Two funded PhD positions - POESIS Research Group (University of Bonn)
Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa
I'm excited to announce two fully funded PhD positions in the critical humanities and social sciences.
The positions are part of POESIS: Power, Knowledge, and Servitude at Sea, a new research group funded by the University of Bonn's Cluster of Excellence and the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS), and based at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
The two PhD researchers will join me, together with Anna-Katharina Hornidge, in Bonn to help shape this project, while working across two core themes:
- Extractive Dependencies - https://www.idos-research.de/en/about-us/career-internships/translate-to-english-job-advertisment-doctoral-researcher-f/m/diverse-poesis/
- Submerged Dependencies - https://www.idos-research.de/en/stellen-praktika/job-advertisment-doctoral-researcher-poesis-submerged-dependencies/
Deadline: 17 May 2026 | Start date: 1 October 2026
I would be very grateful if you could help these calls along their most rhizomatic journey possible!
Warmest,
Rapti (Siriwardane-de Zoysa)
Dr.
Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa (du/she series)
Research Group Lead: POESIS-Power, Knowledge and Servitude at Sea (with the BCDSS)
Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery
Studies (BCDSS), University of Bonn &
the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) & the
University of Bonn (BCDSS)
Tulpenfeld 6
53113 Bonn, Germany
P: +49 176 67 957-242
F: +49 228 94 927-130
E: Rapti.Si...@idos-research.de
https://www.idos-research.de/en/