GOETHE UNIVERSITY/ THE INTERNATIONAL PHD PROGRAM "DEMOCRACY, KNOWLEDGE, AND GENDER IN A TRANSNATIONAL WORLD" (IPP TRANSNATIONAL)

Background

The Faculty of the Social Sciences at the Goethe University counts among those in the Federal Republic of Germany with a wealth of tradition and diversity in teaching and research perspectives. For its duration through the end of 2013, its international PhD program “Democracy, Knowledge, and Gender in a Transnational World,” in short IPP Transnational, will be supported through funding the Faculty procured in 2010 within the scope of the DAAD call for submissions “International Promovieren in Deutschland” (IPID). The implementation of the program substantially profits from the expertise of the International Postgraduate Center Social Sciences (IPC), which houses the IPP Transnational and whose funding and supervisory structure ideally complements its range of offers. The program admits thirty PhD candidates a year. In terms of content, the IPP Transnational’s profile connects three thematic fields that combine central research issues of the 21st century. Emphasis is placed on the interrelation between current transnational social transformations and the development of democracy, the (re)formation of the gender order, as well as bioscientific findings and practices. In the IPP's lecture series, the Forum Transnational, renowned scholars present and discuss their most recent work on topics and concepts related to the IPP's thematic fields.

Eligibility

Graduates of sociology, political science and anthropology both from Germany and abroad can apply who have an above-average university degree (MA, first state examination, diploma, or the like) and a sound knowledge of English and whose dissertation project ties in with the IPP Transnational’s research themes.

Program

The IPP Transnational offers a structured and closely supervised course of study for doctoral students that aims at improving research conditions and enhancing the quality of dissertations, thus enabling the completion of research work within a three-year time frame.
The IPP program is based on two guiding principles:
- PhD students focus on their research work- there are no exorbitant workloads due to mandatory course work.
- The program promotes the self-organization and autonomy of doctoral students

Deadline: 1 December 2011

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