Hans Boeckler Doctoral Fellowship

Website: www.boeckler.de/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75F-F9ABE05B/hbs/hs.xsl/181.html
Application deadline: the deadline of February 15, 2008 has passed. Please consult the Website for the most current information.

Purpose:
These residential fellowships will be awarded to graduate students engaged in dissertation projects related to the Foundations research and policy consulting program and to the on-going work of its researchers. During their tenure fellows are expected to be in residence in Duesseldorf and to participate actively in the intellectual life of the Foundation.

The Hans-Boeckler-Foundation of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) promotes codetermination as a principle for designing a democratic society. The HBS provides consulting services and training for elected representatives of works councils, supervisory board and staff representatives but also provides funding for some 1,600 university students. An important aspect of the Foundation’s work is related to academic research in various fields of study. Besides providing funding for external research, the HBS also maintains two own research institutes, the Institute for Economic and Social Research (WSI) and the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK). Research projects cover a broad range of issues and fields of study. Among other aspects, research topics include welfare state development, co-determination, macroeconomics and European economic coordination, working time policy, collective bargaining, work organization, labor market regulation, gender studies, regional economic development, and the distribution of wealth and income. For a summary of the Foundations and the WSI’s research profiles see: www.boeckler.de/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75F-F9ABE05B/hbs/hs.xsl/181.html

Working languages at the HBS are German and English.

Eligibility and Terms of the Fellowship:
Doctoral Candidates are eligible to apply if they have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. but the dissertation.  The fellowship is available for non-German nationals.
Fellows may spend between six and twelve months in residence at the HBS for field research or theoretical work. Grants will normally begin by July 2008; however, individual arrangements are possible. The fellowship provides a stipend of 920 Euro per month. In addition, the HBS will pay one economy class round trip from your location to Duesseldorf. Within limits of its possibilities the Foundation will also contribute to the costs for travel for field research within Germany.

Applicants should send a cover letter with name, address, e-mail and telephone number, their current CV, a research proposal not exceeding ten double spaced pages, and two letters of recommendation from academic advisors. Applicants should indicate how much time they would want to spend at the HBS and when they would like to start their tenure. Applications should be addressed to the following address:

Contact information:
Hans Boeckler Foundation
c/o Dorothee Schmitz
Hans Boeckler Strasse 39
D-40476 Duesseldorf
Germany