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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The <b class="">School of International and Intercultural Communication
| SIIC</b>, supported by MERCUR (Mercator Research Center Ruhr) and the
UA-Universities Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen, is offering</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" class="">1 PhD Scholarships</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" class="">starting <b class="">April 1, 2015</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">The graduate
school establishes a new center of international and intercultural research, which
aims to synthesize yet distinct perspectives on communication, media, and
journalism studies. Focus of investigations are current developments in
political and/or cross-border communication in transformation countries and
respectively in countries/regions of the Global South.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Fellows of
the SIIC benefit from a cutting-edge curricula and an intense supervisory
relationship and will find a creative and innovative environment fostering
their own PhD projects and scientific career.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Profile and
qualifications: outstanding master’s degree in communication, media or
journalism studies or any related discipline; a distinctive interest in
international and intercultural research issues; excellent command of English
and good German or the willingness to learn the language. An indispensable prerequisite
is the capacity and willingness to implement a theoretically and empirically
integrative approach to current phenomena of journalism, media and/or
communication studies.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="text-align: justify;" class="">The
scholarship provides a tax-free stipend of € 1.000 per month for an initial
period of 24 months. Subject to positive evaluations of the project progress
the stipend may be prolonged for two six-month periods, up to three years. Furthermore,
the SIIC is in alignment with the guiding principles of the German Research
Foundation (DFG).</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Prospective
candidates should submit their application (max. two PDF-files, English or
German) to Dirk-Claas Ulrich via Email (<span class="gi"><a href="mailto:dirk-claas.ulrich@tu-dortmund.de" class="">dirk-claas.ulrich@tu-dortmund.de</a></span>)
by indicating “Application SIIC 2016” in the subject line: short cover letter,
CV, two references (recommendation letter or contact details), a copy of the
Master’s thesis and a detailed project proposal (max. 10 pages).</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span>Candidates
are expected to submit their application by <b class="">February 29, 2016.</b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b class="">School of International and Intercultural Communication<o:p class=""></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Prof. Dr. Susanne Fengler, Prof. Dr. Jens Loenhoff, Prof. Dr. Barbara
Thomaß<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">C/o Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">TU Dortmund<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Otto-Hahn-Str. 2<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">44227 Dortmund<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="http://www.brost.org/aktuelles.html" class=""><span lang="DE" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">http://www.brost.org</font></span></a></span> </p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>