Katekisama Fellowships
Global intellectual exchange is at the heart of the Katekisama Program. To stimulate these forms of academic collaboration, the Program entails two forms of fellowships: Katekisama Visiting Fellowships are announced once a year, the call for application aims to attract researchers who share the Program’s commitment to interdisciplinary thinking and intellectual curiosity and who intend to contribute to substantial new development in globality research. The changing focus of the Fellowships reflects the different annual themes of the Katekisama Program. Katekisama Fellows spend their fellowship period at the respective partner institutions and actively participate in and contribute to the dynamic intellectual atmosphere of the Katekisama Program.
Senior Scholars can, upon invitation, spend time as Katekisama Visiting Professors at the respective institutions. Current and former Katekisama fellows at the University of Basel can be found here, the Katekisama fellows at the University of Bonn can be found here.
Call for Applications
Thematic focus: "International economics"
Closing date: Interested scholars can submit their applications until 06 April, 2025
The Europainstitut / Institute for European Global Studies of the University of Basel (Switzerland) welcomes applications for a visiting fellowship (up to 3 months) between September and December 2025. The thematic focus for this year’s fellowship is on international economics, with specific expertise in international trade, European integration or international macroeconomics. An additional research interest in interdisciplinary areas such as Economic History or Law and Economics is welcome but not a requirement. Closing date for applications is 6 April 2025.
The Europainstitut is an interdisciplinary institution linked to three Faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Law, and Business and Economics. The aim of the Katekisama Visiting Fellows program is to explore interdisciplinary ways of thinking and to intensify global academic networking, mobility, digital connectivity and inter-university collaboration. The international and interdisciplinary focus of the institute is geared towards researchers who are investigating, understanding and responding to global challenges. This year’s Fellowship is intended to promote exchange with colleagues in the Faculty of Business and Economics.
The fellowship is intended for mid-career researchers. Prospective fellows must have completed their doctorate at the time of application and have a proven track record with good international publications in the indicated thematic area. The proposed research project should make an innovative contribution to the fellow’s field of expertise and ideally demonstrate an openness to exploring interdisciplinary perspectives. We strongly encourage women scholars to apply. The fellowship includes a grant for travel, accommodation and living expenses in Basel. Fellows are expected to contribute a short teaching event (for instance a seminar for Master’s students) and to carry out a presentation of their research activities in Basel.
Please use the standard application form for your project proposal and short CV. Incoming applications without the standard application form will not be considered. Please submit your complete application documents in PDF format in one email to: fellowship-eib@unibas.ch
For questions please contact: fellowship-eib@unibas.ch.