Research School Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany

The Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) at Freie Universität Berlin is a full-time doctoral programme within the Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS). It is offered in cooperation with the Hertie School, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), and the Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS). BGTS is ...

The Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS) at Bielefeld University is an interdisciplinary doctoral programme for researchers whose work connects history, sociology, political science, anthropology, and gender studies . The programme is designed to provide a creative, supportive research environment with small working groups, individualised guidance, and a strong community of doctoral researchers. BGHS welcomes applicants from a wide range of academic backgrounds. While it off...

Baltic Peripeties is an interdisciplinary International Research Training Group hosted by the University of Greifswald’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities in trinational cooperation with the University of Tartu and NTNU Trondheim. The programme explores narratives of Reformations, Revolutions and Catastrophes around the Baltic region. It welcomes doctoral projects that define a distinctive research focus while contributing to the programme’s broader intellectual framework. Doctoral research may be ...

Leipzig University offers a doctoral programme in Global Studies with a special emphasis on Peace and Security in Africa , developed in cooperation with the Centre for Peace and Security Studies (CPSS), Addis Ababa University . The programme focuses on how globalisation has shaped African peace and security, with particular attention to the continent’s vulnerabilities, conflicts, and wider development challenges. It situates these questions within Global Studies and Area Studies , using interdis...

The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies at Freie Universität Berlin is inviting applications for a doctoral (PhD) programme . The programme is designed for applicants interested in the systematic and comparative study of texts, objects, and practices understood as Islamic, with special attention to how diversity, difference, and distinction are negotiated among Muslims and between Muslims and non-Muslims. This is a research-focused doctoral environment with a strong interdiscipl...