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DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Institute of Philosophy, K.U.Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven), Belgium

The Institute of Philosophy at the K.U.Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven) in Belgium is currently accepting applications for Erasmus Mundus PhD-fellowships from applicants who are nationals from the Western Balkans (or students/staff at a Western Balkan partner university), Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, or India (or students/staff at an Indian partner university). Interested applicants can apply to one of the following seven projects in political philosophy:

1. Democracy without Borders. An inquiry into the idea of democracy and its legitimate spread across the globe
2. Global Distributive Justice from the Perspective of Deliberative Democracy
3. The Ethics of Language Policy
4. The Moral Value of National Identities in a Globalizing World
5. Freedom and Wrongdoing
6. The Prospects of Global Public Reason
7. Voting Procedures and Equality

Applicants must have a Master in Philosophy or an equivalent Philosophy degree. Successful applicants will be expected to write a doctoral dissertation. They will receive full doctoral funding for 3 years, and the Institute of Philosophy will provide assistance in obtaining funding for one extra year. Their research will be carried out within the Centre for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, and more specifically within its Research Group on Social and Political Philosophy (RGSPP).

The application deadline is 30 September 2009.

A full overview of the projects and application details is available at
http://ghumweb1.ghum.kuleuven.be/doctoralschool/vacatures .
See also http://www.kuleuven.be/international/emecw.html for general information on Erasmus Mundus fellowships at the K.U.Leuven.

The ‘Western Balkans’ comprise Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia. Partner Universities are Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, University of Belgrade, University of Montenegro, University of Mostar, University of Novi Sad, University of Prishtina, University of Sarajevo, University of Tirana, and University of Tuzla. Partner universities in India are Anna University, Anurag Narayan College, IIT Guwahati, ITT Roorkee, National Law School of India University, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, University of Kalyani and University of Pune.

Dr. Raf Geenens | Institute of Philosophy | Catholic University of Leuven
Phone office: +32 16323262 | Phone home: +32 477529742 | E-mail: raf.geenens at hiw.kuleuven.be
Address: K.U.Leuven | Centre for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy | Parkstraat 45 box 3602 | B-3000 Leuven | Belgium