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Call for Applications: “World Values Survey - an Exploration Research”
02/03/12

Background
The World Values Survey (WVS) was originally an expansion of the European Values Survey first conducted in 1981. Since then there have been 6 more waves of surveys that have covered almost 100 countries and roughly 90% of the global population. The WVS is a non-profit organization of social science experts and researchers. It relies on this global network to successful conduct the survey throughout the world. The survey focuses on beliefs and values as they relate to international, national, local, and family issues. The data that the survey provides is truly one of a kind and has been the basis of countless scholarly articles and books.
The survey conducted in September-October 2011 was the second time that data has been collected for the WVS in Armenia. The first WVS in Armenia was completed in 1997, since then many things have changed in the country that makes the results of the most recent survey even more interesting. In addition to comparing these results to the earlier Armenian data, there is also the opportunity to do cross-country comparisons on both a regional and international level. The details of the different surveys can be found here. While past papers have included topics such as personal happiness, personal relationship to government, and causes of genocide we encourage all potential applicants to go through the data and bring their own unique perspective to the work. You can visit here and here to find other relevant research using the WVS databases for different years.

What issues are we looking to address?
We're looking for attractive and applied research that may address happiness index, or other exciting topics relevant to our country using longitudinal, cross-country comparisons. The variety of topics covered in the last WVS Armenia survey gives an opportunity to analyze different aspects and different issues concerned with values. The analysis may contain simple charts of frequencies and respective comments, cross tabulations or more complex regression models, especially models with limited dependent variables (logit, probit regression models).

What results?
We want you to produce quality research papers/articles or other pieces using as a primary source of information the data collected in framework of the mentioned Survey, as well as the first WVS conducted in Armenia in 1997, and similar surveys for many other countries. It is expected that the developed papers will be published at least in local media outlets. However, getting published in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals will give your research international recognition. We will also help you to present you findings through presentation series at CRRC-Armenia.

What do you get?
You will have an exclusive opportunity to explore the survey based dataset. The research grant provides an opportunity to prove your professionalism, which you can use for many other applications (jobs, consultancy work, joint research projects, conference participation, etc). In terms of remuneration, each research proposal will enjoy about 380 000 (gross) AMD for one month of desk study.

Who is eligibile?
Applicants must be Armenian citizens or permanent residents of Armenia. Applications may be submitted by individual social science or humanities researchers, or by researchers and journalists affiliated with academic institutions, research institutes, mass media, NGOs, think tanks, and public agencies. Research experience and publishing records, as well as knowledge of English are a prerequisite.

How to apply?
Please fill in the application form and submit it along with your updated CV (indicating all your professional activities, any research conducted, and any other experience that would help your application to be convenient) to fellowship@crrc.am or bring it to CRRC-Armenia office at 52 Abovyan Str., room 305, by 17.00 (local time), by February 13, 2012. The language of the proposals is English, but you also can reserve some money within the budget for the translation of the final product in case of a successful proposal. In order to have a preliminary idea on the topics while preparing your proposal, please follow the link to download the survey questionnaires in English and Armenian and the dataset.

For further information please contact Ms. Anna Sarkisyan, Program Manager, CRRC-Armenia, Tel.: (374 10) 58 13 30, 58 14 50 or E-mail: fellowship@crrc.am

Public lecture on "Global Nuclear Technology Transfers and its Implications for the Caucasus"
11/03/11

General Overview: The lecturer will present research from his recent book, Exporting the Bomb, in which he examines the historical transfer of sensitive nuclear materials and technology. In contrast to many analysts that consider nuclear transfers from an economic point of view, Dr. Kroenig will argue that state decisions to provide nuclear assistance are the result of a coherent, strategic logic. He will examine the most important historical cases, including France's nuclear assistance to Israel in the 1950s and 1960s; the Soviet Union's sensitive transfers to China from 1958 to 1960; China's nuclear aid to Pakistan in the 1980s; and Pakistan's recent technology transfers. After analyzing nuclear transfers in a global perspective, Dr. Kroenig will discuss the implications of his research for nuclear smuggling in the Caucasus. The lecture will be followed by a question-answer session and discussion.

Target audience: Researchers, scholars, public officials, NGO leaders, and students.

Lecturer Short Bio: Dr. Matthew Kroenig received his Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently specializes in nuclear deterrence and is a professor at Georgetown University, as well as a special advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense. He is the author of the book Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons (Cornell University Press, 2010), coauthor of The Handbook of National Legislatures: A Global Survey (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and co-editor of Causes and Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation (Routledge, 2011). More information is available at: http://www.matthewkroenig.com.

Registration: If interested, please confirm your attendance via crrcnews@crrc.am (mentioning “Global Nuclear Technology Transfers Lecture” in the subject line) or call at 58 13 30, 58 14 50 by November 16, 5 pm, mentioning your organizational affiliation and translation needs.

Armenian Economic Association Workshop
10/14/11

On October 24, 2011, at 14:00-16:00 CRRC-Armenia will be hosting a workshop in the scope of the conference organized by Armenian Economic Association. During the workshop presentations on “Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium” and “Factor-Based Dynamic Models” will be delivered consecutively by Ashot Mkrtchyan and Karen Poghosyan from Central Bank of Armenia.

If interested in these topics, you are kindly asked to confirm your participation here by October 21, 17:00.

Training on "Preparing Attractive Charts"
10/12/11

General Overview: This training is for researchers who would like to improve their chart-making skills in Excel and present data in a more efficient way. Participants will become familiar with different types of charts and learn how to make them attractive. By the end of the training participants will be able to create charts that will be readable and catchy for the audience. Knowledge of SPSS and Excel is required for participants.

Successful participants will be invited by CRRC-Armenia office to participate in different projects and help with preparing charts.

Trainer’s Short Bio: Nana Papiashvili is CRRC’s Regional Research Associate. She is experienced in analyzing various survey data in SPSS, Excel and STATA, and in creating data presentations. Nana has an M.A. in International Relations and European Studies from the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary).

Registration: If interested, please, register here by November 1, 6 p.m. Please note that we can accept only 8 participants and will notify you by November 2, whether you are selected to participate in this training.

Webinar: Global Marketing Information Database (GMID)
10/06/11

Caucasus Resources Research Centers (CRRC) – Armenia is pleased to invite you to a webinar on

Day: October 18, 2011

Time: 16:00-17:30

Place: CRRC-Armenia, YSU 6th Bulding (Abovyan 52), 3rd floor, room 305

Language:Russian

General Overview: Online presentation will be on the information of Passport GMID of Euromonitor International (EI). EI presents objective data for different regions and 80 countries. It is providing market research for business and other type of organizations. Ms. Bondarenko will present Passport GMID in detail (to which CRRC-Armenia has a trial access during October 2011 as a member of Electronic Library Consortium of Armenia) and will answer the questions of the participants. The webinar is addressed to researchers interested in marketing data.

Registration: If interested, please, register here by October 14, 5p.m. Please note that we can accept only 12 participants and will notify you by October 17, whether you are selected to participate in this webinar.

UC Berkeley Scholars Workshop, October 30 – November 12, 2011
09/06/11

The Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study and Education (CASE) at the European Humanities University (EHU) and the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), is soliciting proposals from scholars in the social sciences and history from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to participate in a two-week workshop at UCB from October 30 to November 12, 2011. The workshop is funded by a generous grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. For more details and application form, please visit CRRC regional website.

Workshop: Doing research with Stata
08/06/11

Date: August 6, 2011

Time: 10:00-13:00

Location: CRRC-Armenia, room 305, YSU 6th Building, 52 Abovyan Street, Yerevan

Language: Armenian

General Overview: During the workshop Dr. Shushanik Hakobyan will introduce the basics of Stata, how to manage data, perform basic statistical analysis and produce simple graphs in Stata. The workshop is mainly targeted for those who use Stata. Participants of the workshop are welcome to share their own experience concerning and ask their questions to Dr. Hakobyan, as well as bring their personal computers for convenience.

Lecturer Bio: Shushanik Hakobyan joined the economics department of Middlebury College as a visiting assistant professor in the fall of 2011, shortly after finishing her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining, Dr. Shushanik Hakobyan taught at the University of Virginia. She also served as a teaching assistant at University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University. She earned her B.A. in Economics at the Yerevan State University of Economics and an M.A. in Russian and Eurasian Studies at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Registration: If interested, please confirm your attendance via crrcnews@crrc.am or call at 58 13 30, 58 14 50 by August 5, 2011, 17:00, mentioning your name and organizational affiliation.

Public Lecture: To Cut the Knot. A Gordian Solution to the Turkish-Armenian Question
07/08/11

Date: July 8, 2011

Time: 11:00

Location: CRRC-Armenia, room 305, YSU 6th Building, 52 Abovyan Street, Yerevan

Language: English and Russian

General Overview: During the lecture Dr. Nalbandov presented his paper "To Cut the Knot. A Gordian Solution to the Turkish-Armenian Question". The paper was on the debate on the recognition and naming of the massacres of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide. It presented a novel and radical approach to the solution of this century-long political problem by transferring insecurity and fear of Pressure Dilemma to an external security guarantor, the European Union, with its highly normative human rights framework.

Lecturer Bio: Dr. Nalbandov is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Security Studies, Angelo State University, has taught international relations for almost 10 years at various universities. Dr. Nalbandov has BA in English Linguistics from Tbilisi State University; MPA from the Georgian-American Institute of Public Administration; MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; and PhD in Political Science from the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. He has extensively published on the topics of civil wars, international relations theories, human rights and foreign policy.

The Presentation of Caucasus Barometer 2010 Results
05/25/11

On May 25, 2011, at 11AM in Congress Hotel CRRC-Armenia presented the main findings of household survey conducted in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in fall 2010.

Orientation Traning: "Assistance in Social Science Research"
05/04/11

Date: May 4, 2011

Time: 14:30-15:45

Location: CRRC-Armenia, YSU 6th building (Abovyan 52), 3rd floor, room 305

Language: Armenian

General Overview: The purpose of this orientation training was to introduce the activities of CRRC to its beneficiaries, to present the resources and services for social scientists, as well as the projects implemented by CRRC-Armenia and their purpose.

Trainer's Short Bio: Veronica Grigoryan has a Master’s Degree in Political Science and International Affairs from American University of Armenia. Ms. Grigoryan joined CRRC-Armenia in July 2010 as Information Specialist/ Librarian.

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