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Call for Applications
PhD Program in Global Biogeochemistry and related Earth System Sciences at IMPRS-gBGC

Applications are invited for the International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC) PhD program specializing in global biogeochemistry and related Earth System Sciences, offered in cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
Call for Applications
Doctoral Positions in Economic Sociology, Political Economy, and Organization Studies at IMPRS-SPCE

The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE), jointly conducted by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), the Department of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne, and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen, invites excellent candidates to apply for its doctoral program.
Call for Proposals: Indo-German Partnerships in Higher Education (IGP) 2020-2024

The“Indo-German Partnerships in Higher Education” (IGP), a joint programme by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is now inviting proposals with the objective to support cooperation between higher education institutions in each country.
Education for Sustainable Peace – Call for Applications for the Georg Arnhold Senior Fellow 2021

The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research. Member of the Leibniz Association (GEI) has announced the Call for Applications for the 2021 Georg Arnhold Senior Fellow for Education for Sustainable Peace.
Doctoral Fellowship at the Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies

The Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies (MaxPo) invites applications for a doctoral fellowship in sociology or political science at Sciences Po in Paris. The MaxPo PhD program runs in close collaboration with the doctoral program of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) in Cologne.
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Nine German Universities among the Hundred Most Innovative in the World!

Nine German universities have made it to the Reuters’ ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Universities this year. The list “identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and power new markets and industries.”
Call for applications: PhD Positions/Scholarships in Literary Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

The Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies (FSGS) as well as the Cluster of Excellence 2020 “Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective” at Freie Universität Berlin are calling for applications for the following scholarships and research assistant positions: