27/01/2017
The Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative invites academics, journalists, and professionals to apply for the Mercator-IPC Fellowship Program. The program is based on the premise that the acquisition of knowledge and the exchange of people and ideas are preconditions for meeting the challenges of a globalized world.
Mercator-IPC Fellows work at Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), an independent policy research institute with global outreach located in the center of Istanbul. IPC’s mission is to foster academic research and its application to policy making. The Center is firmly committed to providing decision makers, opinion leaders, academics, and the general public with innovative and objective analyses of key domestic and foreign policy issues.
IPC offers Mercator-IPC Fellows access to a broad network of academics, civil society activists, and decision makers, as well as a unique platform for sound academic research to shape hands-on policy work. Fellows benefit from Sabancı University’s exceptional intellectual capital and vast reserves of scientific knowledge.
In the 2017/18 round, Mercator-IPC Fellowships will be available to outstanding academics, journalists, and professionals with significant work experience in one of two thematic areas:
- EU/German-Turkish relations
- Climate change
The fellows will be expected to work on academic or practical projects at IPC. A Master’s degree (or equivalent) is required for this position, but a PhD degree is strongly preferred. Applicants without a PhD degree will only be accepted if their work experience and expertise meet the program requirements to the jury’s satisfaction. Projects that focus on the German-Turkish nexus are likewise preferred. Applicants cannot apply for fellowships to fund their PhD dissertations.
The deadline for applications is April 3, 2017. The 2017/18 fellowship begins on September 4, 2017.
Please send your completed applications by email to Mercator-IPC Fellowship Coordinator Ms. Cigdem Tongal (see below for contact details). Feel free to share this information with your friends, colleagues, and students. For full details, see the Mercator-IPC Fellowship Program guidelines at http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/about_fellowship/?lang=en
With kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Fuat Keyman
Istanbul Policy Center, Director
For further questions please contact:
Çiğdem Tongal, Mercator-IPC Fellowship Coordinator
Email: cigdemtongal@sabanciuniv.edu
Tel.: 90 (0) 212 292 49 39 ext. 1418
or
Gülcihan Çiğdem Okan, Mercator-IPC Fellowship Program Officer
Email: gcigdem@sabanciuniv.edu
Tel: 90 (0) 212 292 49 39 ext. 1433
