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Apply Now: Ten Doctoral Positions in the DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance” at TU Darmstadt and Goethe University Frankfurt

2024/10/09 by

The DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance,” a joint project between Technische Universität Darmstadt and Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, is offering ten PhD positions starting on April 1, 2025. Five positions are based at TU Darmstadt and five at Goethe University Frankfurt.

The Research Training Group (RTG) focuses on the concept of “good governance.” This includes norms of good governance such as transparency, participation, and accountability of governing bodies. The rule of law, gender equality, systematic evaluation of political success, and combating corruption are also part of this framework. The GRK’s central idea is to understand norms of good governance as standards—comparable to technical standards—and to analyze them in an international, comparative context.

Applications must be submitted via email by October 23, 2024. For more information, please visit the Research Training Group’s website. To apply, please send the usual documents (motivation letter, detailed CV, certificates) along with a brief outline of your proposed research project (two pages) related to the GRK's themes in German or English via email to: . For any questions, you can contact the GRK spokesperson, Prof. Dr. Jens Steffek, at the same email address.

For further details about the work of the Research Training Group, please visit: https://standards-of-governance.de/.

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