Training Activities by

IMISCOE Institutions

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Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies: Master en Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Orientation "Migration et Citoyenneté"

Le plan d'études du Master en Sciences Humaines et Sociales en orientation « Migration et Citoyenneté » de l'Institut SFM (Forum Suisse pour l’étude sur les Migrations et la population) s'inscrit dans le pilier Sciences Humaines et Sociales de la faculté des lettres et sciences humaines. Comme toutes les orientations, elle peut être suivie à raison de 30, 60 ou 90 ECTS et peut être renforcée par un bloc libre à 30 ECTS (menant à un MA de 120 ECTS).
L’orientation en migration et citoyenneté aborde de manière interdisciplinaire deux questions essentielles de la société moderne : la mobilité des personnes et l’intégration socio-économique et politique de nos sociétés. Ces questions sont intrinsèquement liées à l’organisation future des états-nations, leurs interconnexions avec des phénomènes transnationaux des personnes et de l’économie (Informations : http://www.unine.ch/immatriculation).

Informations pratiques
Durée : 3-4 semestres
Début des cours : Septembre 2007 
Langue : Français (au SFM compréhension d’allemand recommandée)
Inscription : jusqu'au 30 avril 2007
Contacts
Prof. Gianni D’Amato (responsable de l’orientation). Tél. +41 (0)32 718 39 30 (gianni.damato@unine.ch)


Centre for Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, UK MPhil degree in Migration: Studies COMPAS staff have developed a new MPhil degree in Migration Studies to start in October 2007. The M.Phil. programme is interdisciplinary in nature and will prepare students for independent D.Phil. research on migration in social anthropology or one of the other social sciences. For more information, please visit http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/degrees/migration_programme.shtml
 

Amsterdam School for Social Science Research. PhD Program Design: The Amsterdam School PhD program is designed to provide  students with the training, and experience to develop and communicate original scholarly contributions in the fields of sociology, political science and anthropology. The program offers specialized training in the fundamentals of sociological, anthropological and political science theory and methods, substantive areas of knowledge, the conduct of research, and the teaching and application, as well as skills in academic writing. Graduate candidates formulate and conduct the research on their own, but in close consultation with a committee of advisors.  For more information, please visit: http://www.assr.nl/

Comparative Study on Policies towards Foreign Graduates. Study on Admission and Retention Policies towards Foreign Students in Industrialised Countries. The objective of this report is to provide a comparative analysis of admission and retention policies towards foreign students in selected industrialised countries. The report was finalised in October 2006. The study covers the following countries in detail: Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, developments regarding student migration are outlined in the Czech Republic, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and Spain. For more information, please visit: http://www.icmpd.org/default.asp?nav=home&folderid=-1&id=710

PhD Positions offered by IMISCOE Institutions

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TOM RTN : Research position for a Ph.D. Student

A research position for a Ph.D. Student will be available soon at INED for the “Transnationality of Migrations” (TOM) project that is a Marie Curie Research Training Network (RTN). The position should start between September and December 2007 and would last 3 years. The young researcher would study Senegalese migrations using two data sources
 http://www.ined.fr/en/institut/recruitment/jobs_ined

 

Training Information and PhD Positions offered  by other 

Institutions


NEW!! University of Bamberg, Germany,

is currently looking for one PhD-researcher for the Doctoral Programme ‘Markets and Social Space in Europe’ lead by Professor Richard Muench.

The program’s goal is the interdisciplinary assessment of the development of markets and social systems in the context of global competition, European regulation and national traditions. The focus is on research themes originating from the fields of sociology and political science, private and economic law, labour and social law, social politics (economics), finance and international management. 

We offer 1 grant for doctoral candidate

The doctoral grants (currently Euro 1000.-- per month - plus Euro 103.-- for equipment) are initially granted for two years. The applicants are expected to choose Bamberg as their place of residence.

Please send your application with your curriculum vitae, an outline of your project, copies of certificates and diplomas to the program's spokesman, Prof. Dr. Richard Münch, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Lichtenhaidestr. 11, D-96045 Bamberg. Tel. 0049 051 8632621, e-mail: richard.muench@sowi.uni-bamberg.de

NEW!! Utrecht University, The Netherlands,

is currently looking for three PhD-researchers to participate in the /Wired Up/ programme. This international research project, funded by Utrecht University through the prestigious High Potential Programme, investigates how new digital media practices involving the Internet impact on the lives, identities, learning and socialization of migrant youth. The research focuses on a) identity construction and global representations, b) development of new learning strategies and socialization patterns, c) new forms of digital literacy and youth networks, and d) differences and similarities of these dynamics in a
cross-national comparison. /Wired Up/ is an international, interdisciplinary collaborative project between the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences. Vanderbilt University, USA, is also taking part in the project. Project leaders are Dr. M.J. de Haan (Social Sciences, Utrecht University); Dr. S. Ponzanesi (Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University) and Dr. K.M. Leander (Education, Vanderbilt, USA).

For the full project description and information about the members of the research team please visit http://www.uu.nl/wiredup.
For the research programme /Wired Up/ we are looking for a: *PhD-researcher Identity, Migration, and Global Digital Media Project 1, faculty of Humanities) (0,8 fte)* There are also two PhD positions in this project at the faculty of Social Sciences: * Project 2: Learning & Socialization, new media and the migrant condition (0,9 fte) * Project 3: Social practices of identity by immigrant youth with new literacies and media (Project 3) (0,9 fte)

Descriptions of these vacancies can be found on www.uu.nl/vacatures <http://www.uu.nl/vacatures>.Interested candidates should send their application *before 29 October2007*

M.Phil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. This  innovative MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies offers specialist theoretical and practical training in issues relating to 'race', ethnicity and racism in Irish, European and global contexts. The programme is well placed in Ireland, where ethnic conflicts have been central to the construction of Irish identities.
 For more information, please visit: http://www.ethnicracialstudies.net/

Joint Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The MA programme is based on the cooperation of four European universities who share the responsibility for the course’s syllabus. Students will be awarded with a national MA as well as a joint European degree. Medium of teaching will be the English language, but material relevant to research will be also provided in the partner’s local language. Information: http://www.migrationhistory.com/ms

Launch of the website MigRes, European University Institute Florence. 
The website offers descriptions and links for national and international institutions working with immigration, a list of journals on immigration, a selection of syllabi kindly contributed by various professors from different fields as well as a directory of scholars from both Europe and North America who currently work with immigration. For more information, please visit: http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/MIGRES/

Nordic-Baltic-Russian PhD Network. Nordic-Baltic-Russian PhD Network by Tallinn University. The aim of the project is to increase the compatibility of educational organization, culture and quality standards of research based education of graduate students in Nordic, Baltic and North-Western Russia universities and more intensive reliance on internet based training methods and technology which altogether makes possible their strategic long term cooperation in network like academic community.  For more information, please contact: darja.saan@tlu.ee

SIAS Summer Institutes 2007-2008. The SIAS Summer Institutes are designed to support the development of scholarly networks and collaborative projects among young scholars from Europe and the United States. The program seeks to explore theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues, promote the integration of approaches and interpretations from various disciplines into the participants’ research, review the state of research in that discipline, and identify promising areas for further research. The program will provide stipends and cover travel and lodging costs for both the European and the American meetings. The institutes are open to Ph.D. candidates and scholars who have received a Ph.D. since 2001. For more information, please visit: http://www.wiko-berlin.de/index.php?id=112&L=1