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<b>A.G. Leventis Research Innovation Programme on Cyprus</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
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<a href="https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=980c366019&e=a9acf6c911" target="_blank" title="https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=980c366019&e=a9acf6c911"><b>Call for Research Project
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Hellenic Observatory established a new initiative in 2019 dedicated to innovative research on Cyprus<b> </b>regarding issues of contemporary academic and policy-relevant significance. This <a href="https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=7f353817de&e=a9acf6c911" target="_blank">Programme</a> is
 funded by the <b>A.G. Leventis Foundation </b>and is based on research calls put out by the HO, for projects to be conducted by external researchers. The purpose of the programme is to develop and support high-quality academic and policy-related research and
 publications within the social sciences on Cyprus.<br>
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For the second year, the LSE’s Hellenic Observatory <a href="https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=5276ee113c&e=a9acf6c911" target="_blank">invites applications</a> from researchers to conduct high-quality and policy relevant
 research on contemporary Cyprus. Unless otherwise indicated, projects are eligible for consideration from across the social sciences; have either a domestic or external focus; and/or place Cyprus in comparative perspective. Projects should normally have a
 clear relevance to public policy in Cyprus.<br>
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<b>Research Themes & Level of Awards</b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. Collaborative Research Project: GBP £25,000 grant - the project to run for a maximum of 24 months (one award)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
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<b>The Impacts of COVID-19 on Cyprus</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cyprus appears to be a success story so far, as the early lockdown and interruption of flights has meant a comparatively low number of COVID-19 related deaths. Nonetheless, in addition to the health impacts of the virus, the pandemic
 and lockdown have had major effects on business, communities, families, individuals and the state.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">We welcome interdisciplinary proposals that address <b>at least two</b> of the following aspects:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. <i>Bi-communal relations</i>: the consequences of how the two communities have been impacted by COVID-19.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. <i>Policy delivery</i>: an evaluation of best practices and good governance initiatives in public health, and alternative policy models and strategies for progress in the future.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">3. <i>Citizenship</i>: the implications of restrictions on individual freedoms and political participation due to the ‘state of exception’.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">4. <i>Economic impacts</i>: the impacts on the island’s tourist- and real estate-led economy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">5. <i>Diasporic relations</i>: the impacts on the Cypriot diaspora due to the disproportionate number of deaths among British Cypriots, for example.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">An essential requirement is a collaboration with an LSE academic (Assistant Professor equivalent or higher), with a target budget for the LSE component in the area of at least 10% of the total project budget.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>2. Small Research Project: GBP £8,000 grant – the project to run for a maximum of 12 months (one award)</b><br>
<b>Precariousness in Cyprus: challenges and implications</b><br>
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Austerity during recent decades in Cyprus has led to the deregulation of labour markets, security and welfare, creating an economic climate of precariousness, and severely affecting quality of life and impacting social mobility opportunities. We invite proposals within
 different disciplines and methodological approaches that will examine questions of one or more of (1) the impacts of labour insecurity and the ‘normalisation’ of precarity; (2) generational differences in the impacts of precariousness; (3) political participation
 and social mobilization; and (4) the intersection between class, gender, citizenship/minority belonging, and precariousness.<br>
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Applications are to be submitted electronically by <b>30 September 2020</b> <b>(23.59 GMT)</b> in Word format to <a href="mailto:Hellenicobservatory.Research@lse.ac.uk" target="_blank">Hellenicobservatory.research@lse.ac.uk</a> and the subject line of the email
 should read <b>“HO Cyprus Call 2020”.</b><br>
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For further information and details on <b><i>Eligibility</i></b> and <b><i>Application Procedure</i></b> please click <a href="https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=65615b6f9c&e=a9acf6c911" target="_blank">here</a>.<br>
For more details on the Research Programme please click <b><a href="https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=0fcadbf97f&e=a9acf6c911" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">here</span></a></b>. Should you have any
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