In the the Institut d’Etudes Européennes de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles’s (IEE-ULB) “EU, New Regionalism, and Global Governance” (EUNRAGG) research unit is recruiting a second Post Doctoral Research Fellow who will contribute to its research capacities on the specific subject of “The EU a Laboratory of Deepening Multilateralism” for the period running from October 1st 2011 to September 31th 2013 (i.e. 2 Years Contract).

The MZES is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Mannheim dedicated to comparative European social research and the analysis of European integration processes. The Centre seeks to recruit two outstanding social scientists (sociologists or political scientists) with a Ph.D. (or equivalent) for two Postdoc Fellowships in the following MZES Research Areas: A) European Societies and their Integration, B) European Political Systems and their Integration
An excellent dissertation in sociology or political sciences, submitted within the last 2 years, is required. As an equal opportunity employer, the University of Mannheim particularly encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.

The Havinghurst Center (Russian and Post-soviet Studies at Miami University) is happy to announce that we will be able to offer up to two (2) fellowships for the 2011-2012 academic year. The area of specialization is open as to field, but we have identified the following areas as of particular interest: Sociology, Gerontology, Political Science, Economics, Art and Architectural History. Outstanding applicants in any field are, however, welcome to apply.

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor of Sociology to begin September 2012. Ph.D. in sociology required by the time of appointment.
Position 1: Specialization - urban policy, stratification, and quantitative research methods.
Position 2: Specialization - race and ethnicity, stratification, and social theory.

The Universities of Bremen and Göttingen (Dept of Politics) and the University of Oxford (Dept of Politics and International Relations & Institute of European and Comparative Law) invite applications from scholars for a number of two-year postdoctoral Fellowships based mainly at the University of Oxford. The Fellowships are open to people of all nationalities who work in the fields of political science, law, history, sociology or economics. The only restriction is that the Fellows should work on the transformation of the modern state (broadly conceived) with a focus on Western Europe and/or European integration.

The Academic Fellowship Program (AFP) announces the 2009-10
competition for the International Scholars Fellowship. The program invites highly qualified scholars in the social sciences and humanities to consult at carefully selected university departments in the AFP region.

Within the framework of the “Einstein Visiting Fellows” program of the Einstein Foundation Berlin, the Graduate School of the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin will set up a work group under the title „Crisis of the American Democracy“, directed by Prof. Nancy Fraser (New School for Social Research, New York). Within this project - initially until the end of 2011− 3 Postdoctoral Scholarships are granted.

ARENA - Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo (UiO)  invites applications for three Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships:
- the EPISTO project (“Why not epistocracy? Political legitimacy and the fact of expertise”)
- the FLAGSHIP project (European Flagship Universities: balancing academic excellence and socio-economic relevance")
- the EuroTrans-project (“The external dimension of the political order”).



The Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (CEACS), Juan March Institute, Madrid, invites applications for three junior research positions, two in the field of political science and the third in the field of sociology.For the positions in political science, the Center seeks people working in political economy or comparative politics. For the position in sociology, the Center seeks someone studying the problems of inequality, immigration or labor markets.

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) offers up to four postdoctoral fellowships a year, including one specially designated for researchers from Central and Eastern Europe. Postdoctoral fellows´s projects should relate to the substantive concerns of the institute's research program. There are 4 research areas: Sociology of Market; Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism, European Liberalization Policies and Institution Building across Borders.