AFWG Training to Engaged Research workshops aims to provide training to scholars and NGO researchers on writing successful research proposals to articulate their research project. The goal is to provide them with a greater probability of being funded, in addition to training in research design and implementation.
Workshops are offered to scholars and NGO researchers by AFWG core group members and directed by Dr. Suad Joseph. Dr. Joseph provides the basic guidelines and structure of the workshop to participants, while AFWG core group members engage the participants in small writing groups to work on their individual projects. Mentoring continues for 4-6 months following the workshops with assignments and responses feedback from mentors assigned given to each participant individually. Currently, AFWG offers small grants to successful participants to carry out research during the mentoring period. The participants return for a second workshop focusing on data analysis and presenting their research results.
The workshops are funded by the Ford Foundation Cairo office.
Workshops:
2018, January – Amman, Jordan
This seminar trained junior faculty (recent PhD’s or MA level) in the social sciences in engaged transformative research, with an intensive three-day seminar. The seminar focused on training in proposal writing and research design with additional material on data collection; data analysis; writing for reports/dissertation/publication. Applicants for the seminar needed to be advanced Arab graduate students or junior scholars in Arab universities or research centers in the social sciences or scholars/activists in national NGO’s. Applicants must have already had a research project they were working on or about to work on. The seminar was carried out by the Arab Families Working Group and was funded by the Ford Foundation, Cairo. The lead presenter of the seminar was Distinguished Professor Suad Joseph, the University of California, Davis. AFWG worked in cooperation with the Arab Council for Social Sciences to present this seminar.
2017, January
A follow-up to the "Training to Engaged Research" workshop held in October 2016, the January workshop focused on methods and practices for qualitative data gathering.
2016, October – Cairo, Egypt
This seminar trained junior faculty (recent PhD’s or MA level) in the social sciences from national public universities in Egypt in engaged transformative research, with four intensive seminars over a two-year period. The seminar included training in proposal writing and research design; data collection; data analysis; writing for reports/dissertation/publication.
2015, October – Cairo, Egypt
2015, February – Cairo, Egypt
A follow-up "Training to Engaged Research" workshop for Junior Faculty in Egyptian Public Universities was held in Cairo in February. Attendees of the October 2014 workshop reconvened after their preliminary research to focus on data analysis, writing, dissemination, and outreach.
2014, October – Cairo, Egypt
AFWG held the second of a two-part workshop called "Training to Engaged Research: Proposal Writing and Research Design Seminar in the Social Sciences" for Junior Faculty in Egyptian Public Universities in Cairo in October. The workshop was also open to select advanced graduate students. The trainees presented their research, and received training on writing and publishing. In between the first workshop in March, and the second one in October, individual mentoring was available to the trainees as they developed their proposals and carried out their research projects.
2014, June – Cairo, Egypt
AFWG held the first of a two-part workshop called "Training to Engaged Research: Proposal Writing and Research Design Seminar in the Social Sciences" for Junior Faculty in Egyptian Public Universities in Cairo in October. The workshop was also open to select advanced graduate students. The trainees conducted research for individual projects, and received training on writing and publishing.
2013, December – Cairo, Egypt
In December 2013, AFWG ran two Training to Research Seminars. The workshops provided training in proposal writing and research design for projects addressing social conditions in participant's own societies. The first workshop took place in Cairo, Egypt from December 3-5, 2013, for graduate students fromstudents from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine. The three-day workshop was funded by the Ford Foundation and led by Dr. Suad Joseph, Dr. Barbara Ibrahim, and Dr. Ibrahim El Nur.
The second workshop took place on December 9, 2013 and was held at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon for graduate students from the Lebanese University, Lebanese International University, Lebanese American University, and American University of Beirut. This workshop was co-funded by the Ford Foundation and the Lebanese American University and was led by Dr. Suad Joseph, Dr. Ray Jureidini, and Dr. Sami Baroudi.
2013, September – Cairo, Egypt
2013, March – Cairo, Egypt
In March 2013, AFWG ran a Training to Research Seminar in Cairo, Egypt on proposal writing and research design for junior faculty and graduate students at Egyptian public universities. The three-day workshop provided training in proposal writing, research design, and research implementation for projects addressing social conditions in participant's own societies.
2012, December – Cairo, Egypt
2012, May – Cairo, Egypt