10 PhD Scholarships, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Germany (2016-2017)

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications for its PhD program BIGSSS-departs (doctoral education in partnerships), part of the COFUND scheme funded by the European Commission under the Framework for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020. BIGSSS is an international Social Science inter-university graduate school, located at the University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. The program is conducted in English.

Successful applicants will pursue a topic in one of BIGSSS’ research areas, organized in three thematic fields:

A. Global Governance and Regional Integration
B. Welfare State, Inequality, and Quality of Life
C. Changing Lives in Changing Socio-Cultural Contexts

BIGSSS-departs Early Stage Researchers will:

• conduct a specific dissertation project,
• follow a 42-month structured curriculum, including a six-month stay abroad at an external academic partner institution or with an external non-academic partner.

Research Fields
Sociology
Political sciences
Psychological sciences

Further details:
http://ec.europa.eu