Applicants are now welcome to apply for the Visiting Fellow Programme at Lucerne, Switzerland 2020. As part of our commitment to furthering academic collaboration and exchange, also the institute sponsors a Visiting Fellow Programme for young researchers. The aim of the scheme is to enable promising doctoral candidates and early-career scholars to spend a period of time in Lucerne, during which they can share and develop research and teaching ideas with our members. Further, they believe that the academic and international diversity of our fellows greatly enriches the intellectual life of the institute.

Moreover, the fellowships provide a grant to cover travel and accommodation costs (up to a designated maximum), with the possibility of an additional stipend to defray supplementary living expenses. Further,  the standard period of tenure is between four and eight weeks. Also, applications are submitted in response to an annual call.

Focus Areas

• Faculty of Theology.
• Faculty of Law.
• Theory and History of Intellectual Property Rights.
• Faculty of Economics and Management.
• Law, Media, and Technology.
• Histories of Law and Justice.
• Constitutional History.
• Law, Arts, and Humanities.
• Urban Legal History.
• Law and Biomedicine.
• Law and Sustainability.
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Law and Bioethics.

Benefit

Fellowship grants are comprised of three main components:

• Reimbursement of return travel costs from the country of residence to Lucerne (standard class, up to a maximum of 1’500 CHF).
• Further, Coverage of accommodation costs (studio apartment/shared flat in Lucerne).
• Living allowance of between 100 CHF and 150 CHF per week for the duration of stay (dependent on current appointment and also, salary).

Eligibility

• The scheme is open to PhD and postdoctoral researchers.
• Likewise, there are no restrictions on nationality or country of residence.
• The standard term limit for postdocs is up to five years after the completion of the PhD, whereby the reference date is 1 January (i.e. applicants should not have defended before 1 January 2015).
• Further, exceptions to the above are possible. They must, however, be well-found and are made at the discretion of the assessment committee.