ZEIT-Stiftung BEYOND BORDERS Scholarship Programme 2020/2021

Applications are welcomed for the ZEIT-Stiftung BEYOND BORDERS Scholarship Programme 2020/2021. BEYOND BORDERS supports research about borders and boundaries in past and present times. It promotes interdisciplinary exchange in social sciences and humanities. The Call for Applications 2020 is open till January 15, 2021, and focuses “Borders, Democracy and Security”.

Questions concerning borders, state transformation, democracy, social welfare, and security are the focus of the current call for applications for Ph.D. scholarships. We encourage applications for projects concentrating on following aspects, although other topics will also be considered:

the conceptual construction of borders,
the changing nature and functionality of national borders and its effect on regionalization,
materiality and symbolism of borders,
transformation of border and regional regimes,
supra- and sub-national integration,
citizenship and belonging,
security and securitization,
transnational social protection,
cultural borders and their manifestation in arts and cultural production.