UNESCO Chair Fellowship

Every year, the UNESCO Chair in Anticipation and Transformation awards a digital UNESCO Fellowship. The Fellows are offered the opportunity to collaborate with the team at the UNESCO Chair delving into shared interests and emphasizing UNESCO's global priorities outlined in its 2022-2029 strategy.

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The UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, located at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research, an interdisciplinary Social Sciences research institution of European outreach, is now accepting applications for its annual UNESCO Chair Fellowship.

Each year, one UNESCO Chair Fellowship is awarded. The selected Fellow is offered the opportunity to collaborate with the interdisciplinary team at the UNESCO Chair on topics of common interest, focusing on the UNESCO global priorities and its 2022-2029 strategy, linking personal experiences and research with the Chair’s and the Center’s expertise.

The focus of the Fellowship is dedicated to future social, political and economic challenges, and how to tackle these challenges using UNESCO Futures Literacy and other UNESCO approaches and tools. Futures Literacy is the skill that allows people to better understand the role of the future in what they see and do. Being futures literate empowers the imagination, enhances our ability to prepare, recover and invent as changes occur. It is an indispensable skillset that allows people and decision-makers to deal with crises in a resilient, sustainable and inclusive way, and to respond to global challenges at the local level.

The UNESCO Chair Fellowship 2024 is remunerated and compatible with other non-related working duties, or with the pursue of university studies. It will be conducted online and 1-2 short visits at the Center for Advanced Studies in Bolzano may be agreed upon. Applications are limited to citizens from EU countries. We particularly encourage applications from women and people belonging to other groups who are under-represented in academic research.

UNESCO Chair Fellow activities comprise:

  • Participation in selected team activities, and selected meetings at the UNESCO Chair and at the Center for Advanced Studies
  • Active participation in a project at the UNESCO Chair to be agreed upon based on the Fellow’s competences and area of expertise
  • Giving up to two public lectures
  • Giving one internal seminar lesson on current research
  • Writing of 1-2 blog contributions on the Center for Advanced Studies’ website
  • Contributing to joint publications
  • General availability for communication activities

Requirements:

  • University degree, possibly with an interdisciplinary component
  • Interest in future-related research
  • Interest in UNESCO and its global priorities
  • Organizational skills and ability to work autonomously
  • Very good knowledge of written and oral English

How to apply:

Interested candidates should submit their application by Thursday, February 29th, 2024 and should include:

  • a CV (max. 4 pages), including publications, qualifications, work experience etc.
  • a letter of motivation which describes the background and interests of the applicant, with particular regard to the compatibility and contribution to the work of the UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation
  • the provisional title and short abstract (max. 200 words) of one potential public lecture or internal seminar in line with the Fellow’s area of expertise

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UNESCO Chair Fellows 2023

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Sanja Bojanić

Prof. Sanja Bojanić, Ph.D. is a researcher immersed in philosophy of culture with an overarching commitment to comprehend contemporary forms of gender, racial and class practices, which underpin social and affective inequalities specifically increased in the current societal and political contexts. She expanded and tailored her interests as a graduate student at the University of Paris 8 in Hypermedia Studies and obtained her Ph.D. at Centre d'Etudes féminines et d'etude de genre. This process ultimately led to interdisciplinary research based on experimental artistic practices, queer studies, and particularities of Affect Theory. Her research and scientific work are fostered through various projects. Author and Editor of several books and manuals, she published over forty peer-reviewed papers on topics related to her field of expertise.

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Alex Putzer

Alex Putzer is writing his dissertation on the Rights of Nature in Cities at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Italy, with affiliations at MIT, UPenn, and The New School in the United States. He has taught at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. As a United Nations Harmony with Nature Expert and member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature Academic Hub, Alex employs multiple strategies to develop his field. As UNESCO Fellow in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, he explores how novel rights regimes influence urban policymaking.

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