A research project on the right to education in refugee camps in Jordan receives the 13th Research Award for Peace of the UB
The research project Human rights: fiction or reality? Refugeesʼ right to education, by the student Elena Musa, from Institut Santa Eulàlia (Hospitalet de Llobregat), won the thirteenth edition of the Research Award for Peace, aimed at high school students, held yearly by the University of Barcelona, promoted by Solidaritat UB Foundation and the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE), supported by Global Justice and International Cooperation of the Barcelona City Council. The jury, formed by teaching staff of the University, gave the award to this research, based on the field observation, where the student compares the situation of a right to education between two refugee communities in Jordan: Palestine population in Al Baqaʼa camp and Syrian population in Al Zaatari camp. According to the jury, “the study outstands due the studentʼs ability to choose a specific object of study and focus her work on a delimited context”, as well as the good structure and scientific rigour of the research and the coherence of the theoretical frame with the analytical criteria she used afterwards.
The research project Human rights: fiction or reality? Refugeesʼ right to education, by the student Elena Musa, from Institut Santa Eulàlia (Hospitalet de Llobregat), won the thirteenth edition of the Research Award for Peace, aimed at high school students, held yearly by the University of Barcelona, promoted by Solidaritat UB Foundation and the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE), supported by Global Justice and International Cooperation of the Barcelona City Council. The jury, formed by teaching staff of the University, gave the award to this research, based on the field observation, where the student compares the situation of a right to education between two refugee communities in Jordan: Palestine population in Al Baqaʼa camp and Syrian population in Al Zaatari camp. According to the jury, “the study outstands due the studentʼs ability to choose a specific object of study and focus her work on a delimited context”, as well as the good structure and scientific rigour of the research and the coherence of the theoretical frame with the analytical criteria she used afterwards.
The award, which aims to promote education for peace in upper secondary school and to strengthen culture of peace in research, was given on Monday, June 4, in a ceremony in Aula Capella, in the Historical Building of the UB. The student and the high school received -each- a prize worth 500 euros.
The jury also gave five special honors to the projects La nena africana, by Arcadi Martín, from Col•legi Salesià Sant Antoni de Pàdua (Mataró); Història dʼuna vida estroncada per la Guerra Civil, by Georgina Boix, from Institut Joan Brudieu (Seu dʼUrgell); Les segones oportunitats. Les persones amb antecedents penals i el món laboral, by Maria Vidal, from Col•legi Claret (Barcelona); Viu i deixa viure, by Íngrid Carbonell, from Institut Pere Ribot (Vilassar de Mar), and La crisi dels refugiats sirians a Palamós, by Míriam Fernàndez, from Institut Palamós.
The vice-rector for Equal Opportunities and Social Action of the UB, Maite Vilalta, presided the ceremony. Other participants were David Llistar, director of Global Justice and International Cooperation in the Barcelona City Council; Carme Panchón, deputydirector of ICE, and Núria González, coordinator of the program on education for peace, human rights and global citizenship from Solidaritat UB Foundation. Jaume Saura, lecturer of Law at the UB and deputy general to Catalan Ombudsman, who read the final verdict.
Special prize from Garraf Area Council
The special prize from Consell Comarcal del Garraf (Area council) was also announced during the ceremony. This prize honors the best research study carried out on high schools in the area council. This year, the prize was given to La renda bàsica universal. Una Mirada al futur, by Adrià Sistané, from Institut Can Puig (Sant Pere de Ribes). This award will be given on June 20, at 11 a.m. in Masia dʼen Cabanyes (Vilanova i la Geltrú).