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The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is one of the leading centres for research in social anthropology. Common to all research projects at the Max Planck Institute is the comparative analysis of social change; it is primarily in this domain that its researchers contribute to theory building, although there is also an applied dimension to much of our work, as well as legal and political topicality.

Invites applications for Dissertation writing‑up fellowships.

One of the aims of the Law & Anthropology Department is to offer a stimulating interdisciplinary forum where both anthropologists and lawyers can engage with one another and conduct cutting‑edge, policy‑relevant research linked to the intensification of exchanges and encounters among and between societies, communities and cultures in today’s world. This calls for an in‑depth assessment of the ways in which different normative orders and systems of morality coexist at various levels of decision‑making.

The Law & Anthropology Department offers writing‑up fellowships to enable doctoral candidates in the final stage of their programme to spend up to 6 months at the Institute to take advantage of its resources while finalising their dissertations. The topic must be of immediate relevance to the Department’s research programme. The fellow must be prepared to participate in the activities of the Department during the fellowship period, and is expected to submit a working paper that addresses the topic of their research. A presentation of the doctoral research will be included in the Department’s seminar series.

A clear understanding must be reached in advance between the Director of the Department and the candidate’s principal supervisor regarding how the candidate can take fullest advantage of this period and how the home university and the Max Planck Institute can collaborate in the best interests of the candidate and of both institutions.

The writing‑up fellowships can begin either in September 2019 or January 2020. The grants will be awarded for a period of 3–6 months. The Institute provides successful candidates with a monthly living stipend that is not taxable and is free of social security obligations.

The Max Planck Society is committed to an equal opportunity policy.

Applicants are asked to submit the following materials:

• Writing sample (chapter of the PhD dissertation)
• 1–2 page summary of the PhD work
• Photocopies of university degrees and transcripts
• A letter of recommendation from the principal supervisor confirming that the applicant is in a position to complete the doctoral manuscript within the 3‑ to 6‑month period (to be sent directly to the Department at marencakova@eth.mpg.de)

Please submit your application materials electronically by 30 April 2019 by following the link for vacancies on our homepage (under ‘Career’), or by going directly to the online application form using the link below.

Further information on the research agenda of the Max Planck Institute is available on our website: http://www.eth.mpg.de

The position is offered within the Minerva Research Group “The Ethics of Exchange” which will focus on how the…