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THE FINNISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Transatlantic Post-Doc Fellowship for International Relations and Security (TAPIR) Call for Applications 2012 For full details, please see The Transatlantic Post-Doc Fellowship for International Relations and Security (TAPIR) is open to candidates who have recently received their doctorate in social and political sciences or economics and whose research focuses on topics of international relations and/or international peace and security issues. Fellowships are granted for a duration of 24 months to prepare Fellows for a career in policy-oriented and international research at renowned think tanks and political consulting research institutes. Fellows spend three eight-month stays at research institutions or think tanks participating in the program - at least one on the Eastern, and one on the Western side of the Atlantic. Participating institutes include: Chatham House, Center for International Relations (CIR), Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Center for Security Studies (CSS), European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Institute for Strategic and International Studies (IEEI), Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), RAND Corporation (RAND), SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations (SAIS), United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and German Institute for International and Security Affairs/ Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). Fellows will be supervised by a researcher at each host institute, while being integrated into the relevant research units or projects. Fellows will have the opportunity to work on issues of major and immediate political significance, and to publish their work in journals or paper series that will be read by decision-makers at national and international levels. The Fellowship aims to involve participants actively in the work and research of leading international think tanks. It is not intended to primarily fund the completion of major individual publications or of academic peer-reviewed journal articles. The fellowship consists of
Fees for residence permits are not included All files, including letters of recommendation, should be sent in PDF format to transatlanticfellowship(at)swp-berlin.org by February 01, 2012. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Successful candidates will be informed by May 2012. or contact:please contact: Tobias von Lossow |