*Public Administration *Sociology
*Politics
*Pontianak
*Sambas
*Sanggau
*Sintang

*Conditions for Visiting Scholars

*Database of Scholars of West Kalimantan Conflict

The existence of conflict studies programs and the existence of experts and students of conflicts at UNTAN makes the university an interesting partner for international conflict scholars interested in conflicts of West Kalimantan.

Teaching at the UNTAN program offers an international scholar an access to various communities involved in conflicts. Teaching also offers and access to the expertise of local scholars on the Kalimantan-specific conditions.

With wide connections in the national and provincial research administration as well as in the university UNTAN can also assist in the practicalities related to research permits/visas, etc.

To maximize the mutuality of benefits in cooperation between international scholars and the university, certain starting points have to be agreed upon.

• Technical services offered in the process of achieving research permits, selecting the research site, arranging transportation, etc. require resources from the university. These resources should be budgeted by the research project.
• Senior scholars should consider giving lectures regularly during their stay. To optimize the fruitfulness of their contribution, they should study the programs of UNTAN carefully and plan their lectures together with the director of the Graduate studies program, Prof. Syarif Ibrahim Alqadrie (Hyperlink).
• PhD scholars, whose contribution as lecturers is less valuable than that of senior scholars, should consider budgeting a sufficient overhead for the institutional costs of their stay. This is especially important for scholars intending to stay for a longer field research period.
• Due to the limited number of teaching staff and the large number of students in UNTAN, international students should consult their own supervisors about their research topics, instead of expecting too much free supervision time from the UNTAN staff, especially at the early stages of their studies (let alone pre-studies phase).

Scholars interested in cooperating with the UNTAN, are advised to study the ICSN pages on conflict studies in UNTAN in order to be able to propose strategies in which they could collaborate with the university in a mutually beneficial way. After that any enquiries should be directed to Prof. Syarif Ibrahim Alqadrie, Director of the UNTAN Graduate Studies in Social Sciences (S2): Salqadrie@yahoo.com