FYI. Wil Burns
--- "Serguei Alex. Oushakine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Serguei Alex. Oushakine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:09:42 -0400 > Subject: [OppAnn] Research Fellowships in Helsinki > Collegium for Advanced Studies > > http://www.helsinki.fi/collegium/eng/home.htm > > The Helsinki Collegium in brief > > The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies was > founded on 1 January 2001 as > an independent institute within the University of > Helsinki. Its aim is to > enhance scholarly excellence within the human and > social sciences, to > endorse dialogue between different academic > orientations, and to promote the > international recognition of Finnish scholars. Since > the beginning of August > 2002, the fellows of the Collegium have been working > in common premises > within the central campus area of the University. > This permits closer > cooperation and community-building across the > disciplinary boundaries. > > The Helsinki Collegium appoints annually researchers > from the fields of > theology, law, education, the arts, and the social > sciences. Applications > are welcome from both younger post-doctorate > researchers and more > established scholars. The Collegium recruits its > scholars on the basis of > their individual merits and the future promise of > excellence, but it also > considers the transdisciplinary relevance and > potential of the applicants. > The aim is to promote among the fellows cooperation > across the disciplinary > boundaries and encourage the creation of > transdisciplinary clusters of > competence to complement the traditional fields of > inquiry. > In 2004, 41 fellows make up the research staff of > the Collegium. Their > research contracts range from one to five years. > About one-half of the > appointed researchers are women, and their > orientation with respect to their > faculties of origin is as follows: the arts > eighteen, the social sciences > eleven, theology five, law one, and behavioral > sciences four. You will find > more detailed information about the fellows and the > research carried out > from our staff pages. The Collegium has no > disciplinary or other related > quotas in its appointment procedures. > > Through the application procedure, the research > posts of the Helsinki > Collegium are open to all irrespective of their > nationality or home > university. The number of researchers was increased > annually with the help > of the University’s own funds until in 2004, when > the Collegium reached its > optimum size of about 40 researchers. They are > complemented by collaborators > of appointed fellows and scholars who work with > external funding. The > Collegium intends to raise external funds that will > be used to invite > renowned foreign scholars to work in Helsinki. Over > the following years, the > aim is to secure a substantive contribution from > distinguished international > scholars to the work of the Collegium and its > fellows. > > The Collegium is governed by its Board and Director. > The Board represents > various academic constituencies of the university > and it is chaired by > Professor Mirja Saari. In addition to being a > scholar him/herself, the > Director is expected to be an active scholar with an > international > orientation. The Collegium also has an international > Academic Advisory Board > that is appointed for a three-year period. > The Advisory Board has fifteen members who are all > from outside Finland. > > In practical terms, the Board of the Collegium > appoints the researcher > fellows after their applications have been evaluated > in detail by the > Advisory Board that meets once a year. This system > aims to guarantee a > competent and impartial procedure in the selection > of the fellows. The bar > is high; so far, less than ten per cent of the > applicants have been > appointed. > > The academic activities of the Collegium are only > taking shape. Over the > next two years, the Collegium aims to establish > itself as a forum that is > able to bring together, for lectures and symposia > offered by fellows and > visitors alike, a great variety of Finnish and > international scholars. It > aims to be both a producer and a consumer of > high-level research in the > humanities and social sciences, and active > especially in the electronic > dissemination of the results of research work. > > As an institution, the Helsinki Collegium is unique > in Finland. Its > international models include several similar > institutes in Europe and North > America, including the Institute for Advanced Study > in Princeton and the > Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. The University of > Helsinki has been ranked > among the best research universities in Europe. The > goal of the Collegium is > to prop up the international role of the University > in basic research > concerning basic research in the humanities and > social sciences. > For more information, contact Ms Maria Soukkio. > > Academic Advisor > > Mailing address: > Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies > P.O. Box 4 > FIN-00014 University of Helsinki > Finland > > Tel +358-(0)9-191 24974 > Fax +358-(0)9-191 24509 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion > Toolbar. > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/zCsqlB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > -for job opportunities, conferences, scholarships, > fellowships & internships: > -for information on environment, human rights, > media, gender & law: > visit: www.induspak.tk/ > http://www31.brinkster.com/induspak/Index.htm > Join 3 leading Email Lists for Law, Announcements & > Info: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > helpasia-subscribe&yahoogroups.com > For unsubscribing: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OppAnn/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ===== William C.G. Burns, Co-Chair American Society of International Law - International Environmental Law Group 1702 Arlington Blvd. El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 801.838.8710 http://www.internationalwildlifelaw.org
