Deadline Jan 30, 2020 Call for Applications

https://www.kli.ac.at/content/en/fellowships/call_wu-fellowships2020

The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) in Klosterneuburg (Austria, close to Vienna) announces 5 Writing-Up Fellowships for late-stage PhD students working in inter and transdisciplinary sustainability science with a focus on theoretical dimensions (conceptual, methodological, and epistemological) of sustainability research.

About the KLI

The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) is an independent center of advanced studies in the life and sustainability sciences. The mission of the KLI is to enable scientific reasoning that can contribute to understanding and sustaining life in its biological, cognitive, social, and cultural diversity.

At the KLI, we are committed to contribute to addressing pressing social-environmental challenges of our time through inter and transdisciplinary research. We especially support conceptual and formal research as well as philosophical and historical work that addresses broad and interrelated questions about life:

• How and why has life evolved in the past? And how is it evolving in the present and into the future?
• How can we sustain life on earth to meet the need of current and future generations within the limits of the natural world?
• What roles has cognition played in the evolution of life and what roles can it play in its future developments?

Over almost 30 years of existence, the KLI has supported many early career researchers working on interdisciplinary projects bringing together approaches from the natural and social sciences as well as from the humanities and cultural sciences.

KLI Writing-up Fellowships in Sustainability Science

Research in sustainability science investigates the global and local interactions between human, environmental, biological, cultural, technical, and institutional systems with the goal of understanding and (contribute to) solving complex challenges of our time. Examples of sustainability challenges are climate change, loss of biodiversity, land degradation, water scarcity, and rapid urbanization. The 5 KLI Writing-up Fellowships are not restricted to specific topics or approaches in the vast field of sustainability science. Though not exclusively, we look forward to receiving applications especially from the following research areas:

• Social-ecological research
• Innovation research
• Inter and transdisciplinary sustainability research
• Transformation and transition research
• Environmental humanities, environmental history, and environmental ethics
• Geography, environmental economics, political economy
• History, philosophy, and social studies of environmental and sustainability research.

The 5 KLI Writing-up fellowships aim to support excellent doctoral students in the final stage of their PhD research. Writing-up fellowships are individual fellowships awarded to work independently on the applicant’s research project supervised by their advisor in the home university. As A Home to Theory that Matters, the KLI privileges theoretical, conceptual, and formal as well as philosophical, historical, and reflexive work in the life and sustainability sciences.Thus, the 5 fellowships are especially well-suited for two categories of late-stage PhD students:

• Those who have completed empirical research and wish to use the Writing-up fellowship to elaborate on the (conceptual, epistemological, and methodological) underpinnings and implications of their work.
• Those whose research deals with the historical, philosophical, and conceptual foundations of sustainability research at the science/society interface.

Details of the fellowships:

• Duration: KLI Writing-up fellowships are awarded for a period of maximum 6 months. The minimum fellowship duration is three months.
• Starting date: Fellowships must be started within the calendar year 2020. Ideally, a start date in September 2020 is encouraged.
• Eligibility criteria:
  • Applicants must be enrolled in a PhD program.
  • Applicants are in the final stages of their PhD work (as certified by their advisor).

Benefits of working at the KLI:

• Being part of the KLI Resident Fellowship Program: Students awarded a KLI Writing-up fellowship will be part of the KLI Resident Fellowship Program and will enjoy all the benefits connected to this position.
• • While working on their own project, the Writing-up fellows will participate in the regular activities of the KLI (e.g. KLI Colloquia, KLI Lab).
  • The Writing-up fellows will also be able to participate in workshops and professional and personal development activities that will take place at the KLI during the duration of their fellowship.
  • The successful applicants will work in a highly interdisciplinary environment and will be connected to a wide network of scholars and institutions inside and outside Vienna.
• Relocation Allowance: The KLI will cover transportation costs for the move to Vienna or Klosterneuburg. The KLI will provide accommodation in the vicinity of the institute for the first two weeks of the fellowship.
• Travel Budget: KLI Writing-up Fellowship provides a travel budget to attend scientific events related to the project.
• Use of KLI facilities and library: Each fellow will have a desk in the beautiful facilities of the KLI.

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