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

Wirthův institut kanadské Univerzity v Albertě informoval Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy o nabídce ročního postgraduálního stipendia, která je určena studentům doktorských studijních programů se specializací v oblasti humanitních a sociálních věd nebo v uměleckých oborech.

The European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies 2012 Sess.EuroPhD invites applications to the Doctoral Programme 2012 commencing on October 1 as part of the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

The Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) is calling for applications to its International Doctoral Program starting in October 2012. Admission is based on academic excellence and is open to students with a Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences (sociology, political science, and neighbouring disciplines). Expected is high-level knowledge of current theoretical debates in the social sciences and in-depth knowledge of quantitative or qualitative techniques of social research as well as a commitment to empirical research. English proficiency at an academic level is assumed.

The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE), which is conducted jointly by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and the University of Cologne, invites to apply for its doctoral program. Up to 7 Doctoral Fellowships in Economic Sociology and Political Economy are available.

The Max Planck Society and the University are committed to improving the opportunities for women in the sciences.

The Department of Political Science at Central European University
is pleased to announce its Call for Applications for Academic Year 2012/2013. It offers PhD programme in political science.

The Graduate Centre Humanities and Social Sciences of the Research Academy Leipzig invites applications for 5 grants supporting doctoral researchers in the project “East-Central Europe in Transnational Perspective” at the University of Leipzig.
The post-graduate programme focuses on the transnational entanglements of Eastern European history since the late 19th century and is directed towards candidates from East-Central European countries.

University of Salford announces an extra Lady Monica Cockfield Memorial Trust PhD scholarship in European studies (after first two Cockfield PhD students in Autumn 2009) with the aim of providing a student from a low-income background the chance of studying for a PhD on the European Union.

European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE) is an excellence programme sponsored by the European Commission under the Erasmus Mundus scheme. It offers the unique opportunity to study Law and Economics on a PhD-level in (at least) three different countries. The programme prepares economists and lawyers of high promise for an academic career in a research field of growing importance or for responsible positions in government, research organizations and international consulting groups.

The DFG Research Training Group 1411 “The Economics of Innovative Change” searche for candidates with excellent past performance in economics, business administration, or closely related fields. The candidates should have interest in pursuing research in at least one of the group interest fields. They should have completed a Master's degree or equivalent (e.g. Diplom). The scholarship positions require a permanent and active participation in the study and the research programme of the Research Training Group. Therefore all scholarship holders are expected to choose Jena as their place of residence.