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Within the framework of its Visiting Research Fellow Program, the IOS encourages applications from historians, economists and political scientists as well as scholars of cognate disciplines. The fellows are expected to conduct research relevant to the profile of the institute. The duration of the research stay usually lasts between two and four weeks.
Institution: Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) Regensburg
Application deadline: September 30, 2025
Call for Applications
2026 Visiting Scholars Program of the
Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS)
Regensburg, Germany
The Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS, https://www.leibniz-ios.de) in Regensburg is one of the largest and longest-established institutions of its kind in Germany with a distinctly international orientation. It is an independent research facility funded by the Federal Government and the Free State of Bavaria.
The three research departments of IOS (History, Economics, Politics) conduct interdisciplinary research in two major research fields: (1) Institutionalization, De-Institutionalization, Re-Institutionalization, (2) Mobilities and Inequalities. Another focal program is the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Europe and America in the Modern World. Frictions and Transformations of Globality since the 19th Century” established jointly with the University of Regensburg in 2019. You can find more on the institute’s research agenda at https://leibniz-ios.de/en/research/ios-research/research-agenda
The IOS maintains a special library holding a stock of more than 350,000 media units of literature in humanities and social sciences relating to the countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It also offers a variety of electronic research services.
Within the framework of its Visiting Research Fellow Program, the IOS encourages applications from historians, economists and political scientists as well as scholars of cognate disciplines. The fellows are expected to conduct research relevant to the profile of the institute. One fellowship will be awarded in connection with the Volkswagen-Foundation funded project seeffield to strengthen Southeast European Studies in Regensburg (https://seeffield.app.uni-regensburg.de/).
The duration of the research stay usually lasts between two and four weeks. The allowance is determined by the length of the research stay and the applicant’s professional experience.
Together with the University of Regensburg, the institute provides an attractive research environment in a city known for its high quality of life. Regensburg has one of Germany’s largest preserved medieval cities holding the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We now invite applications for our 2026 Visiting Researcher Program. Please submit your application online until September 30, 2025, via the IOS application portal at https://leibniz-ios.de/en/institute/about-the-institute/fellowships. The application documents should include the following (all in PDF format):
- a short research proposal in German or English (maximum three pages)
- a detailed academic Curriculum Vitae naming two references
- copies of no more than three academic articles (published or unpublished)
- preferences concerning length and desired period of your stay (between February and November).
We plan to notify applicants of the outcome of their application by early November 2025.
For further information, please contact the heads of the IOS research departments: for economics, Prof. Dr. Arevik Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan (gnutzmann@ios-regensburg.de), for history, Prof. Dr. Guido Hausmann (hausmann@ios-regensburg.de); for politics, Prof. Dr. Cindy Wittke (wittke@ios-regensburg.de); or the Academic Director, Prof. Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer (brunnbauer@ios-regensburg.de).Please note: All applications will be deleted after six months.
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