Becas posdoctorales MECILA Junior en Brasil

General information

COUNTRY

GRANT TYPE

Post-doctorate

AREA

Humanities, Social sciences and communication

GRANT APPLICANTS

Candidates from any country are invited to apply if they suit the following requirements:
- A PhD degree in the humanities or the social sciences obtained within the last 5 years from the date of application.
- A track record of training, research, and publications on Mecila’s subject areas.
- Excellent command of the English language.
- Ability to and interest in actively participating in an international, interdisciplinary, and collective research environment.
- An appropriately ambitious research project of relevance to Mecila that will enhance the applicant’s career prospects.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Mecila (Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America) is a joint project of the following German and Latin American research institutions: Freie Universität Berlin (coordination); Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (Berlin); Universität zu Köln (Cologne); Universidade de São Paulo and Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (São Paulo); Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (Universidad Nacional de La Plata/Conicet, La Plata); and El Colegio de México (Mexico City).

Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and established in São Paulo in April 2017, Mecila cordially invites postdoctoral researchers to apply for its annual Junior Fellowships. The Centre is open to proposals focused on theoretical or empirical research as well as to all pertinent methods and sources. A general outline of the Centre’s research programme is available on our website.

The duration of each Fellowship is 9 months and in-person participation is based in São Paulo, Brazil, if applicable. The monthly stipend covers local living costs.