Deadline: 10-Apr-23
FFTV invite PhD students and junior researchers whose PhD topic is relevant to our field of research and who have been working on it for about a year as well as post-docs and experienced researchers who are well-established in their research field to apply for the FFVT-fellowship programme.
FFVT fellowships are granted to researchers from abroad or with a refugee background working in forced migration and refugee studies, supporting their stay as guests at (mainly) one of the collaborative partners of FFVT. The fellowships serve to support and/or further conceptionally develop a research or knowledge transfer project or joint research proposals of the fellows’ own choice in cooperation with their hosts. The collaborative partners provide the necessary infrastructure on site and support the fellows during their stay.
Topics may include but are not limited to: Im/mobilities, global standards of refugee protection, post-colonial perspectives, data production, refugee voices, biases and distortions in refugee and forced migration research, research ethics, categorisations, global governance and externalisation, climate change and forced displacement, effects and after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The FFVT fellowship programme offers participants an interdisciplinary research environment with concrete exchange and networking opportunities at renowned institutions, the opportunity to (further) develop, discuss and implement research and/or knowledge transfer ideas, involvement in FFVT events (including workshops, discussions, summer schools), longer-term integration into the FFVT network, possible cooperation on joint proposals and publications.
Benefits
- Fellowships are provided for stays of 2 – 6 months between mid 2023 and end of 2024.
- Fellowship allowances include a monthly scholarship (1.550€/2.050€/3.000€ gross per month depending on experience level) and travel costs (1 international return, national travel costs).
Eligibility Criteria
Designated fellows are researchers working in scientific or transfer-oriented institutions in the field of forced migration and refugee research at different stages of their career: Senior researchers, post-doctoral researchers, doctoral students / junior researchers. FFVT is looking forward to receiving applications from Ukrainian academics who had to flee due to the Russian invasion. FFVT also invites applications from Russian academics who have to leave their country due to dissidence and subsequent political persecution. The applications of Ukrainian citizens who have fled will be treated with priority, FFVT Fellowship will send out a reply to their application as soon as possible. Applications from Russian dissidents will also be treated favourably.
For more information, visit FFVT.