Call for Submissions: 15 – 16 December 2025 (Hybrid) Academy for European Human Rights Protection

Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR and other International Human Rights Systems:
A Workshop for Early Career Researchers

Call for Submissions

We invite submissions from Early Career Researchers (broadly understood), working on human rights law and fundamental rights as well as other disciplines, including philosophy, history, political science, sociology and anthropology, addressing the various challenges international human rights systems are facing. Submissions may have a focus on a particular human rights system and/or adopt a comparative approach in their research. Alongside academic merit, the Selection Committee will also consider factors such as diversity and geographical representation in the selection process.

Submissions should be in a single Word or PDF document and include the following:

CV (including a list of publications, if applicable; max. 2 pages);
Letter of motivation (max. 300 words) explaining how the workshop could help improve their approach to writing and publishing and advance their scholarly career;
Indication of whether the applicant is planning to attend in person or online;
Optionally, abstract of the work to be discussed in small groups (e. g., book project proposal, article, funding application, policy brief) on which the applicants wish to receive feedback (max. 500 words). This is not a compulsory element of the application process, and its omission will not in any way impact on selection. We very much welcome applications also from participants who do not wish to take part in the group sessions.

Applications should be submitted via email to publishing-humanrightsuni-koeln.de. The deadline is 21 September 2025.

Successful applicants will receive a written confirmation of acceptance in mid-October 2025. There is no fee to participate in the workshop, but participants will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements (should they participate in person in Cologne). To facilitate with such costs, a late afternoon start (2pm) on Monday 15 December 2025 and a late afternoon finish (2pm) on Tuesday 16 December 2025 is envisaged.

Any further questions about the workshop should be directed to publishing-humanrightsuni-koeln.de.