Dr. Patricia Ward

APPOINTMENT

• since January 2024
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Sociology, Media Sociology, Universität Bielefeld

• May 2021 - December 2023
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden

• September 2020 - May 2021
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Guest Affiliate May-September 2021), Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity

EDUCATION

• September 2020
  • Ph.D., Sociology, Boston University / Doctoral thesis: How Humanitarian Relief 'Works': International Aid Organisations and Local Labor in Crisis Contexts / Committee: Julian Go (Chair), Emily Barman, Noora Lori, Ashley Mears

• December 2011
  • B.A., International Studies / Minor in Public Administration, Minor in Economics / American University, Washington, DC / Phi Betta Kappa, Summa cum Laude / GPA: 3.95/4.0 Scale

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• Individual Research Grant - German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), for project titled “Many Moving Parts: Continuity, Disruption and Change in Global Humanitarian Aid Relations” May 2023-April 2026.
• Pilot Research Grant- German Peace Research Foundation/Deutsche Stiftung Friedenforschung (DSF), for project titled “Rescaling Conflict, Reskilling Humanitarianism. Exploring the Role of Humanitarian Logisticians in Contemporary Aid”. Anticipated Start Date: April 2024.
• Conference Organizing Grant, Funding Program Internationalization, Technische Universität Dresden, for the coordination and hosting of conference titled “Thinking Through the Transnational: A Tumultuous Task?” Fall 2022 (with I. Tuzi).
• German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik Guest Researcher Fellowship, Contested Mobilities Project, 2020/2021 (declined)
• Human Resources Policy Institute Research Award, Boston University, with Michel Anteby and Ashley Mears, 2019.
• Council of American Overseas Research (CAORC) Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, 2017-2018.
• Morris Dissertation Support Grant, Department of Sociology, Boston University, 2017-2018.
• Pre-Dissertation Summer Research Travel Grant, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, Boston University, 2016.
• Morris Student Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, Boston University, 2015-2019.
• Dean’s Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, 2014-2019.
• Fulbright Research Fellowship, Fulbright Canada, York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies, 2012-2013.
• Research Grant for Discussion Paper Series, UNDP Anti-Corruption and Integrity in the Arab Countries (ACIAC) Program, with Qasem Newashi, 2012.
• Independent Research Grant, UNHCR Small Grants Programme, 2011-2012.
• Travel Scholarship Grant, American University, Washington, DC, 2011.
• Tuition Academic Merit Award for Academic Excellence, American University, Washington, DC, 2008-2011.