Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany
Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS)
University of Bremen
Germany
Fellowships
GSSS is announcing 15 three-year dissertation fellowships to commence in the fall of 2002.
The Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) at the University of Bremen will open its doors to graduate students in October 2002. GSSS is a significant step in the reform of doctoral studies in Germany: Embedded in a broad social science curriculum, students of the GSSS can complete their dissertations in three years. The GSSS, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, is part of an international network of graduate education. The network includes Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, Cornell University, Northwestern University and the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. In Europe, cooperation encompasses a broad range of universities from Oslo to Florence. The curriculum of the GSSS will be supplemented by an international summer school program. For further information see .
The GSSS will grant 5 fellowships respectively for each of its thematic
fields:
--Welfare state transformation
--National societies and the international community of states
--Life course regimes in state and society
The fellowships are for (Euros) 900/month for 36 months. Additional funding is available for empirical research and travel. Foreign students are expressly encouraged to apply. The University of Bremen strives to increase the share of women in the university and hence expressly encourages women to apply. Applicants with disabilities who are equally qualified will be favored. Interested individuals with an excellent undergraduate record are invited to send their application, together with the typical accompanying material (curriculum vitae, recommendations, undergraduate thesis and two references) and a 5-10 page dissertation proposal by 15 March 2002 to the following address:
University of Bremen
Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS)
Prof. Dr. Ansgar Weymann
FVG
Postfach 330440
D-28334 Bremen
Germany
(created 18 February 2002)
(last updated 18 February 2002)