Trajectories of Change: PhD scholarship in Humanities and Social Sciences 1044 views

ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius offers a scholarship programme Trajectories of Change, a PhD scholarship programme in Humanities and Social Sciences. The programme addresses historical and current transformation processes in the European neighbourhood.

Research areas:

• structural features of the public sphere: access to information, channels, drivers and voices
• old and new media
• reconfigurations of the communication landscape on local, national and transnational level
• language politics and practice
• hate speech, othering and stereotyping
• ideology and legitimation in the authoritarian politics
• state control of public discourse, repression and censorship
• articulation of interests and values in the language of politics
• civil society, public sphere and democratic renewal
• new forms of political and social activism

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold a university degree that qualifies for PhD studies.
• Applicant must provide proof of this qualification with the application.
• Students applying for the pre-doctoral grants must expect to complete their degree in the same year.

Application:

Application to be submitted in English. Application must contain the following:

• Research proposal (for PhD students: max. 7 pages; for pre-doctoral candidates: 3-5 pages) outlining the dissertation project
• Research plan with the time schedule (max. 2 pages)
• Copy of the university degree
• CV with the photo
• 2 letters of reference (by university professors to be submitted through the electronic system provided by the Foundation).

Fellowship value:

• Stipend: € 1,200 per month; paid in three-monthly instalments, payable in advance
• Added payments for married scholarship holders will not be granted by the Foundation. The stipend is paid in three-monthly installments.
• Fieldwork Grants support travel costs as well as research expenses and add up to max. € 3,000