The Max Weber Programme started in September 2006 and is now the largest international postdoctoral programme in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe. It is funded by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture), which provides bursaries of one or two years for around 50-55 Fellowships.
The aim of the Max Weber Programme is to provide the Fellows with the experience of membership of a vibrant academic community, to which they make a central contribution. The Programme offers Fellows the unique opportunity to share their research experience with peers from different disciplines and nationalities on a daily basis, whilst enhancing professional academic skills.
Located in Villa Paola within the magnificent setting of the European University Institute campus in San Domenico di Fiesole near Florence, the Programme gives Fellows access to some of the best research facilities in the world, provides them with research funds, and encourages them to collaborate and learn from each other through thematic research groups and the organisation of workshops and conferences involving Fellows, members of the Professoriate and distinguished academics from outside the EUI.
All Fellows are affiliated with one of the four EUI departments or the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and are welcome to participate in departmental activities. Two-year Fellowships involve additional academic activities in the EUI departments, such as limited graduate teaching and mentoring PhD students. It also organizes each year a series of Lectures bringing to the EUI community prestigious scholars from around the world and across disciplines.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
– Economy
– Law
– Humanities
– History
– Political Sciences
– Social Sciences
– Sociology
