we invite applications for the Georg Zundel Scholarship on the theme of Nonviolent Resistance. The Georg Zundel Scholarship is a grant for supervised PhD social science research and will commence on 1 January 2015.
We invite interested applicants to submit proposals
Particularly welcome are proposals that deal with:
- Theoretical reflections on nonviolent resistance in protracted political and social conflicts
- Interplay/transitions between violent and nonviolent resistance
- Experiences of nonviolent resistance in contexts of armed conflict and peace negotiations
- Linkages between nonviolent resistance and conflict transformation
- Impact of nonviolent resistance on post-struggle democratisation and/or reconciliation
- External support to nonviolent resistance movements
- Local nonviolent resistance against international peace(building) operations
The grant is available for a two-year period. The research and thesis should be conducted and written in English. Presence at the Berghof Center in Berlin is expected.
We are looking for students from any country who:
- Have an excellent M.A. degree or equivalent in social sciences, political sciences or a related discipline
- Are eligible for PhD studies in Germany
- Have extensive academic knowledge or practical experience in themes and areas of conflict transformation and peacebuilding
- Show excellent command of spoken and written English (at C1-level or higher)
- Are highly motivated to engage actively with the Berghof Foundation team
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