Workshop Asylum-Seeker Accommodation in Europe: Considering Scales of Policy and Practice Organizers: Steven Vertovec, Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen & Jeroen Doomernik, University of Amsterdam
The Global Campus of Human Rights is glad to announce the launch of the third edition of the GC Visual Contest , open to photographers and video-makers, professionals and amateurs, from any part of the world.
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity) wishes to appoint a highly qualified candidate for a new postdoctoral research position for three years. Applicants should have a degree in anthropology, sociology, political science, geography or another relevant social science. Experience working with asylum-seekers will be an...
Utrecht University in the Netherlands has 3 PhD positions on 'Cities of Refuge' . What is the relevance of international human rights as law, discourse and praxis, to how local authorities welcome and integrate refugees? This is the central question in a four-year project funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and lead by prof. B. Oomen. The PhDs will be working on...
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It is the aim of the interdisciplinary UCSIA summer school to investigate the dynamic interaction between macro-level developments and bottom-up approaches in the fields of religion and culture and the way in which this interplay may induce innovative synergies and/or provoke new and old forms of confrontation. 2017 UCSIA summer school on “Religion, Culture and Society” Sunday 27 August -...
The Collegio Carlo Alberto, a joint venture of the Compagnia di San Paolo and the University of Torino , seeks to appoint two assistant professors (in Political Science and Sociology) who will work within the SocPol group within the Collegio. Deadline for applications is June 10th. More information
Many beginning and advanced PhDs have questions about their PhD project and all this entails. These workshops will cover some of the most frequently raised questions, concerning aspects of publication, research funding, and academic networking . They also offer participants the opportunity to meet their peers in a relaxed atmosphere.
The Board of Comparative Migration Studies has published a statement in which it thanked reviewers for their continued support. It was stated that "their expertise and hard work as a reviewer is invaluable to us and has helped the authors in improving their manuscripts". See full statement with list of reviewers
Professor Maarten Vink has recently been awarded a prestigious Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council for the 5-year project “Migrant Life Course and Legal Status Transitions (MiLifeStatus)” . The objective of this cutting-edge comparative research project is to investigate the relevance of citizenship within the individual life course of an immigrant. The project analyses why, how...
The position arises from the Department’s involvement in an ERDF Urban Innovative Action award made to Utrecht City Council and local partners for its ‘Refugee Launch-pad’ ( www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/utrecht ). The Department in collaboration with the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society ( COMPAS ) at the University of Oxford is responsible for the evaluation and research strand of...
