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Scholars and practitioners of law from member states of the European Union are invited to apply for up to 20 fellowships provided by re:constitution, a new programme that aims for a European exchange on constitutional law and values that leads from common words to shared concepts.

re:constitution is a joint programme of the Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and Democracy Reporting International (DRI). It is led by its Academic Director, Christoph Möllers (Professor of Public Law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Permanent Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), and a Collegium of legal scholars from different European countries that include Austria, France, Italy, Hungary, Spain, and the United Kingdom. re:constitution is funded by Stiftung Mercator.

THE FELLOWSHIPS

re:constitution fellows will gain and share new experiences, reflect on topical developments and learn from each other to make comparative judgments on how to organize and protect institutions
of democratic constitutionalism. Furthermore, they should try to (re-)build consensus on how to describe current institutional problems, if not on how to solve them.

Who Can Apply

- Legal practitioners (i.e. in courts, public administration or NGOs) and (postdoctoral) scholars of law and neighbouring disciplines at an early career stage who want to carry out projects of their own choice on questions related to the re:constitution programme.

- All applicants need to be residents of the European Union (including the United Kingdom) for the duration of the fellowship. Furthermore, applications from Switzerland are also welcome.

What We Offer

- re:constitution fellowships for one academic year, starting from 1st October 2019 until 31 July 2020.

- Within the fellowship, a six month stage at an institution of legal scholarship or practice of the fellow’s own choice in a different EU country from the one they usually reside in; the stage can be divided between a research institution and an institution of legal practice.

- During the stages, a monthly stipend of €2.500 (plus supplements depending on personal circumstances) is granted.

- Personal exchange meetings: In the course of the academic year, the fellows will come together for three exchange meetings of 3 to 5 days. The first meeting will take place from 23 to 25 October 2019 in Berlin, the second and third in March and June 2020 in other EU member states. The curriculum of these meetings will be developed mutually by the fellows and in consultation with the coordinator of the programme.

- Digital exchange formats for the fellows: The exchange between the fellows will be supported by a secure digital working space provided by the Forum Transregionale Studien.

- New opportunities to pursue their own projects and participate in the exchange on democracy and the Rule of Law in Europe.

- Access to a European network of scholars and practitioners concerned with the Rule of Law.

- Continuous support throughout the fellowship in all organizational matters provided by the programme coordination team.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

An application should consist of:
- Letter of motivation, including

• the names of one or more cities, and ideally indicate a preference of two or more institutions of legal research or practice in a member state of the EU where the applicant would like to pass the stage(s),
• the possible dates of the stage(s),
• indication of existing personal contacts to the preferred institution(s) or of required support of the coordination team of re:constitution,

- Description of a project (e.g. an essay, an academic article, a policy paper or a book), stating what the practitioner or scholar will work on if granted a fellowship (2-3 pages),

- Curriculum vitae including publications (2-3 pages),

- Names of two references (university faculty members or practitioners in a field relevant to the applicant’s project) who can serve as referees (no letters of recommendation required).

The working language of re:constitution is English. The application should be submitted by e-mail as one PDF file (max. size 5 MB) and should be received by 6 June 2019, sent to:
reconstitution(at)trafo-berlin.de The applications will be evaluated by the Collegium of re:constitution. All applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection process by early July.

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