Objective
The physical and psychosocial impact of armed conflict on children is immense and particularly so, if these children are associated with the enemy. Overwhelming evidence suggests that children born of war (CBOW), i.e. children fathered by foreign soldiers and born to local mothers have been and continue to be a major obstacle to successful integration of both their mothers and themselves into post-conflict societies. At a global level, previous UN studies have further emphasized the lack of research on children born out of forced pregnancies in armed conflict. The proposed network addresses the described shortcomings by advancing the knowledge base through systematic analysis of lived experiences of CBOW in a variety of 20th century conflict and post-conflict situations.
The main research goal is to further our understanding of how (if at all) CBOW in conflict and post-conflict situations are integrated into society; how (if at all) militaries, governments, and nongovernmental policy makers assist this integration process; and how the children's lived experiences reflect broader societal attitudes to memories of war and vice versa. Our vision is to promote scientific excellence by exploiting the specific research expertise and infrastructure of the co-ordinating partner and all participants in order to advance the research competencies and employability of early career researchers. Their enhanced understanding of the challenges of CBOW in volatile societies will inform the normative debates and, ultimately, policies on the reintegration of CBOW into post-conflict societies. By combining historical, social empirical, psychiatric, political, legal, memory, public health and development studies with the discourse surrounding currently enacted humanitarian intervention, insights gained from this network will surpass existing knowledge and will help improve on current integration efforts.
Fields of science
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicineobstetrics
- humanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematography
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsarmed conflicts
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizations
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistory
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training NetworksCoordinator
B15 2TT Birmingham
United Kingdom
Participants (11)
04109 Leipzig
Participation ended
53173 Bonn
76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex
1586 Riga
40 007 Katowice
92294 Klaipeda
17489 Greifswald
400 96 Usti Nad Labem
1090 Wien
5211 LJ S Hertogenbosch
86159 Augsburg
Partners (13)
Lira
02138 Cambridge
68159 Mannheim
53173 Bonn
TF8 7DQ Telford
50968 Koln
SE1 8NJ London
10553 Berlin
Lira
69978 Tel Aviv
9000 Gent
W1A 1AA London
125993 Moskva