PhD scholarships

NB! There are no new CEURUS PhD scholarships awarded in  2013!

The Centre for EU-Russia studies offers scholarships to Ph.D. students whose doctoral research project focuses on a topic relevant to the contemporary agenda of EU-Russia relations.  For the time being CEURUS PhD scholarships are awarded primarily to students enrolled in the Political Science Ph.D. programme. However, PhD students enrolled in other PhD programmes at the University of Tartu and working in the field of EU-Russia may also apply.

Scholarships are offered on a competitive basis. Award criteria include:

1) relevance of the research topic in the context of EU-Russia relations;
2) quality and feasibility of the proposed Ph.D. project

A call for applications is published annually (in April). See the current call for applications
For more information, please contact Varje  Kuut

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In 2012, CEURUS awarded two full-time scholarships as well as two suplementary scholarships to:

• Thomas Linsenmaier (1st year Political Science)
  Project: “The interplay between regional international societies – towards a European security architecture?” (supervisor: Prof Viacheslav Morozov)
• Roman Tskhovrebadze (1st year Political Science)
  Project:“The Georgie-Russia August 2008 War impact on Georgia’s European integration.” (supervisor: Prof Eiki Berg)
• Birgit Poopuu, (3rd year Political Science)
  Project: “The role of identity: the European Union and the process of becoming a ‘peacebuilder’” (supervisor: Dr. Maria Mälksoo)
• Kerttu Mäger (1st year Law)
  Project: “Problem areas regarding the Russian Federation’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights” (supervisor: Prof Lauri Mälksoo)