Frau Dr. Patricia Ward

BERUFLICHER WERDEGANG

• seit Januar 2024
  • Postdoktorandin / wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Fakultät für Soziologie, Mediensoziologie, Universität Bielefeld

• Mai 2021 - Dezember 2023
  • Postdoktorandin / wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Fakultät für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, Technische Hochschule Dresden

• September 2020 - Mai 2021
  • Postdoktorandin (Gastpartnerin Mai-September 2021), Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung religiöser und ethnischer Vielfalt, Abteilung für Ethik, Recht und Politik

AUSBILDUNG

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

• Dezember 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

ZUSCHÜSSE UND AUSZEICHNUNGEN

• 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.
• Pre-Dissertation Summer Research Travel Grant, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, Boston University, 2016.
• 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.
• Tuition Academic Merit Award for Academic Excellence, American University, Washington, DC, 2008-2011.