three-month periods throughout 2012.
The program is organized by teachers from the subjects of history, sociology, philosophy, literary criticism, mechanical engineering, informatics, and the planning sciences. It focuses on the relationship between technology and space'at present, in history, and in a possible
future. It has four thematic foci:
- The Persistence and Routinization of Daily Life in Technical Surroundings
- The Formation and Limitations of Action in Spatial-Technologic al Settings
- The Planning and Design of Technologies in Spatial Contexts
- The Modeling and Simulation of Spatial Relations by Technological Means
The program is primarily financed by the German Research Council (DFG); see www.dfg.de.
Monthly stipends range between 1,468 and 1,570 euros (parents receive additional child allowances). There are no tax reductions; however, fellows have to finance their own health insurance.
Applicants for the postdoc fellowship need to have a doctoral degree (or at least to have submitted their dissertation) . Since course work and seminars are carried out in both German and English, it is expected that applicants are able to read and understand German.
The visiting fellowships are offered to graduate candidates or recent PhDs interested in intensifying their own work on the relationship between technology and space during a three-month stay in Darmstadt. Applicants are asked to indicate in what way they expect to profit from intensified contacts with our graduate program.
Fellows are expected to work together in our beautifully situated villa downtown Darmstadt and thus need to take up their residence in the city or the vicinity.
Applications are only accepted in electronic form. They should include (1) a CV, (2) copies of academic diplomas, (3) a short description (max. 5 pages) of the planned postdoc project and doctoral dissertation, respectively, as well as (4) the names and addresses of two university professors who are willing to act as reference persons. Please send your application no later than 15 November, 2011 to topologie@ifs. tu-darmstadt. de. Please make sure that it includes a
personally formulated explanation why you are particularly interested in the topic of the program and to which thematic focus your research will, in the first instance, contribute. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the directors: Petra Gehring (gehring@phil. tu-darmstadt. de) or Mikael Hård (hard@ifs.tu- darmstadt. de).
More information about the research and teaching program of the post-graduate college / graduate school may be found under http://www.ifs.tu-darmstadt.de/index.php?id=1921&L=2
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