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MECAM-FELLOWSHIPS 2026-2027 FOR POSTDOCTORAL AND ADVANCED SCHOLARS – “IMAGINING FUTURES: DEALING WITH DISPARITY” 

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Application Deadline:  2 March 2026, 12.30h CEST

LOCATION: Tunisia

The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) invites applications for eight residential fellowships for postdoctoral and advanced researchers in the humanities and social sciences for the period from September 2026 to April 2027.  Under the overall theme “Imagining Futures: Dealing with Disparity,” MECAM is dedicated to a research agenda framed by five interrelated ‘Interdisciplinary Research Fields’ (IRFs): Aesthetics & Cultural Practice, Inequality & Mobility, Memory & Justice, Resources & Sustainability, and Identities & Beliefs. Applications should be related to the main theme and at least one of the IRFs. This call for applications is open to researchers from all countries, including Tunisia.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applications are welcome from postdocs and advanced researchers of all fields in the social sciences and humanities if:

You are interested in discussing your research in the framework of MECAM’s main theme, “Imagining futures: Dealing with disparity,” with colleagues from the Maghreb, the Middle East, Europe, and other regions of the world.

You want to engage in collaborative work, in debate and exchange with other researchers working on topics related to the five IRFs.

You are interested in revisiting your research from a different vantage point.

You want to become part of a network of interdisciplinary, intergenerational, and transregional exchange and debate on disparity and the competing models for the future that coexist in the societies of the contemporary Maghreb, Europe, and other parts of the world.

This call for applications is open to researchers of all ages and genders from all countries, including Tunisia.

Independent scholars and researchers without a current institutional affiliation are eligible to apply

Please note that current PhD candidates (doctoral students) are not eligible to apply. The call is open to postdoctoral and advanced researchers only.

BENEFIT:

SUPPORT:

MECAM provides its fellows with shared office workspaces at its premises, which they are expected to use primarily. It also offers publication facilities for open-access and peer-reviewed formats of publication through the infrastructures of MECAM and its partners. Logistical support with travel, accommodation, and field research in Tunisia is provided. Furthermore, the exchange between fellows is facilitated through a secure digital workspace (TrafoHub) and other digital tools.

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PHD SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NORDIC STUDIES AND LINGUISTICS, FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

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Application Deadline: 15 February 2026 at 23:59 CET.

LOCATION: Denmark

The Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics invites applications for two three-year PhD scholarships starting from 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The scholarships are advertised within all the department’s subject areas, which can be found on the department’s website Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics and with a connection to one or more of the department’s research groups, which can be found here: Research – University of Copenhagen. Considerations about the project’s possible embedding or collaboration opportunities in relation to the research groups at NorS should be addressed in the project description.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must have qualifications corresponding to a master’s level related to the subject area of the project. If you have completed your education in Denmark, you must have a master’s degree covered by the collective agreement for academics in the state sector.

If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, you must either have a master’s degree equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years) or, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Danish bachelor’s degree (three years) and be assessed as having professional qualifications at the master’s level.

If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, we will obtain an assessment of your education from the Danish Research Agency.

Applicants must possess skills in written and spoken academic English at a high level.  If deemed necessary, the department may request that applicants document their English skills.

Please submit your application online. To apply, please click on the “Apply now” icon at the bottom of this page. Your application must be written in a Scandinavian language or English and include the following attachments (with descriptive titles) in either PDF or Word format:

CV (max. two pages).  Please use this template: CV template.

Cover letter (max. 1,200 characters incl. spaces). Kindly specify if there is a particular research environment you would like to be associated with.

Diplomas, transcripts, and a description of the grading scale. Please include the following documents: bachelor’s and master’s degrees—diplomas and transcripts—and a description of the grading scale.  Note: If your degree diploma is not available by the application deadline, please include your latest transcript of grades.

Project abstract (max. 1,200 characters incl. spaces)

Project description (max. 12,000 characters incl. spaces excluding bibliography).

BENEFIT:

Salary and Terms of Employment
Terms of appointment and salary will be in accordance with an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).  The salary range starts at approximately DKK 31,242 (EUR 4,184) + an 18.07% pension contribution.

According to the agreement, the PhD student is required to carry out tasks at the relevant department to an extent corresponding to 840 working hours (6 months).

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