PhD / research offers for European collaboration

CIVICA unites the research communities of ten leading European universities. Our aim is to create an integrated European research space in the social sciences and humanities, built upon shared resources, facilities and pools of expertise.

Through various joint initiatives and opportunities, CIVICA enables doctoral fellows and researchers to exchange on ongoing research, advance their professional and methods skills, team up for collaborative projects, and network with colleagues working on similar topics.

CIVICA's offers at (post)doctoral level include the Early Stage Researcher course catalogue, summer schools, and methods and skills workshops.

For researchers, CIVICA offers rich opportunities for collaboration and exchange around current and emerging European challenges, in particular through CIVICA Research.

ESR course catalogue

Explore the classes, workshops and seminars currently on offer for CIVICA Early Stage Researchers (PhDs and PostDocs)

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Short Visits for CIVICA Faculty

Faculty and postdoctoral researchers in CIVICA universities are invited to submit proposals for a short 2-5 day visit at another CIVICA university.

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CIVICA Research Conference

This event gathers researchers across the CIVICA alliance in the Budapest Campus of CEU, to discuss the world's most pressing challenges.

Research conferences from partner institutions

Our partner institutions offer a series of research conferences open to PhD and early-career researchers on a variety of topics.

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Research opportunities

CIVICA’s focus areas in research are:

CIVICA Research

Read about and find opportunities to get involved in CIVICA Research, our long-term research and innovation strategy, funded under the EU's Horizon 2020 programme.

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Data Science Seminar Series

This bottom-up multidisciplinary initiative focuses on applications and methodologies of data science for the social, political, and economic world. In regular seminars open to anyone interested, data scientists from CIVICA and beyond explore topics in the current public debate.

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PhD Seminar Series on Public Sector Digital Transformation

Outputs from a PhD Seminar Series on Public Sector Digital Transformation held in October-December 2020 in the framework of CIVICA.

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21-12-2022 EUI and Sciences Po

From the EUI to Sciences Po with CIVICA Research: towards a global history of capitalism

Télio Cravo is investigating the complex interplay between global mining, gold standards, and slavery. His research, and a CIVICA Research mobility scheme, has brought him from the EUI Max Weber Programme and the History Department, to the Centre for History at Sciences Po.

12-12-2022 SSE

CIVICA Doctoral Conference: Spotlight on the 2022 edition hosted by SSE

The Stockholm School of Economics hosted the CIVICA Doctoral Conference from 30 November to 2 December 2022. The conference offered early-stage researchers from CIVICA institutions an opportunity to get involved in various feedback sessions, talks, and hands-on academic practice training workshops to prepare them for their academic job market.

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27-10-2022

Winners of third CIVICA Research call announced

Eleven collaborative projects selected for funding to address CIVICA’s four core themes.

26-07-2022 EUI

EUI Max Weber Fellow at Bocconi University: Federica Querin joins CIVICA Mobility Scheme

Federica Querin, Max Weber Fellow at EUI, shares her experience at Bocconi's Dondena Centre through the CIVICA Postdoctoral Mobility Scheme.

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01-03-2022 CIVICA

Meet the winners of CIVICA's research call 2022

The six teams selected for seed funding will tackle research ranging from counterterrorism to attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines.

11-11-2021 LSE

Discover the CIVICA Data Science Seminar Series

Dr Erica Thompson of the LSE Data Science Institute provides information on an interdisciplinary seminar series that explores the real-world impact of data science research.

20-10-2021 EUI

New forms of academic mobility: Students reap the benefit of CIVICA’s online course catalogue

CIVICA’s Early Stage Researcher Course Catalogue is a gateway to courses and training across the alliance.

CIVICA PhDs at the Summer School on EUI campus

22-09-2021 EUI

Building bridges, growing networks: CIVICA’s interdisciplinary summer school on European integration

The European University Institute hosted the first CIVICA doctoral summer school on its campus in Florence, Italy. More than 30 researchers and faculty from across the alliance took part in the interdisciplinary event.

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28-07-2021 Sciences Po

CIVICA's Early Stage Researcher Course Catalogue: Sciences Po School of Research opens courses to CIVICA network

Early stage researchers from CIVICA universities talk about their experience using the course catalogue to take classes at the Sciences Po School of Research.

04-05-2021 LSE

A PhD student’s experience of CIVICA coursework

LSE PhD student Camille Bou reflects on her experience taking a CIVICA course and on the ever-growing opportunities of the alliance.

11-03-2021 CIVICA

CIVICA (post)doctoral summer schools: sharing work and fostering interdisciplinarity

Early stage researchers (ESRs) from across the social sciences and humanities will have a unique opportunity to meet peers, share research, and receive input from senior scholars: the 2021 CIVICA summer schools taking place in Italy this year.

18-02-2021 CIVICA

Top scholars discuss public sector digital transformation in CIVICA PhD series

Five recorded presentations on innovation, AI, digital governance, ethics and more from a PhD series hosted by Hertie School’s Centre for Digital Governance and Bocconi University’s Department of Social and Political Sciences are available online.

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