Mershon Center Affiliate Research Conversations
Mershon Center Affiliate Research Conversations supports faculty and student affiliates through small research meetings that foster multidisciplinary collaboration on international, national, and human security.
Funder: Ohio State University
Due Dates: Rolling (Leadership review)
Funding Amounts: Meeting hosting, with refreshments and modest tech support in some cases; no specific budget required
Summary: Supports affiliate-led research conversations that foster multidisciplinary collaboration on international, national, and human security.
Key Information: Applicants must be current Mershon Center faculty or student affiliates; non-affiliates may participate.
Description
Ohio State University’s Mershon Center for International Security Studies supports small meetings among colleagues and students through Affiliate Research Conversations. Affiliates are invited to use 1039 Derby for meetings relevant to the Center’s mission, particularly work-in-progress discussions and brainstorming conversations. In some cases, the Center can provide refreshments and modest technology support.
The program advances innovative research at the intersections of international, national, and human security. It welcomes disciplines engaged with diplomacy, conflict, peacemaking, governance, and cooperative problem-solving, and encourages interdisciplinary, collaborative, and engaged research with implications for policy or practice. Conversations should incorporate multiple perspectives, including participants from inside or outside the academy, and offer collective benefit to the Mershon community, Ohio State, and the wider field of security studies.
