Call for Visiting Fellows – Spring 2024

To enhance international exchange and cooperation, the nccr – on the move offers short-term incoming Visiting Fellowships.

The Fellowship Scheme can be used to host senior (PostDoc) and junior (doctoral students and Master’s degree holders) researchers from abroad, who wish to collaborate with the nccr – on the move for a duration of two to three months (shorter or longer stays are possible, if justified).

Applications from researchers coming from or based in a low or middle-income country are particularly encouraged.

Based on the approved length of stay, the NCCR determines a lump sum for each Fellowship to cover living and travel expenses. The lump sum is calculated on the basis of a monthly stipend of CHF 3,500, plus expenses for one roundtrip from the place of residence to the host university and the travel expenses to nccr – on the move events within Switzerland.

During the visit, the Fellows pursue a small joint research project in collaboration with the research team hosting them. Such projects can include, but are not limited to, cooperative small-scale research, the elaboration of a joint research proposal, the preparation and/or realization of a workshop, or a joint publication. The Fellows are also expected to participate in the nccr – on the move activities during their stay, and present their research at an NCCR event.

Candidates should identify in their application one of the following research teams – Module or Individual Project (IP) – they may be interested in joining and being hosted by in Spring 2024:

Module I: Migration-Mobility Governance and Crisis Narratives Across Time and Space: Regional, National, and International Perspectives

IP39: The Impact of Crises on the Global Governance of Migration: Boost or Blow

IP40: Narratives of Crisis and Their Influence in Shaping Discourses and Policies of Migration and Mobility

IP41: A European Desert? The Territorial Economics and Politics of Emigration in Crisis Regions

IP45: Dealing with Crises and Liminal Situations: The Agency of Ukrainian and Syrian Forced Migrants in Three National Contexts

IP46: Data Politics and New Regimes of Mobility and Control During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic