UNESCO Chair Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: December 19, 2025

Applications are open for the UNESCO Chair Fellowship 2026. Every yr, the UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation awards a digital UNESCO Fellowship, providing the OPPORTUNITY to collaborate with the interdisciplinary workforce on the UNESCO Chair on matters of shared curiosity. This work facilities on the UNESCO world priorities and its 2022-2029 technique, connecting the Fellow’s private experiences and analysis with the experience of each the Chair and the Center.

This Fellowship focuses on addressing future social, political and financial challenges, exploring methods to deal with these points by UNESCO Futures Literacy and different UNESCO approaches and instruments.

The actions of the UNESCO Chair Fellow embody:

• Participation in chosen conferences associated to the actions performed on the UNESCO Chair and on the Center for Advanced Studies;
• Active participation in actions organized by the UNESCO Chair to be agreed upon based mostly on the Fellow’s competences and space of experience;
• Delivering one public lecture or inner seminar concerning the Fellow’s analysis curiosity and experience;
• Writing a brief Research Paper on a subject related to the UNESCO Chair, to be agreed upon in the beginning of the fellowship and submitted earlier than its conclusion;
• General availability for communication actions;
• During the Fellowship, the Fellow may have the chance to get to know the UNESCO Chair workforce and any ongoing tasks. They are welcome to take part in all occasions and seminars, in addition to discover alternatives for publishing their work (e.g., in joint publications organized by the Chair, within the weblog Imagining Futures or within the worldwide journal New Global Studies).

Eligibility

• Applications are restricted to residents from EU international locations. They significantly encourage functions from ladies and people belonging to different underrepresented teams in tutorial analysis;
• University diploma, presumably with an interdisciplinary element; 
• Very good information of written and oral English;
• Organizational expertise and talent to work autonomously; 
• Interest in future-associated analysis; 
• Interest in UNESCO and its world priorities.

Application

Interested candidates ought to submit their application by Friday, December 19, 2025 and should embody:

• a CV (max. 4 pages), together with publications, {qualifications}, work expertise and many others.; 
• a letter of motivation describing the applicant’s background and pursuits, significantly concerning their compatibility with and potential contributions to the work of the UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation;
• the provisional title and quick summary (max. 200 phrases) for one potential public lecture or inner seminar consistent with the Fellow’s space of experience.

Incomplete functions won’t be thought of. Selected candidates will probably be contacted by the top of January.

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For extra data, go to UNESCO Chair Fellowship.