The College for Social Sciences and Humanities is an Institute for Advanced Study established in 2021 as part of the Research Alliance Ruhr, a joint initiative of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr University Bochum and TU Dortmund University under the umbrella of the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr). Based in Essen/Germany in the heart of the Ruhr region, one of Europe’s densest and most vibrant science landscapes, the College offers an excellent academic environment for outstanding international researchers who seek to work on a self-selected research project in close collaboration with local tandem partners from the UA Ruhr.

The international Senior Fellowships will be awarded for six months and may start on 1 March 2025 or 1 September 2025.

Application Requirements

Senior Fellowships will be awarded to advanced and well-established senior researchers (preferably R4 level) who

• are active members of a foreign university or research institution,
• have an outstanding research profile in the social sciences and/or the humanities (proven primarily by a significant track record of excellent publications),
• have completed their doctorate at least six years prior to their application, and
• seek to initiate or intensify research collaboration with a fellow researcher from the UA Ruhr.

As the Senior Fellowship Programme is based on the principle of collaboration, applicants are required to identify a matching tandem partner from the UA Ruhr prior to their application.

How to apply

Applicants are asked to submit their application via the online form: www.college-uaruhr.de/fellowship/application-form.

Along with a brief outline of the planned research project and the intended tandem collaboration (written in English, up to 10,000 characters incl. spaces), applications must include the following information:

• the preferred period of the fellowship
• the preferred funding option
• the name of the potential tandem partner and a letter of intent in which the partner confirms their commitment to collaborate with the applicant during the fellowship
• the desired outcome/goal of the fellowship and tandem collaboration (e.g., joint conference, publication, grant proposal)
• CV (incl. a list of the applicant’s five most important publications)

The application deadline is June 10, 2024 (23:59 CEST).

The selection of Fellows will take place in July / August 2024, selected candidates will be informed shortly thereafter. The selection committee may conduct interviews via video conference as part of the selection process.

With questions regarding the international Senior Fellowship Programme, please contact Sophia-Helena Zwaka (e-mail: fellowship@college-uaruhr.de, phone: +49 201 183-6543).