Deadline- 16 December, 2012
Countries/Region– All Countries
The International Social Science Council (ISSC) invites participation of early career social scientists around the world to become World Social Science Fellows and participate in a World Social Science Seminar on Sustainable Urbanization: Innovative approaches to understanding urbanization in the 21st century.
Urban areas have been recognized as key elements for the future of global societies, as the locus of major social and environmental transformations and as drivers of positive and negative change. Multidimensional perspectives capable of addressing the complex interactions in space and time among the social, economic, political, cultural, physical and environmental dimensions of urbanization is needed.These interactions constitute the driving forces behind the type, extent, and intensity of urban growth and conditions for the transition to a more sustainable future.
Scientists to start developing these interdisciplinary perspectives at a seminar in Quito, Ecuador, and to take them forward in their research and teaching activities after the seminar.
Other benefits-
- They will offer opportunity to interact with some of the leading thinkers in this area, a global group of other talented early career social scientists, as well as a number of policy makers/practitioners, activists, and other stakeholders. They will also cover travel costs for applicant’s journey to Quito and local travel and subsistence costs.
- Work as a World Social Science Fellow starts at the seminar, but it does not end there. This publication should become the basis of an online consultation with an international community of scholars, to inform work of a new set of World Social Science Fellows at a subsequent seminar.
- World Social Science Fellow will enable applicant to forge new and lasting networks that can stimulate and support transformative social science research, and that the experience will provide a basis for advancing applicant’s own career as a member – and future leader – of the international social science community.
Agenda– Five days of discussion on sustainable urbanization, some of it in a “traditional” academic setting, based on work submitted by Fellows. Other parts of the discussion will focus on interactive research visioning and action planning. At the end of the five days, Fellows will have a good overview of the current state-of-the-art of research as well as a vision for essential, compelling research priorities for the coming 5 to 10 years.
Eligibility-
- A post-doctoral researcher with a maximum of five years research experience following your PhD (candidates with more research experience can also be considered, if they explain why they should be eligible)
- An early career researcher without a PhD but with an equivalent level of research experience and output
- Under 40 years of age (candidates over the age of 40 can also be considered, if they explain why they should be eligible)
The ISSC will select a maximum of 20 early career social scientists to participate in the seminar and become World Social Science Fellows.
Please submit the following documents, in English-
- Curriculum Vitae of no more than 2 pages, including information about education, research projects and networks, awards and prizes and other pertinent experiences. In addition to the 2 page CV, add a list of applicant’s most important publications.
- An abstract (one page maximum) of the paper applicant would present at the seminar.
- A statement (one page maximum) outlining their perspective on the topic. Please highlight relevant experience applicant have in interdisciplinary research projects.
- Agreement from their home institution about applicant’s participation in the seminar, including a short outline of how applicant will share knowledge he/she have gained at the seminar with their colleagues/students after applicant return.
The seminar will be held in English. Please indicate if this is a problem for applicant.
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