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The interdisciplinary graduate program \u00ab\u00a0Topology of Technology\u00a0\u00bb 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.
\nFurthermore the graduate program announces one postdoc fellowship (2 years) and 3 visiting fellowships (for a three-month period in 2013).<\/p>\n
The program is organized by teachers from the subjects of history, sociology, philosophy, mechanical engineering, computer science, and the planning sciences. It focuses on the relationship between technology and \u00a0space\u2014at present, in history, and in a possible future. It has four thematic foci:
\n– The Persistence and Routinization of Daily Life in Technical Surroundings
\n– The Formation and Limitations of Action in Spatial-Technological Settings
\n– The Planning and Design of Technologies in Spatial Contexts
\n– The Modeling and Simulation of Spatial Relations by Technological Means<\/p>\n
The program (GRK 1343) is primarily financed by the German Research Council (DFG); see www.dfg.de.
\nMonthly stipends range between 1,468 and 1,570 euros (parents receive additional child allowances). There are no tax reductions; however, fellows have to finance their own health insurance.
\nApplicants for the postdoc fellowship need to have a doctoral degree (or at least to have submitted their dissertation). Since course work and seminars are carried out in both German and English, it is expected that applicants are able to read and understand German.
\nThe visiting fellowships are offered to graduate candidates or recent PhDs interested in intensifying their own work on the relationship between technology and space during a three-month stay in Darmstadt. Applicants are asked to indicate in what way they expect to profit from intensified contacts with our graduate program.<\/p>\n
Fellows are expected to work together in our common office downtown Darmstadt and thus need to take up their\u00a0residence in the city or the vicinity.
\nApplications are only accepted in electronic form. They should include (1) a CV, (2) copies of academic diplomas\u00a0(containing details of language skills), (3) a short description (max. 5 pages) of the planned doctoral dissertation\u00a0or postdoc project, as well as (4) the names and addresses of two university professors who are willing to act as reference persons (please merge the documents into one single file, max. 6 MB in PDF format).<\/p>\n
Please send your <\/span><\/strong>application no later than\u00a0December 7, 2012\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>to topologie@ifs.tu-darmstadt.de. Please make sure that it includes a personally formulated explanation why you are particularly interested in the topic of the program and to which thematic focus your research will, in the first
\ninstance, contribute. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the directors: Petra Gehring
\n(gehring@phil.tu-darmstadt.de) or Mikael H\u00e5rd (hard@ifs.tu-darmstadt.de).<\/p>\n