Tag: Germany

Munich School of Philosophy: Ethics of Intercultural Dialogue Certificate (Germany)

Graduate StudyEthics of Intercultural Dialogue Programme
at the Munich School of Philosophy (HFPH), Munich, Germany. Application deadline: 15 July 2025.

What is right and wrong in a globalised world? Which values matter in culturally diverse societies? The part-time certificate programme Ethics of Intercultural Dialogue focuses on the ethical challenges professionals encounter in today’s interconnected world. Entirely online and taught in English, this graduate-level programme offers a solid ethical foundation, political-philosophical insight, and practice-oriented knowledge – ideal for professionals looking to deepen their skills and reflect critically on their work in international and intercultural contexts. What makes this programme truly unique is its embodiment of interculturality, bringing together individuals from various countries, religions, and cultures to engage in meaningful dialogue and shared learning experiences.

📌 Key Facts
Offered by: Munich School of Philosophy & Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Programme type: Graduate certificate (36 ECTS), fully online, in English
Start: October 2025
Application deadline: 15 July 2025 (if places remain, late applications will be accepted in September)
Tuition fees: €2,880 + approx. €240 per semester in administrative fees
Scholarships: Four full scholarships available (details at hfph.de/eid)

🔗 Learn more and apply: hfph.de/eid
📩 Contact the programme team

Osnabrück U: Postdoctoral Researcher in Reflexive Migration Research (Germany)

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Researcher in Reflexive Migration Research, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany. Deadline: 25 June 2025.

The DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604) examines the conditions and functions of the social production and negotiation of migration across disciplines. The aim of SFB 1604 is to establish reflexive migration research as an approach to the study of society. SFB 1604 is located at Osnabrück University (Germany) – a university with diverse research activities that attract students and scientists from all over the world to a city with a high quality of life. The SFB 1604 is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) (Salary level E 13 TV-L, 100%). The position is to be filled as soon as possible and is initially limited to two years.

Your tasks:

  • Development and submission of a high-quality funding proposal (Heisenberg Programme (DFG), ERC Grant, Emmy Noether Programme (DFG) or comparable programmes) for a research project within the topics of the Collaborative Research Centre by mid-2026. In terms of concept and research focus, the project should be closely aligned with the Collaborative Research Centre and deepen and/or supplement its ongoing work.

  • On-site participation in the events and activities of the SFB in Osnabrück

  • Active participation in the theoretical development of the SFB and its publication projects

U Hamburg: 3 PHD Studentships in Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation Across the Lifespan (Germany)

“Studentships“3 Ph.D. Research Associates for the project Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation Across the Lifespan, University of Hamburg, Germany. Deadline: 15 June 2025.

The Faculty of Education at the University of Hamburg is a leader in conducting innovative and future-oriented research related to the educational and social consequences of diversity resulting from migration and globalization. This strength is now further expanded through the award of a Humboldt Professorship to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller as part of the faculty research center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS).”

The Humboldt Professorship is devoted to “Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan” and is closely integrated with the activities of the Language on the Move platform. The research focus will be on migrant language socialization, language learning, and settlement across the lifespan and outside of institutions of formal education. This includes digital spaces as well as language brokering and other forms of informal language assistance that often undergird institutional communications in linguistically diverse societies.

Your responsibilities: Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research associates may also pursue independent research and further academic qualifications. They may also pursue doctoral studies outside of working duties. This is a unique opportunity to become part of an education-focused research center that aims to make major contributions to social cohesion in linguistically diverse societies.

U Hamburg: 3 Postdocs in Linguistic Diversity & Social Participation Across the Lifespan (Germany)

Postdocs

3 Postdoctoral Research Associates for the project Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation Across the Lifespan, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Deadline: 15 June 2025.

The Faculty of Education at the University of Hamburg is a leader in conducting innovative and future-oriented research related to the educational and social consequences of diversity resulting from migration and globalization. This strength is now further expanded through the award of a Humboldt Professorship to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller as part of the faculty research center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS).”

The Humboldt Professorship is devoted to “Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan” and is closely integrated with the activities of the Language on the Move platform. The research focus will be on migrant language socialization, language learning, and settlement across the lifespan and outside of institutions of formal education. This includes digital spaces as well as language brokering and other forms of informal language assistance that often undergird institutional communications in linguistically diverse societies.

Your responsibilities: Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research associates may also pursue independent research and further academic qualifications. This is a unique opportunity to become part of an education-focused research center that aims to make major contributions to social cohesion in linguistically diverse societies.

CFP: FMSH: Bibliothèque allemande (France)

“Publication

Call for proposals: Collection Bibliothèque allemande, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France. Deadline: 31 May 2025.

To foster intellectual exchange between France and German-speaking countries, the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, supported by the Goethe-Institut Paris, the German Academic Exchange Service, and the Centre Georg Simmel – Franco-German Research in the Social Sciences, in collaboration with the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, promotes the translation of significant German-language contributions in the humanities and social sciences into French.

The « Bibliothèque allemande » collection, published by the Éditions de la MSH rcompiles key texts from the humanities and social sciences that have made fundamental contributions to academic discourse in their respective fields. The translation program aims to make important scholarly works from German-speaking countries accessible to a French-speaking audience.

The program seeks monographs (up to 800,000 characters) that have had a significant impact on intellectual thought and academic debate in German-speaking countries in recent years or offer innovative and original responses to current issues. The works should appeal to a broad, intellectually curious readership; purely qualification-based works (such as PhD theses) are excluded.

GIGA: Postdoc in Comparative Politics with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (Germany)

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative Politics with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany. Deadline: 26 May 2025.

The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien is an independent social science research institute based in Hamburg. It analyses political, social, and economic developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and links this knowledge to questions of global significance. It combines region-specific analysis with innovative comparative research on accountability and participation, peace and security, globalisation and development, and global orders and foreign policies. The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (M/F/D) in Comparative Politics With a Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years and the possibility of another three years after successful evaluation and depending on the availability of funds. The successful applicant should start as soon as possible. The successful candidate will work on key questions and challenges in comparative politics with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Potential research areas include but are not limited to autocratisation and democratisation, domestic politics and/or institutions, external actors, comparative political economy, the comparative study of conflicts, questions of misinformation or repression, and the political challenges arising from digitalisation. They expect the candidate to outline a corresponding research agenda.

Munich U of Applied Sciences: Business English & Intercultural Competence (Germany)

“JobProfessor of Business English and Intercultural Competence, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany. Deadline: 5 May 2025.

To further strengthen their team, HM Business School is seeking to appoint a Professor of Business English and Intercultural Competence for the winter semester 2026/2027. You will teach English language courses on specialized topics in business, economics, and intercultural communication at HM Business School in both undergraduate and advanced degree programs. Your in-depth knowledge of English-language business communication and your professional experience will enable you to successfully implement integrated modules and projects in business studies. You are a highly motivated individual (m/f/d) with academic expertise and professional experience in English business communication.

Roman Lietz Profile

Profiles

Roman Lietz received an MA and a PhD in Intercultural Business Communication from the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, in Germany.

Roman LietzHe gained seven years of practical experience in Berlin (Germany) managing the – at that time – second largest project for integration assistants (Integrationslotsen) in Germany. With this practical backing, he commenced an academic career in teaching and research. He was a researcher at various universities (the Karlshochschule of Applied Sciences, the Hochschule Karlsruhe of Applied Sciences, the University of Landau, and the Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz/Germersheim) carrying out several applied research projects concerning questions of integration, participation and intercultural communication. The latest project is the ReDICo project (Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively), carried out together with Fergal Lenehan among others. The ReDICo research co-operative also retains editorship of the book series Studies in Digital Interculturality.

His list of publications includes one monograph concerned with quality assurance in integration projects (2018, in German), and three co-edited volumes on the topics of cyber-utopia/dystopia (2022, in English), language and interculturality in the digital world (2024, German and English), and about the reimagining of digital cosmopolitanism (2025, English), and more than 30 articles, research reports and newer forms of science content communication, such as an educast and a podcast.

Work for CID:

Roman Lietz wrote a guest post for the Center, The Need for a Cosmopolitan Perspective.

Humboldt U: inherit. heritage in transformation Fellowships 2026-27

Fellowships

Fellowships inherit. heritage in transformation, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. Letters of interest for 2026-27 appointment are due 14 April 2025.

The Centre for Advanced Study inherit. heritage in transformation, a BMBF-funded Käte Hamburger Kolleg based at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is pleased to invite applications for its fellowship program, which will run from 1 October 2026 to 31 July 2027. This opportunity is open to both experienced and early-career postdoctoral researchers, as well as artists, filmmakers, and curators.

The theme for the 2026-2027 Fellowships is:
‘Addressing Heritage Loss’

Applications should relate to the following research areas of the Centre:
* Decentring the West
* Decentring of the human being
* Changing values

The Centre explores historical, contemporary, and potential future transformations in heritage and hosts up to fifteen international fellows each year to pursue their research. The topic for applications for fellowships for 2026-7 is Addressing Heritage Loss. Applications should also relate to one or more of our guiding themes: decentring the west. decentring the human, and transforming value.

CFP Studies in Digital Interculturality Book Series

“Publication

Call for submissions: Studies in Digital Interculturality Book Series, ReDiCo. Deadline: Rolling.

Co-editors: Luisa Conti, Fergal Lenehan, Roman Lietz and Milene Mendes de Oliveira.

The ReDICo project (“Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively”) is pleased to announce an open call for submissions for the book series Studies in Digital Interculturality. This peer-reviewed series explores the diverse dimensions of intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces, as well as their influence upon issues such as identities, group social cohesion and cultural change. In the series, they aim to publish thematically relevant monographs, edited volumes, dissertations and other contributions of the highest quality. A possibility also exists to publish all books as open access by the transcript Publishing House, in cooperation with the international de Gruyter Publishing House.