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 /

• December 2011
  • B.A., International Studies / Minor in Public Administration, Minor in Economics / American University, Washington, DC /

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 Foundation for Peace Research/Deutsche Stiftung Friedenforschung (DSF), for project titled “Rescaling Conflict, Reskilling Humanitarianism. Exploring the Role of Humanitarian Logisticians in Contemporary Aid”.
• 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.
• 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.
• Independent Research Grant, UNHCR Small Grants Programme, 2011-2012.
• Tuition Academic Merit Award for Academic Excellence, American University, Washington, DC, 2008-2011.