The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) at the University of Basel forms the institutional framework for all graduate programs within the Department of Social Sciences. The working languages of the school are English and German. We are advertising four start-up grants (30’000 CHF/12 months each) for the next academic year, beginning in October 2015. The scholarships are meant to support graduates in the early stages of their PhD, during which they will develop research proposals for submission to a funding body such as the Swiss National Science Foundation in order to acquire financial support for the remaining duration of their PhD-projects.

Doctoral students in the G3S should have a background in a discipline of the Department of Social Sciences (e.g. anthropology, cultural anthropology, middle eastern studies, political science, sociology, see also: g3s.unibas.ch). They may likewise be trained in interdisciplinary fields also represented at G3S:

- PhD Program Gender Studies: genderstudies.unibas.ch
- Centre for African Studies: zasb.unibas.ch
- MUBIT: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies: nahoststudien.unibas.ch
- PhD Program Science of Religion: religionswissenschaft.unibas.ch
- International Graduate School North-South: igs-north-south.ch
- Sustainability Research: nachhaltigkeit.unibas.ch
- PhD Programs Cultural Anthropology: kulturwissenschaft.unibas.ch/studium/studienangebot/promotion

The scholarships are directed at students holding a Master’s degree in one of the fields of G3S. Dissertation projects are supervised by faculty members of the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel. We therefore strongly encourage applicants to contact potential supervisors concurrently to their application for a G3S-scholarship for preparatory project counsel.

Candidates should be highly motivated to carry out an independent research project in an interdisciplinary environment and show a vivid interest in current debates of the social sciences. Applicants may explicate how their PhD-project relates to our current focus “Global Streams of Knowledge, Commodities and People”.

Further details:
http://academicpositions.eu