<div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>Might be of interest.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Joanna Kulesza</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jkuleszaicann@gmail.com">jkuleszaicann@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 3:26 PM<br>Subject: [At-Large] senior and postdoc fellowships on global internet governance 2021<br>To: <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br>Dear all,<br>
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please kindly see below and attached. The deadline for applications has <br>
been extended to July 1st. Do feel free to contact hosts directly with <br>
any questions or queries.<br>
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Thanks and best,<br>
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Joanna Kulesza<br>
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Research Fellowships 2021/2022<br>
<br>
Open Call for Applications<br>
Postdoctoral and Senior Researchers<br>
The Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research <br>
(KHK/GCR21) invites applications for Research Fellowships with duration <br>
of 12 months starting between February and September 2021. Proposals are <br>
especially welcome regarding: (1) critique, justification and legitimacy <br>
in global cooperation; and (2) global cooperation and competing <br>
conceptions of world order. The fully funded fellowships are available <br>
to both senior and postdoctoral researchers across the humanities and <br>
social sciences. Deadline for applications is 1st June 2020.<br>
We are aware that this call comes at a time of high uncertainty around <br>
COVID-19. We are monitoring closely the evolving situation and hope that <br>
circumstances will allow the advertised fellowships to start as planned <br>
from February 2021 onwards. We therefore urge you to apply if you are <br>
interested but still uncertain about the practicability of the fellowship!<br>
The KHK/GCR21<br>
The Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of <br>
Duisburg-Essen is one of ten Käte Hamburger Kollegs sponsored by the <br>
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Established in 2012, <br>
the Centre is an interdisciplinary and international learning community <br>
that seeks to enhance understanding of the possibilities and limits of <br>
global cooperation and to explore new options for global public policy. <br>
The working language at the Centre is English.<br>
In its second funding period (2018-2023), the Centre’s research and <br>
fellowships are organized around four broad themes: pathways and <br>
mechanisms of global cooperation; global cooperation and polycentric <br>
governance; critique, justification and legitimacy in global <br>
cooperation; and global cooperation and competing conceptions of world <br>
order. Empirical research on these themes focuses especially on the <br>
governance of climate change, the internet, migration, and <br>
peacebuilding. The Centre will issue thematic calls for application on <br>
an annual basis.<br>
Fellowships 2021-2022<br>
For next year we invite fellowship applications from across the <br>
humanities and social sciences (including also psychology, law and <br>
economics) in relation to the second two main themes, as detailed below. <br>
We particularly encourage female researchers and scholars from the <br>
Global South to apply. Applications from scholars at risk are welcome.<br>
Benefits to Fellows<br>
An intellectually stimulating and vibrant interdisciplinary learning <br>
community<br>
Excellent infrastructure with fully equipped offices, library <br>
facilities, and administrative support (also with finding accommodation)<br>
Funds to organize workshops (subject to approval, with preference <br>
especially to workshops that emerge from an interdisciplinary exchange <br>
with other researchers at the Centre)<br>
Either a monthly stipend commensurate with experience or financing of <br>
a teaching replacement at the home institution<br>
Expectations from Fellows<br>
A completed PhD<br>
Personal research and publication in the Centre’s thematic areas<br>
A contribution to the Centre’s own publications<br>
Regular active participation in seminars and other Centre events<br>
Collaboration with other fellows in interdisciplinary exchange<br>
Work in residence at the Centre in Duisburg, Germany<br>
Themes 2021-2022<br>
The Centre’s work in the period of 2021-2022 will focus on the themes <br>
‘Critique, Justification and Legitimacy in Global Cooperation’ and <br>
‘Global Cooperation and Competing Conceptions of World Order’. We <br>
especially invite fellowship applications that address these themes, as <br>
described below. In addition, preference will be given to applications <br>
with an empirical focus on the governance of climate change, the <br>
internet, migration, and peacebuilding.<br>
Critique, Justification and Legitimacy in Global Cooperation<br>
Legitimacy – and its contestation – is a vital question for global <br>
cooperation. Legitimacy refers to the belief and perception that a <br>
governing force has rightful authority and exercises it appropriately. <br>
Legitimacy can be both normative (i.e. determined by moral judgement) <br>
and sociological (i.e. observed in political behaviour).<br>
Scholarship from various disciplines has usually examined legitimacy in <br>
relation to the state, but more recent scholarship understands <br>
legitimacy as a fragile, politicized, and contested phenomenon that <br>
involves a wider range of political forces, including multilateral <br>
institutions, private global governance, and transnational social movements.<br>
This processual notion of legitimacy – the interplay between critique <br>
and justification – leads to many conceptual, theoretical, and <br>
methodological challenges. It implies considering politicization <br>
processes and power relations across scales (at local, national and <br>
transnational levels), a broad spectrum of political actors in their <br>
complex relationships, and<br>
new forms of resistance against formal authorities (e.g. by <br>
whistleblowers, young climate activists, right-wing networks). Sites of <br>
resistance include – but are not limited to – civil society <br>
associations, social movements, and everyday practices of ordinary <br>
citizens. De-legitimation can come from ‘left-wing’ and ‘right-wing’ <br>
angles, from communitarians as well as cosmopolitans.<br>
If legitimacy is also created by civil society actors, new protest <br>
movements, and ‘ordinary citizens’, research questions emerge on how to <br>
conceptualize and study contested ‘legitimation work’ (Raymond Geuss) <br>
around multiple sites of global cooperation. We welcome projects that <br>
help us gain a better understanding of global cooperation and ‘politics <br>
of (de)legitimation’. Proposals are welcomed across a range of <br>
issue-areas, especially – though not limited to – climate change, <br>
Internet, migration, and peacebuilding.<br>
Questions for this research stream may include, though are not limited to:<br>
Who are the protagonists who cooperate in legitimation and <br>
de-legitimation (or resistance) struggles (e.g. civil society <br>
organizations, social movements, indigenous groups)? How and why do <br>
these struggles emerge and develop? How does the global rise of populism <br>
play into such practices of cooperation?<br>
What forms of trans-scalar cooperation can we distinguish in politics <br>
of (de-)legitimation (e.g. shared textual and visual narratives, <br>
performances, academic schools of thought)? For example, do young <br>
climate activists cooperate differently than right-wing networks?<br>
How can we best study new protagonists and complex new forms of <br>
resistance against formal authorities, for instance as <br>
exercised/practiced by whistleblowers, feminist activists, artists, <br>
sportspeople and critical comedians?<br>
How do certain concerns gain legitimacy as a “global” problem in need <br>
of “cooperation” (e.g. peace, climate change)?<br>
Global Cooperation and Competing Conceptions of World Order<br>
The broad question concerning competing conceptions of world order is a <br>
very traditional issue of global politics, which has operated on the <br>
basis of both systemic assumptions and more actor-focused concepts. Yet, <br>
under current polycentric conditions, these issues have taken many <br>
different forms and can be studied from a variety of perspectives, <br>
particularly with regard to their impact on global cooperation.<br>
Research projects in this stream are invited to explore the <br>
commonalities and differences between various conceptions of world <br>
order, as well as relationships between them in practices of global <br>
cooperation and non-cooperation. We welcome projects that help us to <br>
gain a better understanding of how different and often contested <br>
conceptions of world order shape, change or obstruct global cooperation. <br>
This includes abstract considerations about epistemological and <br>
anthropological foundations of world-order conceptions, as well as a <br>
focus on material conditions and repercussions. Also welcome are <br>
proposals that deepen understanding of populism and anti-global protest, <br>
the fight for global equality or the self-legitimation of organizations.<br>
Themes we are particularly interested in for the coming fellowship <br>
period include:<br>
How can we understand geopolitics (i.e. the strategic struggle for <br>
spheres of influence), beyond its form as classic theme of international <br>
politics? Can it result in new constellations of global cooperation? Or <br>
will we see a return of interstate conflict that seemed to have become <br>
obsolete? We invite research on perceptions, narratives and discourses <br>
to explore grand geopolitical/economic schemes in their conception in <br>
different regions or circles and also address new <br>
conflicting/cooperative areas.<br>
Can conceptions of world order based on the unity of humankind be <br>
imagined without relying on essentialist and simplifying anthropologies; <br>
and what are the implications of such ‘new cosmopolitanisms’ for global <br>
cooperation? What can be expected of approaches which substitute the <br>
focus on human rationality with the emphasis on other human capacities, <br>
such as empathy or awareness of common vulnerability? What is the role <br>
of different conceptions of time and historical directionality?<br>
How have conflicts between largely irreconcilable conceptions of world <br>
orders (and political agendas) impacted on global cooperation? For <br>
instance, while economic growth is seen as instrumental for improving <br>
the lives of people particularly in the Global South, a contrary <br>
position would hold that sustainable human life is only possible under <br>
conditions of reduced growth and consumption, respect for nature, clean <br>
energies etc. Can such guiding principles or even ideologies also pave <br>
the way for new ways in global cooperation, such as new alliances and <br>
forms or will these competing views generate future conflicts?<br>
How to Apply<br>
Applications (in English only) should include:<br>
cover letter<br>
concise research proposal (3-5 pages)<br>
CV<br>
list of publications<br>
text of one relevant publication<br>
Please submit applications at <br>
<a href="http://www.gcr21.org/en/fellows/how-to-become-a-fellow/fellowships/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.gcr21.org/en/fellows/how-to-become-a-fellow/fellowships/</a>. <br>
Deadline for receipt of applications is 1st June 2020. Please indicate <br>
in the cover letter your preferred start and end date of the fellowship.<br>
If you have any questions, please contact Matthias Schuler at <br>
<<a href="mailto:schuler@gcr21.uni-due.de" target="_blank">schuler@gcr21.uni-due.de</a>>.<br>
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