Call for Applications: IMPRS-SPCE Doctoral Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: February 15, 2026

Applications are open for the IMPRS-SPCE Doctoral Program 2026. The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) gives graduate college students a lovely analysis setting on the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE). The IMPRS-SPCE is a joint PhD program with the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences on the University of Cologne and the Faculty of Social Sciences on the University of Duisburg-Essen.

As Germany’s first graduate program in financial sociology and political economic system, the IMPRS-SPCE welcomes excellent doctoral college students of political science and sociology from Germany and overseas. Research on the School explores the social and political foundations of contemporary economies and examines the interrelation between financial and social motion. It combines approaches from financial sociology in addition to comparative and worldwide political economic system.

Benefits

• IMPRS-SPCE college students profit from the OPPORTUNITY to contribute actively to the mental lifetime of the MPIfG and its two accomplice universities in Germany and to spend time on the School’s accomplice establishments overseas.
• Students may additionally earn a French doctorate by coming into the joint doctoral program (cotutelle de thèse) with Sciences Po in Paris. With these alternatives and its distinctive curriculum of seminars, colloquia, and summer season faculties, the IMPRS-SPCE is an setting through which college students can construct important skilled expertise and make the very best begin to a analysis profession.

Eligibility

• Applicants should maintain a grasp’s diploma (or equal) with at the least 120 ECTS in a self-discipline associated to the School’s program (sociology, political science, economics, or a associated area).
• As the doctoral levels are awarded by the University of Cologne or the University of Duisburg-Essen, candidates should meet the necessities for admission to doctoral study on the diploma-awarding college.

Application

 The application deadline is February 15, 2026 (23:59h UTC+01:00).

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For extra data, go to IMPRS-SPCE Doctoral Program.