2025 Annual Workshop on Research Methods in Fundamental Rights, taking place from 16-18 June 2025
Call for applications
The Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School is pleased to announce its 2025 Annual Workshop on Research Methods in Fundamental Rights, taking place from 16-18 June 2025 at the Hertie School, Berlin, Germany. The workshop is hosted by the Hertie School as a member of CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences.
The workshop aims to provide doctoral and early-career legal researchers with an opportunity to reflect on diverse research methods in human rights research. Over three days, successful candidates will attend masterclasses with renowned faculty, who will provide guidance and reflections on the methods they have applied in key pieces of their own research. In additional sessions, participants will submit reflections on their own research questions and methods, and will receive individual feedback on their projects from the faculty and fellow participants.
We encourage applications from PhD and early-career legal researchers carrying out fundamental rights research employing any of the methodological approaches covered in the workshop.
When and where?
Date: 16 – 18 June 2025
Location: Hertie School Berlin
Application process
Deadline for applications: 20 February 2025.
Please submit your application by sending an email to fundamentalrights[at]hertie-school[dot]org with the subject line ‘Research Methods in Fundamental Rights’. Applications should include one single pdf file, containing the following information:
- A CV
- A letter of motivation. Please indicate clearly the method(s) that you apply/interested in applying in your research.
- An outline of your research project, including your research question, research methodology and current stage of the research (2 pages)
- For PhD candidates a letter of recommendation written by their PhD supervisor should be sent separately by 20 February 2025 to fundamentalrights[at]hertie-school[dot]org with the subject line ‘Letter of recommendation – Name of the candidate – Research Methods in Fundamental Rights’.
Successful applicants will receive a written confirmation of acceptance no later than 3 March 2025 and are expected to confirm by 20 March 2025.
A detailed programme and list of readings will be made available by 10 April 2025.
Each participant is expected to submit by 11 May 2025:
- A discussion paper with a short description of their research projects and a dedicated methodology section as well as a recorded 15-minute presentation.
- A short written assignment related to the readings for a minimum of four out of the eight methods sessions.
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