RUB Research School Two Grants for Doctoral Researchers 2018, Germany

The fellows of the SYLFF-Mikrokolleg will work on a variety of aspects related to international forced migration which is understood as a cross-border “migratory movement in which an element of coercion exists, including threats to life and livelihood, whether arising from natural or man-made causes” (International Organisation for Migration). The fellows will

• analyse the root causes of international forced migration in the home countries, including poverty, loss of land, and the persecution due to ethnicity, traditions and religious beliefs,
• focus on the rights of forced migrants and refugees in different legal orders and on the duties of the involved actors, including the host state, international of regional organisations,
• and / or will analyse the geographies of movement by comparing the characteristics of different important migration routes.

The SYLFF-Mikrokolleg invites the application of excellent young researchers with a strong interest in research on international forced migration, with a background in economics, law, political science, sociology or any other related field and with a clear commitment towards cross-disciplinary cooperation.

Research Perspectives within the SYLFF-Mikrokolleg

The application form “Sylff-Kolleg” has to be used for the application. On the last page of this form all documents are listed you have to submit together with the application form. A signed hardcopy of the application form with two letters of documentation and all necessary documents have to be sent to Dr. Sarah Gemicioglu between 26 June 2017 and 24 September 2017.

Please note: Applicants are expected to apply with an individual research project that has to be linked to one of the research perspectives. Applicants decide for themselves about their individual research projects (an exposé is needed) and about the research perspective they interlink their project with (this has to be explained in the application form). In case of funding they will be supervised by the researcher responsible for the respective research perspective.

Duties of the grantee:
Please communicate immediately important changes of your personal conditions as well as interruptions, changes or abandonment of the research project and an adequate use of the grant. For organisational reasons we kindly ask you to send your application documents without any cover or folder.

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