> Call for Applications 2011
> PhD Programme
> Transnational Studies
>
> Scholarships: 8 Doctoral Scholarships
> Date: 3 year full-time PhD programme starting September 2011
> Starting date for Applications: 1 December, 2010
> Deadline for Applications: 1 February, 2011
> Online application: www.transnationalstudies.eu
>
> The Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS), a joint endeavour of the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), the Hertie
> School of Governance (HSoG) and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), announces its next call for applications for
> its full-time PhD programme. All three are leading institutions in the field of political science and its neighbouring disciplines.
> The programme draws upon their faculty, research projects, facilities and services.
>
> The three-year English language doctoral programme is designed for exceptionally talented and motivated graduate students. It
> offers state-of-the-art survey classes, a strong training in research methods and research design, skills courses and
> individualized supervision. While the courses and training present an important part of the curriculum, the bulk of the workload
> for the PhD candidates in the programme will be in the form of independent research for their dissertations.
> The programme has a strong focus on transnational processes analysed by social science methods. It welcomes applications
> from political science and adjacent disciplines like economics, history, law, and area studies. Dissertation topics should refer to
> one of the following three research areas broadly defined:
> · The analysis of national and transnational causes and consequences of political, societal and cultural globalisation.
> · The challenges to governance in international and transnational settings including issues of politisation and legitimacy,
> as well as in areas of limited statehood.
> · The comparative study of regional cooperation, including the EU.
>
> The BTS provides an interdisciplinary environment and an international network for academic research. Expanding this network
> is one of our first priorities. The BTS successfully secured funding as part of the programme "International Promovieren in
> Deutschland", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The award enables the BTS to offer mobility funds for
> research trips and conference attendances to its PhD candidates. Furthermore, the graduate students profit from renowned
> international scholars and from international PhD workshops offered in cooperation with its international partners like the
> Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
>
> The online application tool will be available from 1 Dec. 2010. The deadline for applications is 1 Feb. 2011. Promising applicants
> will be invited to a interview in Berlin taking place at the end of April 2010. Fares and accommodation will be covered by the
> BTS. Successful candidates will be informed shortly afterwards. Starting date of the programme is September 2011.
>
> The application requirements for the programme are:
> · An exceptionally strong completed university degree qualifying for PhD studies in political science, international
> relations, sociology, economics, law or adjacent disciplines
> · Proof of C1 level English language skills or the equivalent
> · CV
> · A short letter of motivation (600 words maximum)
> · A research proposal including a timetable (5000 words maximum)
> · Two letters of reference from faculty members
>
>
> ______________________________________________
>
> BTS - Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies
> Lisa Kränke
> Student Assistant
>
> Ihnestr. 26
> 14195 Berlin
> Germany
>
> Tel.: +49 (0)30 838 53091
> info@???
> www.transnationalstudies.eu
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