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Dear Fatmagul Berktay,
Please find below the call for applications 2011 of the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS). The BTS offers 8 doctoral scholarships for an international English speaking PhD programme in Berlin.
Last year you send us a reference letter for one of our applicants for this PhD programme. I would like to thank you for your engagement. Your student achieved a high score in our selection process. Therefore we kindly ask you to send our new call for applications to your current students who may have an interest in our programme and/or to publish the information at mailing lists/the website of your institute.
Thank you very much for your help!
If you have further questions, please contact us.
Best regards,
Lisa Kränke
BTS - Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies
Lisa Kränke
Student Assistant
Ihnestr. 26
14195 Berlin
Germany
Call for Applications 2011
PhD Programme
Transnational Studies
Scholarships: 8 Doctoral Scholarships
Date: 3 year full-time PhD programme starting September 2011
Starting date for Applications: 1 December, 2010
Deadline for Applications: 1 February, 2011
The Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS), a joint endeavour of the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), the Hertie
School of Governance (HSoG) and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), announces its next call for applications for
its full-time PhD programme. All three are leading institutions in the field of political science and its neighbouring disciplines.
The programme draws upon their faculty, research projects, facilities and services.
The three-year English language doctoral programme is designed for exceptionally talented and motivated graduate students. It
offers state-of-the-art survey classes, a strong training in research methods and research design, skills courses and
individualized supervision. While the courses and training present an important part of the curriculum, the bulk of the workload
for the PhD candidates in the programme will be in the form of independent research for their dissertations.
The programme has a strong focus on transnational processes analysed by social science methods. It welcomes applications
from political science and adjacent disciplines like economics, history, law, and area studies. Dissertation topics should refer to
one of the following three research areas broadly defined:
· The analysis of national and transnational causes and consequences of political, societal and cultural globalisation.
· The challenges to governance in international and transnational settings including issues of politisation and legitimacy,
as well as in areas of limited statehood.
· The comparative study of regional cooperation, including the EU.
The BTS provides an interdisciplinary environment and an international network for academic research. Expanding this network
is one of our first priorities. The BTS successfully secured funding as part of the programme "International Promovieren in
Deutschland", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The award enables the BTS to offer mobility funds for
research trips and conference attendances to its PhD candidates. Furthermore, the graduate students profit from renowned
international scholars and from international PhD workshops offered in cooperation with its international partners like the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The online application tool will be available from 1 Dec. 2010. The deadline for applications is 1 Feb. 2011. Promising applicants
will be invited to a interview in Berlin taking place at the end of April 2010. Fares and accommodation will be covered by the
BTS. Successful candidates will be informed shortly afterwards. Starting date of the programme is September 2011.
The application requirements for the programme are:
· An exceptionally strong completed university degree qualifying for PhD studies in political science, international
relations, sociology, economics, law or adjacent disciplines
· Proof of C1 level English language skills or the equivalent
· CV
· A short letter of motivation (600 words maximum)
· A research proposal including a timetable (5000 words maximum)
· Two letters of reference from faculty members
