The Institute of Contemporary History (USD) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic is seeking for participants, if possible primarily from the Visegrad countries, interested in topics raised within the scientific agenda of the project Environmental histories of the Visegrad countries: Cold War and the environmental sciences funded by the Visegrad Fund. As a follow-up of the Prague workshop held on 23-25 March 2012, a workshop and a meeting of working group will be organised in Brno (or in Prague – to be confirmed later) on 15 June 2012.

The Referat Genderforschung at the University of Vienna in cooperation with the Department for Biochemistry and Cell Biology invites to the Workshop *„Epigenetics, Society & Gender“. Invited are also young researchers and students.

Created by Euroscience, ESOF -- Euroscience Open Forum -- is the
biennial pan-European meeting dedicated to scientific research and
innovation. The ESOF2012 will bring together over 5,000 scientists to address all of the current major global scientific challenges, including Energy, Climate Change, Food and Health.

Various organisations offer travel grants to help young researchers who wish to attend ESOF2012.

The Committee of the Regions of the European Union (CoR) is organising an annual doctoral thesis competition on local and regional authorities in the European Union.

ICS offers the unique opportunity to obtain a full four-year scholarship in its PhD program for yeargroup 2012.

This summer school focuses on the theoretical and empirical complexities brought about by the introduction of the perspective of migration and geographic mobility in the analysis of intergenerational relations in ageing societies. 
The International Summer School is devoted to PhD students and junior researchers.

Department of Political and Social Sciences Institute for Political Science ASTEI Berlin University offers post-doctoral position for EU funded project on "Transatlantic Relations and Global Governance" (TRANSWORLD).

Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie Univerzity sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave organizuje doktorandskú konferenciu, na ktorej by rada privítala doktorandov/ek aj z príbuzných odborov.

The 2-year Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) is jointly offered by the University of Bologna, Italy together with the Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas, Corvinus
University of Budapest and St Petersburg State University. The University of Ljubljana is an associate partner that offers additional mobility opportunities for students. The Programme is taught entirely in English (120 ECTS).

The programme is especially recommended for prospective PhD students. Our best alumni are currently attending doctorate programmes at the Universities of Oxford, Kent, the New School in New York and other prestigious international academic institutions.