Aleksanteri Institute awards up to 10-12 visiting fellowships to scholars conducting research in a field relevant to the Aleksanteri Institute’s research agenda for 2015/2016 academic year. Applicants must hold a PhD degree or equivalent (granted no later than 20 February 2015). Applicants at different stages of their academic career, from junior researchers to established scholars, are welcome to apply. Fellowship carries a monthly grant of €3000 to cover all expenses related to the stay in Helsinki (e.g. accommodation, travel, insurance, visas). The visits should take place between 1 August 2015 and 15 July 2016.

Study Subject (s):
Fellowships are awarded for conducting research in a field relevant to the Aleksanteri Institute’s research agenda: Economic Diversification (Energy policy, Changing industrial and rural communities), The Welfare Society (Welfare, gender and agency, Inequalities and Class and social structure), Democracy (the construction of “Europeanness” and the political use of history, Public administration, The media and Welfare, gender and agency), Foreign Policy (Foreign policy and energy issues and Civil protection and crisis management), The Social Constitution of Culture (Rationality and the history of ideas, The sacred and the profane, Identities , Cultural encounters and Cultural centres and peripheries) and The Cold War and its Consequences.

Further details:
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