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Call for Applications
Visiting Fellow Research Stays at MaxPo in Paris

The Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies (MaxPo) is welcoming applications from senior academics for research stays of approximately two months at Sciences Po in the heart of Paris.
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Doctoral Fellowship at the Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies in Paris

The Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies (MaxPo) in Paris invites applications for a doctoral fellowship in sociology or political science at Sciences Po in Paris.
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IGCS Winter School 2021 on ‘Sustainable Inland Water Transportation for Blue Economy’

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) in India, in collaboration with Kiel University (CAU), Germany will host the next Winter School and looks forward to welcome 15 PhD and Graduate students each from Germany and India.
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Tackling COVID-19: Developments in Germany
German BioNTech and US Pfizer Announce 90% Effective Vaccine Candidate Against Covid-19

German company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer announced on Monday that early results from ongoing Phase III trials showed that their vaccine was 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 infections.
Call for Applications
Pre-Doc Programme and Top Math Programme at the Technical University of Munich

The Technical University of Munich is inviting applications for the above programmes till 1st December 2020 from candidates who hold a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics or a Mathematics-related field (or are expected to complete their degree prior to the beginning of the Pre-Doc programme.)
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Call for Abstracts
IMPRS-SPCE Virtual Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy

The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) is hosting the First Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy online, from March 24–26, 2021.
Tackling COVID-19: Developments in Germany
New Insights into Lung Tissue in Covid-19 Disease

11Researchers led by Göttingen University develop new three-dimensional imaging technique to visualize tissue damage in severe Covid-19.