INTERNSHIP- Field Research for Masters Students, Summer 2007, Afghanistan
Field Research Opportunities For Masters Thesis Students
Social Water Management In North Afghanistan: Governance, Livelihoods
And Technology In Five Irrigation Systems In The Kunduz Region
Field research period from May/June 2007
minimum field work duration: 12 weeks
Focus Present Call:
Study Water Management Practices In Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems
ZEF (Center for Development Research/Zentrum für
Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, Germany) is implementing the research
component of the European Union funded project 'Social Management of
Water in Afghanistan. (Kunduz River Basin Programme)' coordinated by
the Deutsche Welt Hunger Hilfe (DWHH)/German Agro Action (GAA). ZEF
implements the research in co-operation with the Afghan university in
Mazar-i Sharif. For conducting field research ZEF will finance 3-4
expatriate students. For start in June/July 2007 we are looking for
students to look at water management practices in the farmer managed
irrigation systems and later on students who will study
socio-technical issues of water management. Selected students will
work together with students from the Afghan University in Mazar-i Sharif.
A research supervisor (ZEF postdoc) will coordinate the field studies.
The selected Masters students will be supervised and receive their
degrees in their home universities, while ZEF provides financial and
logistic support and supervision for the field work period. The
project is based in Kunduz, and is integrated in the DWHH/GAA project
and security framework. Students are envisaged to stay in the research
sites (five irrigation systems/villages) for most of the fieldwork
period. For good preparation of the field research, ZEF seeks to
contact interested students at an early stage.
Project description
The DWHH/GAA Social Water Management project
"aims at building sustainable social and technical water management
capacities in the Kunduz River Basin (KRB) of North Afghanistan. Local
communities in rural areas are strengthened in (re-) building their
capacity of effectively managing their water resources while
integrating all sections of the population in the process. The target
group consists of approximately 250.000 rural people living in five
irrigation areas of Kunduz and Takhar Provinces, who shall benefit as
water users from the project. The proposed project will focus the
erosion of traditional knowledge and social managing skills of local
communities on their water resources and distribution mechanisms.
Activities will comprise a) in-depth study of existing managing
systems, b) the involvement of all water user groups in the planning
and organisation of priority water management projects, c) an
improvement of farm and household water management, and d) the
linkages of communities to efficiently manage their water resources in
collaboration with neighbouring villages and local administrative
institutions." (from project document)
Requirements:
- Candidates should be enrolled in a Masters programme providing a
relevant background for research on 'social water management'.
- Experience with field work in rural areas in developing countries,
preferably with the interdisciplinary study of water management, with
a focus on issues like water rights, organisation of water
distribution, sociotechnical analysis of infrastructure, local
governance arrangements, and/or livelihoods aspects of irrigated agriculture
- Disciplinary background of students is open - relevant course work
and fieldwork experience is decisive; we aim for gender balance and
diversity in background to cover the different components adequately
- Good writing skills in English
- Good team worker
- Research experience in the Afghanistan region or irrigation in
mountainous regions is preferred but not expected
- Speaking one or more of the local languages is a recommendation but
not expected
Financial support:
ZEF will cover a) cost of return journey to research area, b) local
transport for research, c) local accommodation costs, and d) necessary
equipment e) translator, if necessary
More information:
More information on ZEF can be found at www.zef.de.
ZEF research component coordinators:
Dr Peter P. Mollinga and Dr Conrad Schetter
ZEF Dept. of Political and Cultural Change
Walter Flex Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany
pmollinga@uni-bonn.de, c.schetter@uni-bonn.de
Phone: 00-49-228-734918 and 00-49-228-731970
Interested students are requested to respond as soon as possible
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