Open Calls in European Studies

• EUI Widening Europe Programme, Short Term Mobility Fellowships

  Deadline: February 26, 2026 Building on the success of the short-term mobility initiative launched in 2025, the EUI Widening Europe Programme continues in 2026 to enhance research opportunities, promote knowledge exchange, and facilitate access to resources in the social sciences and humanities by offering a second year of one-week mobility stays at the European University Institute in […]

• Call for Papers: Solidarity in Europe (SiE) Conference, European University Institute

  Deadline: March 15, 2026 Organized by the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and the European Governance and Policy Programme We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines to participate in the Fifth Solidarity in Europe (SiE) annual conference, organised by the European Governance and Politics Programme (EGPP) at the Robert Schuman Centre for […]

• Peace Research Fellowship, University of Zurich

  Deadline: March 20, 2026 University of Zurich – Peace Research Fellowship 2026 The Peace Research Fellowship offers early-career scholars the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research on long-term peace, violence reduction, and institutional development, embedded within a community of peace and conflict researchers in Switzerland. The fellowship is designed as a short, intensive research visit […]

• Assistant professorship (tenure track) DIAS Fellow in the Politics and Governance related to the Green Transition, University of Southern Denmark

  Deadline: February 28, 2026 The Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) and the Department of Political Science and Public Management at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, seek an outstanding candidate to fill a tenure-track Fellow (Assistant Professor level) position in the field of Political Science. The candidate is expected to start on September 1, 2026, or as […]

• Postdoctoral Researcher in Diplomacy and Global Affairs, University of Leiden

  Deadline: February 15, 2026 The Research group Diplomacy and Global Affairs at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher (1.0 fte, 36-month position) with research and teaching expertise on Redefining European Security and Defense: the conditions, constraints, and processes affecting security and preparedness in the European Union and […]

• Volkswagen Foundation, Transatlantic Bridge Fellowships

  No deadline listed Internationally renowned professors in the humanities and social sciences who are currently working in the USA and conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations get the opportunity to work at an academic institution in Germany whilst maintaining ties with their home institution. The funding enables […]

• Volkswagen Foundation, “Navigating a Transforming World Order,” Fellowships on Security and Technology

  Deadline: May 6, 2026 News about crises, conflicts, and the global security situation is coming in ever shorter intervals: we are all witnessing the transformation of a former world order – with an open ending. The foundation – with this funding program – would like to contribute to a better understanding of these fundamental changes […]

• Funding Call: The British Academy, International Fellowships: Deadline March 11, 2026

  Funding call: International Fellowships Programme 2026 Deadline: March 11, 2026 This programme provides support for outstanding early-career researchers to make a first step towards developing an independent research career through gaining experience across international borders. Each award is expected to involve a specific and protected research focus with the award holder undertaking high quality, original […]

• Call for applications: Spring School on Political Economy of Production and Labour at Scuola Normale Superiore: Due January 31, 2026

  Due January 31, 2026 Spring School on Political Economy of Production and Labour at Scuola Normale Superiore on 16-20 March 2026 in Florence (Palazzo Vegni, Via San Niccolò 93). The School is organised at the Scuola Normale Superiore, in the centre of Florence, and is funded by the PNRR through MERITA, the network for talent project. There is no […]

• Visiting Lecturer in Dutch, Indiana University Bloomington

  Due March 1, 2026. The Department of Germanic Studies and the Institute for European Studies at Indiana University invite applications for a full-time Visiting Lecturer position in Dutch to begin August 1, 2026. The initial appointment will be for two years and may be renewable contingent on funding, satisfactory performance reviews, and institutional approval. We seek an innovative and experienced Dutch […]

• Senior Lectureship, International Affairs and Governance, University of St.Gallen

  Deadline: February 8, 2026 The Department of Political Science at the School of Economics and Political Science of the University of St.Gallen intends to fill a 50% permanent lectureship position. A 50% permanent lectureship entails a teaching load of six semester hours per week. The profile of this permanent lectureship reflects the needs of the […]

• Call for participants: Summer Intensive: Theorizing Communication in, of, and from the Balkans (TCB)

  Deadline extended to: January 30, 2026 Workshop dates: May 27-28, 2026 Location: Virtual Scholars and practitioners at all career levels are invited to join the inaugural virtual summer intensive on Theorizing Communication in, of, and from the Balkans, May 27-28, 2026. Responding to the academic dominance of Western theorizing of communication, this summer intensive aims […]

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  Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies (SMRN-CES) invites papers for the post-conference on “Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes. “

  DEADLINE EXTENDED: February 10, 2026 CALL FOR PAPERS Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies (SMRN-CES) Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes June 19-20th, 2026 @Dublin City University (DCU) *** As of the writing of this call, the situation in the Palestinian Territories represents the ultimate paradigm of man-made catastrophe: […]

• CFP Special Issue: Literature and Health in the 21st Century, deadline June 1, 2026

  Submission link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/R5I05689FA Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, What is the use of literature in view of today’s health challenges? This Special Issue focuses on the European region and invites papers that explore current challenges in health, well-being, and healthcare as represented in literature. The challenges, we see, are plenty: growing social inequality and political […]

• Call for PhD students, Political Science, University of St. Gallen, deadline: January 31, 2026

  The Department of Political Science at the University of St.Gallen is looking for 3 PhD Students (100%, up to five years) The successful candidates are expected to pursue a PhD degree in political science with the DIA program at the University of St.Gallen connected to the international research project GOVPET led by Prof. Patrick Emmenegger. […]

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