Fwd: [DigitalInfrastructureInsightsFund] Opportunity: CAIS Fellowship 27/28, Bochum

[Georgia Bullen]

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From: Katharina Meyer - Program Director Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund 
Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Subject: [DigitalInfrastructureInsightsFund] Opportunity: CAIS Fellowship 27/28, Bochum

CAIS Fellowship in 2027/28

Applications are now open for the CAIS Fellowship in Bochum, Germany – including a Special Call on Futures of Work: Shaping Human-Centered Digital Transformation.

 
📅 Fellowship term: 2027/28
⏰ Application deadline: August 31, 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: https://cais-research.de/en/cais-college/fellowships/
 
Are you researching the societal impacts of digital transformation and looking for dedicated time, space, and support for your project? 

The CAIS Fellowship in Bochum, Germany, provides exactly that – plus a vibrant community of like-minded scholars.
 
Why join the CAIS Fellowship?

▪️Open to all career stages
▪️Focus on digital transformation & society
▪️6 or 3 months dedicated to your research
▪️Generous funding & support
▪️Free furnished apartment & private office
▪️Lively interdisciplinary research environment
▪️Weekly academic & social activities
▪️Based in Bochum, Germany – at the heart of the Rhine-Ruhr science region
 
Who can apply?
Researchers and practitioners from all disciplines with outstanding qualifications and innovative project ideas related to digital transformation.
 
Special Call: Futures of Work – Shaping Human-Centered Digital Transformation
We especially welcome proposals exploring how AI, automation, platform economies, and data-driven systems are transforming work across different global contexts. We are particularly interested in ethical, sustainable, participatory, and human-centered approaches to digital transformation, including questions of fairness, workers’ agency, governance, trust in AI, education, and responsible innovation.

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