Sabbatical Fellowships

2011/2012

University of Victoria

Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy

Sabbatical Fellowship

The Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy at the University of Victoria invites applications from University of Victoria faculty members on sabbatical leave for any portion of 2011/2012, fellowships of up to 12 months' duration during the 2011/12 academic year, beginning no earlier than 1 July 2011.

Purpose

The purpose of the fellowship is to provide scholars working on research projects related to co-operative and community based economy with supplementary funding, suitable space and a stimulating environment conducive to writing and
reflection.

Topics

The Centre welcomes applications from all disciplinary backgrounds for projects that promote the scholarly study of subjects related to co-operative and community-based economic arrangements. ‘Co-operative and community-based economy’ is taken to refer to collective undertakings, not necessarily co-operatives:

• aimed at providing the needs and wants of some community or group, where any profits are a means of supplying those needs and wants;

• managed autonomously and by democratic processes, and

• in which persons and their participation are given priority over capital in the distribution of any surplus.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: conditions, including policies, that give rise to, or inhibit, co-operative and community-based economic activity; the relations between co-operative and community-based economic organizations and other forms of enterprise, examinations of sectoral organizations (Health, Housing, Agriculture etc.); issues of representation and participation in co-operative and community-based economic arrangements; the history, sociology and/or anthropology of co-operative and community-based economic models; and co-operative and community-based arrangements as an instrument for sustainable community development, including indigenous settings.

Eligibility

Faculty members on sabbatical leave, with a tenure-track or tenured appointment at the University of Victoria, who have a defined research project in hand.

Value

•$3,000 for a year, $1,500 for one six-month term and

•office space (including wireless Internet, fax and copy services) in the Centre’s premises in House 2.

Conditions

Fellows are expected to:

• conduct their work in their Centre office;

• participate actively in the programs and activities of the Centre;

• give at least one public seminar or lecture on the theme of their research;

• acknowledge the Centre in all publications arising from the fellowship, and deposit one copy of such publications in the Centre's library.

Research products will be eligible for consideration as an occasional paper published by the Centre.

Application Procedure

Applications should include:

1. a covering letter;

2. a descriptive title of the research area;

3. a detailed statement of the research proposal in a form that makes the applicant's intentions fully understandable to experts in his or her own discipline (maximum 5 pages);

4. a current curriculum vitae, and

5. reference letters of three scholars in support of the proposed project. The Centre may also choose to solicit the opinions of other referees.

Application forms should be submitted in electronic form. Paper copies will be accepted only for supporting material (e.g. transcripts and reference letters).

Application Deadline – 31 October 2010

Completed applications should be submitted to Dr. Ana Maria Peredo, Director, Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy, University of Victoria. Applications should be sent by email to vvm@uvic.ca or by mail or courier to the BC Centre for Co-operative Studies, University House 2, Room 109, PO Box 3060, Victoria, BC V8W3R4.

Selection will be made by the CCCBE Program Committee based on the academic merit of the proposal, the views of the referees, and the recent scholarly activity of the candidate. Proposals submitted outside of the regular application deadline schedule may also be considered at the discretion of the director.