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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