D.Rad Call for Researchers in Jordan and Middle East

30 May 2022

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Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Glasgow Caledonian University leads the EU Horizon funded project, D.Rad: DeRadicalisation in Europe and Beyond: Detect, Resolve, Reintegrate (https://dradproject.com/). The project is delivered in 17 European and non-European sites; Austria, Bosnia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia Hungary, Italy, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Prof. Umut Korkut leads the project in Glasgow, UKalong with Principal Investigators in the 16 other countries.

D.Rad aims to identify the actors, networks, and wider social contexts driving radicalisation, particularly among young people in urban and peri-urban areas. D.Rad conceptualises this through the I-GAP spectrum (injustice-grievance-alienation-polarisation) with the goal of moving towards measurable evaluations of de-radicalisation programmes. Our intention is to identify the building blocks of radicalisation, which include a sense of being victimised; a sense of being thwarted or lacking agency in established legal and political structures; and coming under the influence of “us vs them” identity formulations.

The Call
The D.Rad project is looking to subcontract researchers to conduct secondary research in Jordan and the wider Middle-East. The task will involve writing a policy report on radicalisation trends, de-radicalisation strategies, social media trends, and radicalisation in security forces in Jordan and the wider Middle-East. This should provide policy makers and academic audiences with an overview of current de-radicalisation programmes and related policies being unrolled in the area. Furthermore, the report should make key recommendations based on the evidence as to the future of de-radicalisation policy and related initiatives in the wider Middle East. We are expecting to receive two reports in English and an Arabic translation of the same report and they will be published on D.Rad website.

Report Structure
We propose that the report be made up of the following sections:

Summary
Introduction
Overview of current policy trends
The role of media in radicalization
Radicalisation in security forces
Overview of current de-radicalisation programmes
Evaluation of the situation
Key recommendations
The report should be written in both English and Arabic languages.

We expect this work to be completed by July 28th 2022

Interested parties are requested to email umut.korkut@gcu.ac.uk by Tuesday May 31st 2022 with the following information:

A short CV with key experiences as identified above.
A quotation for the work including a breakdown of the projected budget. This should include all staffing costs.
An overview of how the report will be structured and produced by the team.
Contact details.
Glasgow Caledonian University are not bound to accept the lowest priced or any quote and shall not be bound to accept the supplier as sole supplier. Prices quoted shall remain firm for the duration of the contract.

The quotation will be evaluated as follows:

Quality 60%
Price 40%

By providing us with a quotation you agree to be bound by Glasgow Caledonian University Terms and Conditions which will apply to any contract awarded to you after you have provided us with our quotation.

Event Date: 
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 (All day)
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