The Centre for Education, Training and Work in the Asian Century (CETWAC) in the School of Education is pleased to announce the opportunity to complete a higher degree by research and work with world class supervisors. This opportunity is for 2017 enrolments, with a closing date for applications of October 31, 2016 .Successful applicants will…

Doing Transitions Collaborative DFG-funded Research Training Group at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main and Eberhard Karls University Tübingen   The research training group focuses on the question how transitions in the life course are shaped and produced. Transition research so far has dealt with structural factors of transitions and their effects on individual agency and life…

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its PhD program BIGSSS-departs (doctoral education in partnerships). It is part of the COFUND scheme funded by the European Commission under the Framework for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020. BIGSSS is an international Social Science inter-university graduate school, located at the University of…

. . Global Responsibility in Youth Research Helsinki, Finland 7-8 November 2016 The Finnish Youth Research Network (FYRN) invites proposals for the Annual Conference of Youth Studies 2016: Global Responsibility in Youth Research. There are more young people than ever before in the world. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) there are 1.8…

Melbourne Graduate School of Education and YRC social media space   PhD scholarship opportunity to study with the Life Patterns team from January 2017. The successful applicant will be working in the Life Patterns project. The Life Patterns project is a two-decade longitudinal panel study that in this period (2016-2020) seeks to: 1.extend current policy…

Some pictures from the “Third ISA Forum of Sociology” held in Vienna from 10 to 14  July  2016 have been uploaded in the Photo Gallery: click here to see the pictures.  

The Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Queensland is currently advertising a Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow position. Please see the following link for detailed information on the advertised position, including the requirements, selection criteria and information on how to apply (the position description is also attached to this email): http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/499294/postdoctoral-research-fellowresearch-fellow To be…