The Hertie School of Governance in Berlin is offering 10 doctoral stipends for its

Doctoral programmes

starting in September 2019. The application period lasts from 1 December 2018 to 31 January 2019. The programmes offer rigorous academic training and familiarise students with cutting-edge methods in public policy research. They address exceptional candidates committed to research on public policy related research questions. The programmes are interdisciplinary, but offer a specialisation within economics, law, political science, and sociology.

Key selection criteria are the thematic fit of the dissertation proposal with the research agenda of the Hertie School and its faculty members, the applicant's academic performance and references, and the overall motivation.

We are particularly looking for students working in the fields of:

• European integration
• International security (especially empirical conflict studies)
• Fundamental rights (especially from comparative perspectives)
• Sustainability, climate and energy
• Digital governance
• Political economy and social policy (especially public policy and demographic change)

The Hertie School of Governance participates in several Berlin-wide graduate programmes, including (but not limited to) the Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) and The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policies (DYNAMICS, DFG Research Training Group). The School is in the process of establishing five Centres of Competence, with the Jacques Delors Institute Berlin – Centre for European Affairs and the Centre for International Security Policy already open, the Digital Governance and Fundamental Rights Centres to open in fall 2019, and the Sustainability Centre to open in fall 2020.

More details about the application procedures are available on our website www.hertie-school.org/phd. If you have any questions, please contact us at phd-applications@hertie-school.org.

The Hertie School of Governance is a private university based in Berlin, Germany, accredited by the state and the German Science Council. It prepares exceptional students for leadership positions in government, business, and civil society. Interdisciplinary and practice-oriented teaching, first-class research and an extensive international network set the Hertie School apart and position it as an ambassador of good governance, characterised by public debate and engagement. The school was founded at the end of 2003 as a project of the Hertie Foundation, which remains its major part