NEWS ARCHIVE: 2018-2019

‘The Legal Talk’ with Aysel Küçüksu @Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark

[30-09-2019] Aysel Küçüksu (Uni. de Genève & LUISS Guido Carli) gave a talk about her research and her life as an international academic at a 'Legal Talk' event on Thursday 3rd October. The talk was organised by the International Law Students' Association at the University of Copenhagen, and the My Law Story initiative.

Call for Applications @IAI Internship, IT

[29-08-2019] The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is looking for an intern for its non-proliferation and disarmament projects. The internship is offered within the framework of EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Internship Programme, an educational initiative of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium. Applications are welcome from junior diplomats, Master's degree students, PhD students, post-docs and journalists from both EU and non-EU countries. The internship will last 13 weeks from December 2019 and provides some subsidies. Applications close: 30^th September 2019 // More information here

Call for Applications @MSCA Individual Fellowships

[28-06-2019] The European Union provides a record € 296,5 million to support experienced researchers of any nationality, in any field of research. The goal of the Individual Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers, wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility. The call is open to researchers who have a doctoral degree or at least four years’ full-time research experience by the time of the call deadline. Applications close: 11^th September 2019 // More information here

Call for Papers @EU-China-Africa Conference, CN

[26-06-2019] Conference on 'Europe-China-Africa Trilateral Cooperation: Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects' on 29th - 30th of July 2019, Shanghai, China.The conference is organised jointly by the EU-EAC Jean Monnet Network and Shanghai Institutes for International Studies under the thematic umbrella ‘Jean Monnet – 30 Years of Excellence in European Studies’. Participation will include research scholars, analysts, policy makers and practitioners. Proposal abstract (max. 300 words) submission deadline: 30^th June 2019 // More information here.

Assistant Professor @Univ. of Amsterdam, NL

[14-06-2019]  European Studies of the Faculty of Humanities has a vacancy for an Assistant professor of Political and Legal Governance of the EU. The successful candidate will be expected to provide teaching in the broad area of contemporary European studies in first-year introductory courses, advanced bachelor courses, and at the MA level. Applicants must hold a PhD degree in a pertinent discipline and demonstrable research and teaching experience in the broad area of political and legal governance of the EU. Applications close: 25^th August 2019 // More information here

Call for Applications @ECIT Summer University, BE

[11-06-2019] ECIT Foundation will organise a two-day Summer University on European Citizenship, hosted at the Institute for European Studies of the ULB in Brussels on 2nd-3rd of September 2019. A limited amount of scholarships is available to cover part of the travel costs for overseas attendees to come to Brussels, in order to participate in the summer university and engage with policy-makers, activists and researchers. This fourth edition of the Summer University will focus on the European citizens’ agenda after the 2019 European elections. More information here. 

Call for Applications @UNU-CRIS Doctoral School, DE

[11-06-2019] United Nations University invites applications to join the 8^th Doctoral School on Latin America, European and Comparative Regionalism, organised in Quito, Ecuador on 15^th–19^th of July 2019. The targeted public are (mainly) doctoral students from all social science sub-disciplines in various stages of their research projects dealing with Latin American, European or Comparative Regionalism. The Doctoral School seeks to establish a network of researchers dealing with regionalism, based at universities all over the Latin American continent and beyond. Application deadline: 30^th June 2019 // More information here.

Call for Proposals @GMF Workshop, BE

[29-05-2019] German Marshall Fund of the United States will organise a workshop on "The Cost of a Normless Europe" in Brussels on 16th-17th September 2019. The aim of the workshop is to bring together ongoing empirical and theoretical research to explore the processes whereby a normless Europe is of consequence and its implications for the EU as an international actor – be it ‘normative’ or ‘strategic’. Some funding for travel and accommodation is available. Proposal submission deadline: 15^th July 2019 // More information here.

Manfredi Valeriani wins the first #HackForSDGs

[22-05-2019] During the International Cooperation Expo organised in Rome on 15^th-17^th May 2019, the FAO, the Future Food Institute and Prima Foundation organised the first ever hackathon for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). GEM-STONES fellow Manfredi Valeriani applied to participate together with Alumni of the summer school on sustainable development promoted by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), with an idea inspired by Luisa Guidotti’s story. During the different sessions of the hackathon the group was enlarged, and the contribution of the other members lead to the creation of the final idea: an online platform where people can share stories and best practices related to the SDGs to inspire others to take action. The idea lead the team (working under the framework of #SDG4) to victory together with other two teams. Among the other members of the team, Manfredi was awarded with a scholarship to take part in one of the summer schools organised by the Future Food Institute.

Call for Proposals @ISA 2020, USA

[16-05-2019] The 61^st Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) will be organised in Hawaii, USA on 25^th – 28^th March 2020. Titled “Multiple Identities and Scholarship in a Global IR: One Profession, Many Voices”, the convention will focus on the challenges and opportunities arising from the greater diversity – both in terms of members and academic disciplines involved – within the association. Proposal submission deadline: 1^st June 2019.

Call for Applications @Uni. de Genève, CH

[07-05-2019] The Global Studies Institute of the Université de Genève is organising its first module of the Interdisciplinary PhD School on 1-4 July 2019. The main objective of this module on “Globalization and Global Governance in an interdisciplinary perspective” is to give researchers an interdisciplinary overview of how globalization affects and transform the state and conduct of world affairs on the one side, the academic disciplines – both as regard their object of study and their methodologies – on the other. Attendance is free of charge. Application deadline: 3^rd June 2019.

Researchers @Waseda University, JP

[26-04-2019] Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) is currently recruiting researchers for the academic year 2020. WIAS seeks to recruit researchers who will undertake highly creative research projects that have the potential to identify issues for the future, and carve out new fields of study in the areas of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Employment is expected to start on 1^st April 2020. Application deadline: 25^th June 2019.

New Publication

[24-04-2019] An edited volume has been drafted in honour of GEM-STONES Supervisory Board President, Professor Mario Telò's (LUISS Guido Carli di Roma & ULB-IEE) research career. Published by Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles, ‘Rethinking the European Union and its Global Role from the 20^th to the 21^st Century. Liber Amicorum Mario Telò’ covers the scientific debates that Prof. Telò has been involved in during his career.

Contributors include, among others, GEM-STONES Lead Scientist Prof. Anne Weyembergh (ULB-IEE), GEM-STONES supervisors Prof. Ramona Coman (ULB-IEE), Prof. Jean-Michel De Waele (ULB); Prof. Nicolas Levrat (UNIGE), Prof. Leonardo Morlino (LUISS), as well as GEM-STONES Scientific Coordinator Mr. Frederik Ponjaert (ULB-IEE).

Traineeship @GMF, BE

[17-04-2019] The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Brussels Office is accepting on a rolling basis Erasmus-funded traineeship applications to help with its programming activities. The successfull applicant must hold at least a Bachelor's degree, and be eligible for Erasmus + program funding provided by their universities, or other similar grants through their governments/national institutions. The trainee will work closely with senior GMF staff to provide research, logistical and administrative support. More information here.

Doctoral Defence: Petar Markovic 14^th May 2019 @ULB, BE

GEM PhD School fellow Petar Markovic publicly presented his doctoral thesis produced within the framework of an Erasmus Mundus European Joint Doctorate between the Université libre de Bruxelles and the LUISS Guido Carli di Roma.

“THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TRANSNATIONAL CIVIC CULTURE”
By Petar Markovic (ULB & LUISS)

Tue 14^th May 2019, 10:00-12:00 // Kant Room of the Institute for European Studies of the ULB

Economist @IAI, IT

[17-04-2019] The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is seeking to hire a Researcher responsible for research, reporting and outreach on international economic issues. The ideal candidate should have a PhD or be a PhD candidate in economics or political science but with a thesis on economic issues, with at least three years of professional experience in research at national and/or international research institutions, governmental institutions, international organizations, NGOs.

Application deadline: 28^th April 2019 // More information here

Obituary – In Honor of David Held

[08-04-2019] Following the passing away of Professor David Held (1951-2019), Prof. Mario Telò pays his respects as the Supervisory Board President of GEM-STONES and the GEM PhD School. Read more

Student-led workshop in Toronto, CA

[27-03-2019] Doctoral researchers Kevin Kalomeni (LUISS Guido Carli & Uni. Laval) and Guillaume Beaumier (Univ. of Warwick & Uni. Laval) organised a GEM-STONES -sponsored academic workshop on "Economic regulations in a digital world" in Toronto, Canada on 25-26 March. Attended by 21 academics from 18 universities in the USA, Canada and Europe, the workshop addressed the question on how global actors can spur innovations while also maintaining a stable and fair global economic system.

Post-doc Fellowship @CBS, DK

[22-03-2019] Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a post-doc within the field of social and political sciences on the topic of challenges of European integration for the Nordic countries. The three-year post-doc (research and teaching) is part of the Nordforsk-financed ReNEW network of excellence, which focuses on research about the Nordic region, in the context of grand challenges. This post-doc is envisaged to work within the themes public policy, gender equality and labour markets, and/or democracy, governance and law

Deadline for applications: 15^th April 2019 // More information here

Call for Papers @Univ. van Amsterdam, NL

[22-03-2019] Organized by the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, the Summer School on European and Transnational Rulemaking will bring together PhD candidates, advanced master students, and postdoctoral researchers with senior scholars to discuss key analytical issues and empirical research in progress on European and transnational rulemaking. The summer school will take place on 8th-12th July 2019, with travel and accommodation stipends available.

Deadline for applications: 15^th April 2019 // More information here

Post-doc Research Fellow @GIGA, DE

[22-03-2019] The GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies seeks to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow within the Junior Research Group “Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations” funded by the Leibniz Association and headed by Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz. The Research Group studies (1) how state representatives and regional organization bureaucrats justify an organization’s right to rule to relevant internal and external audiences, (2) why such discursive legitimation strategies may change over time and vary across organizations; and (3) whether and how they are related to institutional legitimation strategies.

Deadline for applications: 7^th April 2019 // More information here

Post-doc Fellowship @Uni. Laval, CA

[11-02-2019] The Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy of Université Laval (Québec City, Canada) offers a full-time postdoctoral fellowship for a position on the design of environmental agreements. The fellow will have an office space at the Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy, and access to an original dataset of more than 2000 environmental treaties. Duration of the fellowship is 6-12 months from 1st Oct 2019 (at the latest).

Deadline for applications: 1^st March 2019 // More information here

Two PhD Fellowships @CBS, DK

[09-01-2019] Copenhagen Business School invites applications for two vacant PhD fellowships within the fields of economic sociology, political economy, and the sociology of professions, at the Department of Organization. Applications are encouraged on any research area falling broadly within the theme of expert networks and market creation. The two doctoral fellowships are in connection with the new project “Expert Niches: How Local Networks Leverage Markets”, funded by the Velux Foundation. It is anticipated that the doctoral students will contribute in the empirical areas of enzyme production and, separately, fine dining. The project is led by Leonard Seabrooke and Eleni Tsingou, both in the Department of Organization.

Deadline for applications: 1^st March 2019 // More information here

Jean Blonder Prize awarded to GEM PhD School alumni

[13-11-2018] Dr. Lauren Tooker has been awarded the 2018 Jean Blondel PhD Prize for the best thesis in politics. The judges were unanimous in choosing the winner, noting that 'Lauren’s thesis is not only innovative and theoretically inspiring – it is a thesis with a heart'.  Dr. Tooker wrote her thesis on 'Ordinary Democracy: Reading Resistances to Debt after the Global Financial Crisis with Stanley Cavell’s Ordinary Language Philosophy', within the framework of an Erasmus Mundus European Joint Doctorate between the University of Warwick and the Université libre de Bruxelles.

More information available here.

Doctoral Seminar: Giulia Tercovich 8^th March 2019 @ULB, BE

GEM PhD School fellow Giulia Tercovich presented her doctoral thesis produced within the framework of an Erasmus Mundus European Joint Doctorate between the Université libre de Bruxelles and the University of Warwick. The title of the thesis is “The EU Inter-regional Influence in Comparison: The Case of the Institutionalization of ASEAN Disaster Management”.

Doctoral Seminar: François Denuit 1^st March 2019 @ULB, BE

GEM PhD School fellow François Denuit publicly presented his doctoral thesis on “Fighting Poverty in the European Union: An Assessment of the Prospects for a European Universal Basic Income (EUBI)”, produced within the framework of an Erasmus Mundus European Joint Doctorate between the Université libre de Bruxelles and the University of Warwick.

GEM-STONES Conference Opening Panel 7^th Feb 2019 @ULB, BE

[11-01-2019] The joint conference of GEM-STONES and GEM PhD Schools on "Standing Their Ground Against All Odds? Globalisation, Europe and Multilateralism in the Face of Mounting Assaults on the International Liberal Order" will open with a public panel seeking to foster insights into how today’s international liberal order is fairing, with a particular concern for global and regional governance institutions, such as the EU.

PRESENT AND FUTURE OF MULTILATERAL GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLE OF THE EU

• Chair: Prof. Mario TELÒ (ULB-IEE & LUISS)
• Speakers: Prof. Amitav ACHARYA (American University of Washington – USA); Prof. Richard HIGGOTT (Vrije Universiteit Brussel - BE); Mr. Pascal LAMY (Notre Europe - BE); Dr. Sophie MEUNIER (Princeton University - USA)
• Thursday 7th February, 17:00-18:30 – followed by a drinks reception // Spaak Room, Institute for European Studies of the ULB

Call for visiting scholars @LUISS Guido Carli di Roma, IT

[07-01-2019]  LUISS University invites outstanding scholars to apply for Visiting Professorships in the Departments of: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Law; Political Science.The purpose of the Visiting Professorship Program (ViPP) is to raise the University’s international profile through the development of teaching and research co-operation between LUISS and the faculties of partner universities and research centers. Applications are welcome from both professors and fellows.

Deadline for submissions: 15^th February 2019 More information available here

Book Presentation: Fringe Regionalism: When Peripheries Become Regions @ULB, BE

[21-12-2018] REPI & the GEM Stones PhD School have the pleasure to invite you to attend a book presentation by the authors: Frank Mattheis (REPI-Université libre de Bruxelles) Alessandra Russo (Centre Emile Durkheim-Sciences Po Bordeaux). Discussant: GEM PhD School Alumni Elisa Lopez Lucia (REPI-Université libre de Bruxelles). The book introduces the novel concept of fringe regionalism to the field of international studies. Mattheis, Raineri and Russo examine how regions are practiced by peripheral borderlands rather than centrally planned, thus offering new avenues for researching regionalism beyond the conventional focus on formal intergovernmental organisations. January 17th 2019 from 12pm till 2pm // Kant Room, Institute for European Studies of the ULB, 39 avenue F. Roosevelt, 1050 Bruxelles. Contact & information: repi@ulb.ac.be // http://repi.ulb.ac.be

PhD Defence: Elena Avramovska 29^th Jan 2019 @ULB, BE

GEM PhD School fellow Elena Avramovska publicly defended her doctoral thesis produced within the framework of an Erasmus Mundus European Joint Doctorate between the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Université de Genève.

“OF ROBES, ROSARIES AND GAVELS: THE EVOLUTION OF GENDER EQUALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES”By Elena Avramovska (ULB & Uni. de Genève)

Date & Time: Tue 29^th Jan 2019, 10:00-12:00 // Location: Kant Room of the Institute for European Studies of the ULB, 39 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Call for Applications: Doctoral Progamme @GIGA, DE

[04-12-2018] The Doctoral Programme of GEM-STONES partner GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies invites applications from prospective doctoral students to join the programme on 1st October 2019. This is a three-year structured programme for junior researchers, in which they can pursue their research and professional development, particularly in the field of comparative area studies (CAS). GIGA doctoral students are fully integrated into the GIGA’s research structure and benefit from close supervision within an international research environment. The training programme fosters their engagement with the GIGA’s global approach to scholarship and provides them with the necessary methodological and soft skills to pursue a career in academia and beyond.

Deadline for submissions: 1^st February 2019 // More information available here 

PhD Scholarship in Nordic identities @CBS, DK

[03-12-2018] Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a PhD scholarship with a focus on the creation of national identities in Norden under the influence of globalization from 1970 and until today. Choice of case as well as methodological and theoretical framework is up to the applicant, but preference will be given to projects that focus on the connection between globalization, everyday- and work related experiences and of national/Nordic identity creation. The project is part of the Nordforsk-financed Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World (ReNEW), which focuses on research about the Nordic region, and the PhD student will be based at CBS’s Center for Business History.

Deadline for applications: 17^th December 2018
More information here

Call for Applications: GLOBE Winter School @Leysin, CH

[03-12-2018] The GLOBE winter school in International Relations will provide a unique environment for PhD students intending to situate themselves within the IR discipline. Organised in Leysin on 11th-15th Feb 2019, the winter school's focus on recent epistemological advances in non-positivist scholarship will deliver expertise through tailor-made roundtables, PhD presentations, walk & talk sessions and collective readings.

Deadline for submissions: 15^th December 2018
More information available here 

Workshop: Sexuality and family in the process of migration @ULB, BE

[28-11-2018] GEM PhD School alumni Dr. Catherine Lourdes Dy will give a presentation on “Click like to subscribe – problematic expressions of the male European migrant experience in Philippine-based Youtube content” as part of an international workshop on ‘Intimacy, sexuality and family in the process of migration: European/Asian experiences compared’. Including keynotes by Prof. Nicole Constable (University of Pittsburgh) and Prof. Eleonore Kofman (Middlesex University London), the workshop is organised at the Université libre de Bruxelles on 18th-19^th December 2018.

Participation is free upon registration, with more information available here.

Presentation: Prof. Paul Bacon 30^th Nov 2018 @ULB, BE

[26-11-2018] We are happy to invite you to a seminar presentation by Professor Paul Bacon (Waseda University) on "ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONALITY ON FORCED LABOUR AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE THAI FISHERIES", taking place this week at the Institut d'Études Européennes of the ULB.

Fri 30^th Nov 2018, 14:00-16:00 // Kant Room of Institut d’études Européennes, 39 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Opening of the academic year in European Studies @ULB, BE

On Tuesday December 4, 2018 the authorities of the Institute for European Studies of the ULB and the Institute’s partner faculties will organise the opening of the academic year 2018-2019. Judith Sargentini, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Vice-chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, will open the IEE academic year with the conference “Rule of Law in European member states: a shared responsibility?” The conference will take place in the context of the Jean Monnet Module “Rule of Law and Mutual Trust in Global and European Governance (RoLETTE)”, coordinated by Ramona Coman, Director of the IEE-ULB, and of the academic year the ULB has dedicated to “Europe of Knowledge”.

PhD Seminar: Martina Paone 28^th Nov 2018 @ULB, BE

[16-11-2018] GEM PhD School fellow Martina Paone will present her research conducted within the framework of her PhD thesis in Political Science (Erasmus Mundus European Joint Doctorate between the University of Warwick and the Université libre de Bruxelles).

“FROM CIVILISING MISSION TO CIVILIAN POWER: RETHINKING EU PEACEBUILDING FROM A POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE” by Martina Paone (Univ. of Warwick & ULB)

This thesis aims at reconstructing the link between Europe and its colonial past in order to address to what extent such historical heritage is manifested in the discourses and practices of EU peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thus, the thesis tries to answer to the following research question: “To what degree the European colonial legacy impacts on the construction of EU peacebuilding policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo?”.

Wed 28^th Nov 2018, 10:00-12:00 // Spaak Room of Institut d’études Européennes, 39 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Call for Proposals: AFSP Annual Conference @Sciences Po, FR

[15-11-2018] GEM-STONES PhD fellow, Ms. Elisa Narminio (ULB & Waseda University) and her thesis supervisor Prof. Julien Jeandesboz (ULB) will convene a panel during the Annual Convention of the French Association of Political Sciences in Bordeaux, France (2^nd–4^th July 2019). Call for proposals to join the thematic panel 62 on ‘Private actors as political agents? Locating the creation and implementation of transnational migration policies’ is now open. The section aims to contribute to the reflection on the management of private actors as political agents in transnational migration policies, the implications of their presence in this realm, and the meaning thereof. Particular attention will be paid to proposals focused on the role of businesses in transnational migration policies, and on regions other than Europe.

Deadline for submissions: 12^th December 2018
More information available here 

Call for Papers: GTGLab workshop @UNIGE, CH

[15-11-2018] Geneva Transformative Governance Lab at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva will host a workskop on 'The EU and the Crisis of the International Liberal Order: A Systemic Crisis?' on 4th-5th April 2019. The workshop aims to analyse the ongoing multi-dimensional crisis of the international liberal order (ILO) and overlapping crises in the EU as a systemic crisis. PhD Candidates and Post-Doctoral Researchers from various backgrounds (International Relations, International Law, European Studies, EU Law, Economics, Development Studies) are welcome to submit paper proposals. Deadline for submissions is 10th December 2018.

Deadline for submissions: 10^th December 2018
More information available here 

Research Fellow, Cyber Security and Diplomacy @GMF, BE

[14-11-2018] The Brussels office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States is recruiting a Research Fellow in the area of cyber security and diplomacy from 1st Feb 2019 onwards. The Fellow will carry out research on cyber security in international relations, with a focus on key actors (in Asia, Latin America), regional organisations, and especially the European Union. The research process includes organising expert workshops and high-level meetings, research trips abroad, research and policy papers, and coordination with GMF staff and project partners.

Deadline for applications: 30^th November 2018 // More information & requirements: here 

Call for Papers & Panels: UACES 2019 @Lisbon, Portugal

[09-11-2018] Hosted by the University of Lisbon School of Law on 1^st-4^th September 2019, the annual conference of University Association for Contemporary European Studies draws hundreds of researchers from around the world to present and discuss the latest work in all areas of contemporary European Studies. Proposals are welcome from established academics, practitioners, early-career researchers and doctoral students in topics across all fields of research on contemporary Europe and the European Union.

Deadline for submissions: 20th January 2019 // More information available here.

Professor in European Politics and Policy @LSE, UK

[26-10-2018] The European Institute of the LSE is a world-leading centre for the study of Europe. It is multidisciplinary and teaches at a post-graduate level. The faculty are active researchers, and teaching is research-led. The European Institute came top in its Unit of Assessment in the last two REF exercises. The successful candidate will provide intellectual leadership in the European Institute, and will be expected to engage with colleagues in cognate areas. The successful candidate will also provide research leadership in the area of European politics and policy, and will make a major contribution to the MSc European and International Public Policy, including its strategic development. The post holder will conduct and publish outstanding research, and engage in high quality teaching.

Deadline for applications: 6^th January 2019
To apply for this post, please go to www.lse.ac.uk/LSEJobs and do a search with the job title.

PhD Researcher, Political Science @ULB, BE

[26-10-2018] The Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is hiring 1 PhD researchers for the project “‘Mind the gap’? Examining political congruence in a comparative perspective” funded as 3-year research project from the ULB (Action de Recherche Concertée).  The PhD researcher will become an active member of the research project “Mind the Gap? Examining political congruence in a comparative perspective” and of the CEVIPOL (ULB). It offers a stimulating working environment in a dynamic and international research team. The selected PhD researcher will also be closely associated to the activities of two related projects: PolPop (with the University of Antwerp) and RePresent. Deadline for applications: 23^rd November 2018 // More information & requirements: here 

Call for Papers: ECPR Joint Sessions workshop @UCL, BE

[19-10-2018] Two GEM PhD School alumni, Dr. Elisa Lopez Lucia and Dr. Maria Martin De Almagro will host a workshop at the Joint Sessions of the European Consortium of Political Research in April 2019. The workshop will focus on ‘The Politics of Security Knowledge Negotiation’, aiming to bring together empirical studies investigating how the knowledge informing and framing security policies is evidenced, negotiated and contested in practice, by whom, for which purpose and with what effect. Deadline for paper proposals: 3^rd December 2018 // More information available here.

Assistant, School of Social Sciences @UNIGE, CH

[18-10-2018] The University of Geneva has an opening for an assistant in the Department of History, Economics and Society in the School of Social Sciences. The department offers the successful candidate the unusual opportunity to study political economy with a distinctive and stimulating intellectual breadth in terms of economic theories and methods, the objects of economic inquiry as well as its normative conclusions. She/he should have a strong grounding in economics, preferably heterodox, and will be required to teach seminars on the political economy of capitalism (maximum of 4 hours per week), to correct and grade student papers, to proctor and correct exams and to provide guidance to students in the preparation of their Bachelor projects and Masters’ theses. Fluency in French & English required. Deadline for applications: 31st October 2018

Major Prize Awarded to GEM PhD School Alumni

[11-10-2018] On 11th October, GEM PhD School alumni Dr. Coraline Goron received the Marthe Engelborghs-Bertels Prize of Sinology awarded by the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences. Dr. Goron received the prize for her doctoral thesis on 'Climate Revolution or Long March? The Politics of Low-Carbon Transformation in China (1992-2015). The Power Sector as Case Study', completed under an Erasmus Mundus European Joint Doctorate between the Université libre be Bruxelles and the University of Warwick.

Doctoral Defence: Shunsuke Sato 9+^th Oct 2018 @ULB, BE

[09-10-2018] We are happy to announce that Erasmus Mundus GEM PhD School fellow Shunsuke Sato has succesfully defended his thesis at the Institute for European Studies of the ULB on 9^th October 2018.

Research Title: Civic Integration Policy in Europe between Politics and Law -Diversity within Convergence (European Joint Doctorate between the Université libre de Bruxelles & Université de Genève)