12 PhD and Master’s Scholarships in Governance (Berlin, Germany)
Join master’s and doctoral students from over 40 nations in a research-intensive and problem-oriented environment in the heart of Berlin. The Hertie School of Governance is now accepting applications for its Master of Public Policy and its Doctoral Programme in Governance. Please apply by 1 February 2013. Applications for the Executive Master of Public Management are also being accepted. The first […]
PhD Scholarships in Transnational Studies (Berlin, Germany)
Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS) is a joint endeavour of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, and the Social Science Research Center Berlin. It offers a rigorous and intense English-language PhD programme for exceptionally talented graduate students in the field of transnational and international relations, defined as an interdisciplinary field […]
5 PhD positions in theoretical physics (Berlin, Germany)
The Research Training Group funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and associated with the Technische Universität Berlin and its partner institutions, the Potsdam University, the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, and the Fritz-Haber Institute offers a platform for educating doctoral students in interdisciplinary research by applying and developing concepts for describing the collective dynamics of nonlinear […]
6 DOCTORAL Scholarships, 1 POSTDOC and 3 Visiting Fellowships in Darmstadt (Germany)
Topology of Technology The interdisciplinary graduate program « Topology of Technology » at the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, announces up to 6 doctoral fellowships, starting April 1, 2013, and running for a maximum of 3 years. Furthermore the graduate program announces one postdoc fellowship (2 years) and 3 visiting fellowships (for a three-month period in 2013). […]
CALL FOR PAPERS : A Book of Readings – Indigenous language media, language politics and democracy in Africa
The proposed book seeks to place indigenous language media in Africa in a particular socio- historical context with a view to highlighting their role in enhancing the participation of Africans in the political process in their local environs. Language plays a crucial role in the media as a key public domain. Languages that people use […]
Voulez-vous immigrer au Québec? Réfléchissez par trois fois !
Selon une étude publiée en début de semaine, la discrimination atteint des sommets effrayants sur le marché du travail québécois. Les immigrants sont de loin les mieux formés, les plus instruits. Mais sur le marché du travail, ils sont discriminés. Par conséquent, « avec des taux de scolarisation largement plus élevés que la moyenne des Québécois d’origine, les […]
Bon à lire: «Médicaments, le casse-tête indien»
Le Monde diplomatique met à notre disposition un article fort intéressant sur la guerre que se livrent les multinationales pharmaceutiques indiennes et européennes. Au centre des batailles, les pauvres malades en quête de santé. ………………………….. Par Clea Chakraverty « Grand producteur de médicaments génériques, l’Inde gêne les sociétés pharmaceutiques européennes et américaines, qui réclament toujours plus de protection […]
Creative Human Development: Between Technology Transfer and Appropriate Technology
In the excitement over the unfolding of his scientific and technical powers, modern man has built a system of production that ravages nature and a type of society that mutilates man. Such is the philosophy of exaggerated materialism, which we here challenge as inadequate for the purpose of human development. This philosophy promotes a narrow […]
An Interdisciplinary Master’s Programme (History, Political Science, Sociology)
« Roads to Democracy(ies) » is an interdisciplinary, international and research-oriented Master of Arts programme that combines methods and approaches from history, political science and sociology. The two-year full-time programme is offered by the University of Siegen in cooperation with the Universities of Uppsala (Sweden) and Coimbra (Portugal). The programme includes an integrated study abroad period of […]
Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Center for a Sustainable University (Universität Hamburg)
The Postdoctoral Research Group (PRG) “Sustainable Future” at the newly established Center for a Sustainable University at the Universität Hamburg was launched in April 2012 and aims at attracting excellent junior researchers with a clear potential to develop and realize their projects under the banner of sustainability research. The PRG offers postdoctoral fellowships in a […]