Tuesday, 30 July 2013

International Fellowships at Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg-Essen

The Center for Global Cooperation Research at University of Duisburg-Essen is inviting applications for international fellowships starting in April 2014. The Center will offer six to eight fellowships  for people working on “Culture“as a limit and/or a resource for global cooperation for a period of six to twelve months. The Center is especially interested in applications from the Global South. The Center would particularly encourage qualified women to apply. 
About Scholarship: The Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research invite applications for fellowships starting in April 2014. The Centre will offer six to eight fellowships across the four research units. The fellows will work at the Centre for a period of six to twelve months.
The fellowships entail office space in fully equipped offices and a competitive stipend commensurate with the applicant’s level of professional experience. The Centre is calling for people working on “Culture” as a limit and/or a resource for global cooperation.
Within this research topic, we intend to overcome ‘substantialist’ views of culture (as a civilization substance) as well as ‘residualist’ views (culture as a black box). The research question can be approached from different disciplinary angles and shall be elaborated in a multi- and interdisciplinary setting. 
Study: The Centre is calling for people working on “Culture” as a limit and/or a resource for global cooperation.
Course Level: Fellowships are offered for pursuing research programme.
Scholarship by: The Centre for Global Cooperation Research, an independent research institution of the University of Duisburg-Essen, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Location: Germany 
Eligibility: Invited are applicants from behavioral sciences, anthropology, social sciences, history as well as cultural studies, but also practitioners from governance and non-governmental organizations, social movements and networks who would like to discuss their experiences in an academic framework. It offers a place for reflection and exchange for researchers from the social sciences, the natural sciences, and the humanities, as well as for selected practitioners from all regions of the world. The Centre looks in particular for researchers who are interested in:
a) trans- and interdisciplinary research
b) Critical and culturally diverse perspectives on global cooperation
c) Innovative methodological approaches and experimental ways to do and discuss their research
The Centre is especially interested in applications from the Global South. The Centre would particularly encourage qualified women to apply. 

Scholarship Open for: International applicants (the Centre is especially interested in applications from the Global South. The Centre would particularly encourage qualified women to apply) can apply for these fellowships. 
Number of awards: The Centre will offer six to eight fellowships across the four research units.
Duration: The fellows will work at the Centre for a period of six to twelve months. 
Value: The fellowships entail office space in fully equipped offices and a competitive stipend commensurate with the applicant’s level of professional experience.
Apply: Applications (in English language) should contain a cover letter, a CV, a list of publications, and a short presentation of the proposed research programme (3-5 pages) plus two or three respective publications. Please indicate for which period you would like to come and mention at which level (Postdoc, Fellow, Senior Fellow) you wish to apply. Please indicate to which research unit your research project might fit best. Applications should be emailed to fellowship-applications@gcr21.uni-due.de with the subject heading “Culture and Global Cooperation”. 
Deadline: 20 August 2013
Further Information: http://www.gcr21.org/fellows/how-to-become-a-fellow/call-for-applications/

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