News & Knowledge Transfer

The project's blog, "MDC Space," is now online. On this blog, you can find articles, interviews, as well as reports about MDC events, created by current and alumni fellows as well as the project's partners.

Dr Eleftheria Pappa, Senior Fellow, has already published her first article "Reading the South-Western Script of Iron Age Iberia in Mass-Migration Context: A New Framework for the Deciphering of the Script with Case-Studies." 

Dr. Shepherd Mutsvara's submission "Externalization of Migration and Its Impact ont he Human Rights of Migrants" to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants is offically listed on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) website. The input appears under Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) as COFUND.

The call for applications for 2026 fellowships is now closed!

Please stay tuned for future job postings ("Postdoctoral Research Associates/EU Forscher*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 100%") for postdoctoral fellowships (24 months) and senior fellowships (6 months).
 

On 5 June 2025, Dr. Shepherd Mutsvara will present on "Asylum Capacity in Uganda" during a virtual dialogue hosted by LERRN – the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

The session is part of the GAIN–UNHCR dialogue series on protection, with a focus on asylum systems and capacity. Dr. Mutsvara will share insights from his fieldwork in Uganda’s Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement.

To attend as an observer, contact James Milner at the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN) Secretariat by 2 June.

The new call for applications for 2026 fellowships is now open!

Here are the job postings ("Postdoctoral Research Associates/EU-Forscher*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 100%) for  postdoctoral fellowships (24 months) and senior fellowships (6 months).

Apply now for an international workshop on "Minority Groups in the Ancient World"! Organised by the Münster School of Ancient Cultures (MSAC), the National Research School in Classical Studies in the Netherlands (OIKOS), and the Interdisziplinäre Doktoratsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften (IDA), Bern, this three-day workshop promises exciting discussions on diversity and inclusion in the Ancient World. For further information, please check the call for papers.

The first call for applications is now closed!

Please stay tuned for new job postings ("Postdoctoral Research Associates/EU Forscher*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 100%") for postdoctoral fellowships (24 months) and senior fellowships (6 months) starting in May 2026.