News and Updates

The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences currently accepts applications for 6 doctoral scholarships, starting October 1, 2016 The scholarships are available from October 1st, 2016, for one year. We welcome applications from graduates aiming to write their doctoral thesis at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences. A scholarship will enable you to develop…

Dr. Kate Tilleczek, the SSHRC-funded Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Young Lives in Global & Local Contexts and the Scientific Director of Young Lives Research Lab (YLRL) at the University of Prince Edward Island seeks applications for the full-time position of Research Project Manager to assist in the ongoing development of a cutting-edge program…

The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to announce the 2016 call for applications for its Research Fellowship Program. Deadline for submission: April 15, 2016 The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is an internationally open, competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers focusing on child and youth development. Fellowships are awarded to the most highly talented…

Applications are invited for the post of Professor in Youth Research in the University of Tampere. The post of Professor is located in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Degree Programme in Social Sciences. The successful applicant will be appointed starting August 1, 2017, until further notice. A professor shall carry out and supervise…

  at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University. Closing date: 1 March 2016.   The Department of Sociology is a middle sized department at the Faculty of Social Sciences with about 100 employees and 1,000 students. The department teaches both Sociology and Demography. The main research areas are Demography, Ethnic relations and migration, Gender and…

“Social Change and Family Developments” is an international conference co-sponsored by the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Research Committee on Family Research (RC06) of the International Sociological Association. The conference will take place from May 25th to 28th, 2016 at Institute of Sociology, CASS, Beijing, China. On behalf of both…

  Deadline for submission: January 15, 2016 The Campbell Collaboration’s Education and Crime & Justice Coordinating Groups and the Jacobs Foundation are pleased to announce grants to support the development and publication of systematic reviews that address important issues in child and youth development. Grants between $25,000 and $50,000 USD are available following this Call…

IJSE – Italian Journal of Sociology of Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal published three times a year (February, June, October) and sponsored by the Educational Section of the Italian Sociological Association (AIS-EDU). The journal aims at presenting up-to-date, state of the art theoretical and empirical studies concerning socialization, education, and educational institutions, enlarging and…

The Population Studies group at the London School of Economics is now welcoming applications for studentships in Demography/Population Studies for entry in October 2016. Career prospects: Recent graduates from the Demography/Population Studies PhD programme are pursuing academic careers, postdoctoral fellowships, senior consultancy roles, and INGO and government jobs in the UK and overseas. Research environment:…

  The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality seeks to support research that expands our knowledge of key trends in poverty and inequality. Awards will be made to “New Scholars” who will then join one of the CPI’s ten research groups. The deadline for the short proposal is now November 9, 2015.   Purpose The…