Megatrends Afrika Fellowships 2025 for African Researchers.

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Application Deadline:  15 January 2025, 11:59 p.m. CET.

Applications are actually open for the 2025 Megatrends Afrika Fellowships. The Megatrends Afrika mission is awarding three post-doctoral fellowships to African researchers. Megatrends Afrika is a cooperation between the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).

Requirements

• Preferably accomplished PhD in political science, economics, social sciences, geography, worldwide relations, or related space research;Originating from an African nation
• Strong analysis and publication observe report in areas of relevance to the Megatrends Afrika mission
• Experience in scientific coverage recommendation is a bonus

Research Topics 2025

We are fascinated with proposals for a Megatrends Policy Brief that tackles a problem of relevance to our three analysis themes:

• Violent Actors and Transformation of Conflict: how violent battle transforms political order; how megatrends equivalent to technological innovation, digitalisation or shifts in international energy relations have an effect on armed battle in Africa
• Megatrends and Democratization vs. Autocratization: beneath which circumstances megatrends equivalent to demographic change, digitalisation, urbanisation or local weather change promote democratization or autocratization.
• Global Power Shifts and Multipolarity: how the function of exterior actors equivalent to China, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, the United States and others is altering Africa’s worldwide relations and the way African overseas insurance policies are evolving in a extra fragmented world. 

The Fellowship

• Fellowships might be granted for a interval of three months between March and October 2025, full-time. Fellows will conduct a analysis mission independently or, if appropriate, in collaboration with mission group members or different IDOS, IfW and SWP colleagues – and contribute one paper to the mission’s publication collection. All fellows are anticipated to take part in mission conferences, occasions and different related actions of their host establishment throughout their keep.
• For the length of the fellowship, fellows will reside within the metropolis of their host establishment, i.e., in Berlin (SWP), Bonn (IDOS) or Kiel (IfW). Fellows will obtain a month-to-month grant of € 2,800, an economy-class return journey between their place of residence and Germany in addition to some monetary assist for public transport, cell phone credit score and different ancillary prices in Germany. At IDOS, the honorarium might be calculated based mostly on the IDOS price schedule relevant for exterior researchers. IDOS will remunerate on par with a stipend. Fellows who require a visa to enter Germany might be supplied with a letter of assist.

How to Apply

Applications have to be submitted as a single PDF doc and should comprise a one-page letter of motivation, an tutorial CV together with a listing of educational publications, a pattern of 2 latest publications, copies of related tutorial transcripts and/or diplomas (no translations wanted), a written idea be aware containing the outline of the applicant’s mission. The idea be aware mustn’t exceed 2,000 phrases and embrace a dialogue of the mission/analysis matter, its tutorial and coverage relevance, feasibility and theoretical and methodological grounding. The scope and ambition of the mission must be acceptable for a Megatrends Policy Brief of 4-8 pages that might be finalized by the top of the fellowship. 

The deadline for fellowship functions is 15 January 2025, 11:59 p.m. CET.
Please ship your application by e mail to [email protected]. Incomplete and/or late functions won’t be thought of. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Megatrends Afrika Fellowships