Start-Up Scholarships of the Graduate School of Social Sciences – G3S

The scholarships are meant to support graduates in the early stages of their PhD, during which they will develop research proposals for submission to a funding body in order to acquire financial support for the remaining duration of their PhD-projects. The payment of the second installment of the scholarship depends on the submission of such a funding proposal. Candidates should be highly motivated to carry out an independent research project in an interdisciplinary environment and show a vivid interest in current debates of the social sciences.

The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) at the University of Basel provides the institutional framework for all graduate programs within the Department of Social Sciences. The working languages of the school are English and German. The selection will respect the guiding principles on diversity and inclusion of the University of Basel, which wants to be a family-friendly, equality-oriented, nondiscriminatory and accessible university promoting diversity in all its dimensions.

• Students holding a Master's degree in one of the fields of G3S (with a final degree of at least 5.0 according to the Swiss grading system)

• Doctoral students in the G3S should have a background in a discipline of the Department of Social Sciences (e.g. anthropology, cultural anthropology, middle eastern studies, political science, sociology, gender studies)

• Trained in interdisciplinary fields also represented at G3S: PhD Program Gender Studies, Centre for African Studies, SWANA: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, PhD Program Science of Religion, International Graduate School North-South, Sustainability Research, PhD Program Cultural Anthropology

• Suitable dissertation projects must analyze current dynamics of social change

• Preferably calling for projects focusing on one or more of the following topics: Conflicts – Migration – Resources