Led by RSC Analyst Mikayel Zolyan in the capacity of Project Coordinator, the RSC is engaged in a new two-year research project entitled, “In Search of a Foundation Myth: State-building and Representations of the Events 1988-1991 in the Political Discourse of the Republic of Armenia.” This new research project is conducted for the Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN), in a programme aimed at “strengthening research in the social sciences and humanities in the South Caucasus and helping to bring it up to European standards.”
.Other key RSC staff, including Dr. Haykak Arshamyan, who also serves as the Project Coordinator of the RSC Turkey Project, and RSC Director Richard Giragosian, are also providing support for this project.
Further, the goal of the ASCN programme is to contribute to the region’s transformation process by supporting academic research in the social sciences and humanities and fostering a new generation of scholars. Research in the social sciences is of particular relevance to the transition process. It can help point out the need for reform in sectors critical to a country’s development. It can also help address challenges and identify possible solutions in areas essential to a country’s political stability and socio-economic development. These areas include: identities, nation-building, ethnicity, protection of minorities, good governance, state-building, among others.
Switzerland has a lot to offer in terms of “building” scientific capacities in the social sciences and humanities. Switzerland’s acquired academic expertise in the above-listed areas can have a significant impact on countries in the transformation process.
For more information, see: www.ascn.ch/en/research/ Current-Projects/Armenia.html
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