Ph.D Scholarships and Postdocs in Social Sciences at the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Meth, Netherland

The ICS offers fully funded Ph.D scholarships for a variety of projects to excellent candidates who recently gradua­ted in one of the social sciences. Graduates in Mathematics, Statistics or Economics are also invited to apply.

The Ph.D students will be appointed for a full four-year period in which the graduates will work on an individual project, leading to a doctoral dissertation. The generous scholarships fully cover tuition, research and living expenses. The salary amounts to appr. 2042,- before taxes in the first year of the appointment, rising to appr. 2612,- before taxes in the fourth year. There are no tuition fees.

The program (in English) begins September 1st, 2009 and applications should arrive at the ICS before May 1, 2009.

Project proposals

The deadline for sending in applications is May 1st, 2009.

• Candidates can choose a project from the following list .
• Candidates can also suggest a project of his/her own that fits well into the ICS research program. Applicants are requested to write a brief motivation for the proposal(s) of their preference.
• Applicants are advised to read the literature mentioned with the proposal(s) of their choice.
• Literature which is mentioned to be 'available on request’ can be obtained from the ICS secretariat in Utrecht.
• As already mentioned, the selection procedure aims at identifying highly qualified candidates and at a careful match of these candidates with suitable projects.

Project proposals for the recruitment and selection procedure 2009

• Dual Identity and Politicization Among Turkish Immigrants
• Education and Political Tolerance in Europe
• Equality and Dependency in Couples Financial and Social Arrangements
• Brothers and Sisters in Europe: Total Family Effects on Occupational Status of their Children
• Through the Iron Curtain: The Effect of Communism on Social Mobility in Eastern Europe
• How Racist are Ethnic Minorities and Native Dutch in Urban Neighbourhoods?
• 'Own Culture First' Nationalism and National Cultural Consumption
• The Collateral Effects of Imprisonment on Life Courses
• Ambitions of Men and Women and Their Occupational Career
• Decline of the Work Ethic?
  Transfer of Work Values
• Making a Difference? Performance and Professionalization of Humanitarian INGOs
• Status Competition Blessing or Curse?

The details about these project proposals can be obtained from here