in relation to a region or country in the Global South.</li><li style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;list-style-type:decimal">Case studies<ul style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px 1.3em;padding:0px;list-style:none"><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">exploring the ways different countries are filling the demand for higher education and the resulting impacts on inequality, looking specifically at student enrollment data in terms of socioeconomic status, race, gender, ethnicity and region, assessed quality of these institutions, and resulting employment opportunities;</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">of specific institutional contexts, which examine ways inequalities are perpetuated or minimized within university settings;</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">exploring the role and influence of elite actors in shaping education policy in the Global South;</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">documenting how universities engage directly with the issue of inequality, for example through their approach to their core activities (such as curriculum, programmes, admission policies), engagement with communities/stakeholders, and support for research or advocacy focused on inequality.</li></ul></li></ol><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Selected proposals will be developed into papers that will:</span><ul style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px 1.3em;padding:0px;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">feed into the development of a full project proposal on universities and social inequalities, which will be submitted for funding in 2019; and</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">provide evidence and analysis, especially from the Global South, which can be brought to bear on ongoing UN debates and policy processes, including implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.</li></ul><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Three papers will be commissioned in total, out of proposals submitted in response to this Call.</span><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Papers may be single or co-authored. </span><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><table width="100%" border="1" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><tbody style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><tr valign="top" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td width="23%" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Length of proposal in response <br style="outline:none">to this Call for Expressions of Interest:</td><td width="77%" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">500-800 words</td></tr><tr valign="top" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td width="23%" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Length of paper, if selected:</td><td width="77%" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">10,000 words</td></tr><tr valign="top" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td width="23%" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Language:</td><td width="77%" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">English</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Timeline</b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"></span><ul style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px 1.3em;padding:0px;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">10 March 2019, 23:59 CET – Deadline for submission of proposals</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">1 April 2019 – Selected applicants notified</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">1 July 2019 – First draft due</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">1 September 2019 – Final draft due</li></ul><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><h3 class="gmail-anchor" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(127,95,66)">Researcher competencies, experience and skill requirements</h3><ul style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px 1.3em;padding:0px;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">Post graduate degree in Economics, Political Science, Development Studies or other social science discipline (PhD desirable)</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">Experience in development policy research</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">Country expertise (Global South), thematic expertise (tertiary education, inequalities, social mobility, etc.)</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">Proven publication record</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">Solid methodological and research skills</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">Fluency in English</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">Ability to write clearly and concisely</li></ul><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><i style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">UNRISD particularly welcomes expressions of interest from women, young researchers, and researchers from and based in developing countries.</i><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><h3 class="gmail-anchor" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(127,95,66)">Submission process</h3><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Please ensure that you have read the </span><a href="http://www.unrisd.org/80256B42004CCC77/(httpInfoFiles)/9260116273413A72C12583900052CF13/$file/UnSi_Call%20for%20Expressions%20of%20Interest.pdf" target="_blank" class="gmail-hmlink" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,99,172);text-decoration-line:none">Call for Expressions of Interest</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> in its entirety before completing the </span><a href="http://www.unrisd.org/80256B42004CCC77/(httpInfoFiles)/FDED08A5110F7825C125839000531AC6/$file/UnSi_EOI%20Submission%20Form.pdf" target="_blank" class="gmail-hmlink" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,99,172);text-decoration-line:none">EOI Submission Form</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> (also available at the bottom of the page).</span><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">All materials are available at </span><a href="http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BE6B5/(httpNews)/33946B8331DB95EBC1258390004F731C?OpenDocument" target="_blank" class="gmail-hmlink" style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,99,172);text-decoration-line:none">www.unrisd.org/EOI-UnSi-2019</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">. </span><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Please then send the following via email to <a href="mailto:maggie.carter@un.org">maggie.carter@un.org</a> with the subject line “EOI Inequality submission” by </span><b style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">10 March 2019, 23:59 CET</b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"></span><ul style="outline:none;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px 1.3em;padding:0px;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">the completed EOI Submission Form</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">full CV (including academic record and list of publications)</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">a sample of a recent single-authored piece of written work (published or unpublished) that is related to this research topic</li><li type="disc" style="outline:none;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px">the names and contact details of two referees</li></ul><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Due to limited staff resources, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.</span><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br style="outline:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">For further information, contact <a href="mailto:maggie.carter@un.org">maggie.carter@un.org</a></span>  <br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Nason Bimbe</div><div><br></div><div>Tel. +44 (0)7535 250339 </div><div>Email. <a href="mailto:nasonbimbe@gmail.com" target="_blank">nasonbimbe@gmail.com</a></div><div>Skype. bimben</div><div>Twitter. @nbimbe</div><div><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-5029" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-5029</a><span style="white-space:pre">  </span></div><div><a href="https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=khgE0JYAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=khgE0JYAAAAJ&hl=en</a><span style="white-space:pre">   </span></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nason-bimbe-a685567/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nason-bimbe-a685567/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>