Australia

UNESCO Chair in Transnational Diasporas and Reconciliation Studies (809), established in 2008 at the University of South Australia (Australia)

 

Fields/Disciplines Diasporas and reconciliation studies. Objectives The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the field of diaspora and reconciliation studies. It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Australia, the Asia and the Pacific, Caribbean, and Africa regions. The objective of its activities shall be to contribute to the overall development and quality enhancement of the University of South Australia and other involved institutions. Particular focus will be put on research excellence and enhance capacity building through: examining how far issues of diaspora, migration and settlement can be rethought in terms of transcultural processes that are endemic to cultures and their mutation over time. assembling within a coherent theoretical framework research and scholars relating to the themes and topics of diaspora, identity, migration and reconciliation thinking past terror, conflict and violence in order to inaugurate processes of reconciliation. Host Institution University of South Australia (Australia)Website UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO Office in Apia