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).

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.

ČVUT V PRAZE, VŠCHT PRAHA a EURAXESS zvou na informační seminář pro zájemce/kyně o účast v projektech 7.RP programu LIDÉ, který nabízí mnoho možností pro výzkumné pracovníky/ice v různých fázích jejich kariery i pro výzkumné organizace, které se stanou jejich hostitelskými institucemi.

The Research College (Kolleg-Forschergruppe) “The Transfomative Power of Europe. The European Union and the Diffusion of Ideas”, directed by Profs. Tanja A. Börzel and Thomas Risse, advertises up to 5 postdoctoral fellows. Particularly encouraged are applications on projects located in the field of comparative regionalism. Prefered topics:
- diffusion of European institutions and policies to Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East including processes of adaptation and resistance
- diffusion of institutions and policies from other parts of the world to Europe and the EU including historical perspectives.

The Teaching and Learning Politics (TLP) standing group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) invites applicants for a summer school on teaching and learning Political Science. The summer school is organized for doctoral students interested in becoming teachers in higher education and young faculty with some teaching experience (up to 6 semesters). Participants from related fields, such as sociology, law or economics, are also welcome.
Eligible candidates must be PhD students in the later stage of their study or recent PhD graduates working at any academic institutions in Europe or beyond Europe.

Institut für Soziologie der Universität Wien invites for Marie Jahoda Summer School: “Work and Family: Balance – Conflicts – Perspectives”. The Summer School focusing on reconciling work and family life in contemporary societies. At all levels (micro / meso / macro). The Marie Jahoda-Summer School 2012 aims to advance research and to promote young scholars. It offers PhD students the opportunity to get novel input on topics related to work and family, to compile feedback and guidance for their own research, and to establish networks with other researchers in the field.

International Data Infrastructure, GESIS Cologne invites for the workshop "Looking after your research data: Introduction to research data management". This workshop extensively discusses ways to ensure the security and integrity of research data, being designed to address the needs of social science researchers.
Target groups: social science researchers working with qualitative or quantitative data (principal Investigators, researchers -parts of project teams, individual researchers, and PhD students)