Your tasks:
- Establish your research with your individual project on “Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship”
- Collaborate with international experts in the fiel
- Actively engage in COFUND activities such as interdisciplinary exchanges and networking opportunities
- Co-organise events
- Publish your results and communicate your knowledge to the public
- Participate in the MDC Training Programme (e. g., colloquium; lecture series; workshops; courses on citizen science, management, ‘idea mining,’ among others)
Our expectations:
- A completed PhD in one of COFUND’s research areas is required (i.e., in the social sciences or the humanities).
- The successful candidate must comply with the MSCA Mobility Rule (beneficiaries may not have lived or worked in the host institution’s country for more than 12 months in the 36 months prior to the submission deadline).
- Good command of written and spoken English is necessary.
- Additional eligibility criteria for postdoc fellows also require
- Less than six years of research experience after the receipt of your PhD,
- Publication of one monograph or three major articles before applying for the fellowship,
- project experience, and
- membership in national and international networks.
Advantages for you:
- International research community and excellent career development opportunities
- Opportunities to go on secondments to a global network of partners with a wide range of academic and non-academic profiles
- Working at an educational institution that is deeply committed to offering occupational training and continuing education opportunities tailored to your individual needs
Application documents:
Please make sure to read the MDC guide for applicants before submitting your application. Application documents should contain
- Contact information, CV, a copy of your PhD certificate
- Names of two referees
- Mobility statement (in conformity with MSCA mobility rule)
- List of publications
- Project description (working title; 3 key words; 300-word summary; 2,000-word detailed project description; plans for research, dissemination, workshop organisation, and secondments; statement on previous collaborative projects; ethical issues form, self-assessment and strategy)
If you have any questions, please contact Ms Lina Stücker (cofund.mdcuni-muensterde).
Are you interested? Then we look forward to receiving your application by 27 June 2025 via our online application. Please note that we cannot consider other application formats.
For further information on the programme, the application, and the fellowships, please see our MDC website.
Reference Number: 2025_04_22
