The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) provides an attractive research environment for talented postdoctoral fellows. It offers up to four postdoctoral fellowships a year, including one specially designated for researchers from Central and Eastern Europe. During their tenure fellows are expected to reside in Cologne and participate in the intellectual life of the institute. Postdoctoral fellows may do research on a topic of their choice. Their projects should relate to the substantive concerns of the institute's research program.

The MPIfG conducts advanced basic research on the governance of modern societies. It aims to develop an empirically based theory of the social and political foundations of modern economies by investigating the interrelation between economic, social and political action. Building on a long tradition in sociology and political science, the institute's research program aims to combine and develop the approaches of new economic sociology and comparative political economy.

Projects at the institute are clustered in four research areas:
* Sociology of Markets (led by Jens Beckert, director at MPIfG)
* Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism (led by Wolfgang Streeck, director at MPIfG)
* European Liberalization Policies (independent research group led by Martin Höpner)
* Institution Building across Borders (independent research group led by Sigrid Quack)

Eligibility
Scholars whose research relates to the substantive concerns of the institute's research program and whose PhDs have been completed less than three years before the fellowship would begin are eligible for MPIfG Postdoctoral Fellowships. Young researchers who have completed their dissertation and are, for example, assistant professors without tenure, "wissenschaftliche Assistenten," or "Juniorprofessoren" are encouraged to apply if they can get a leave of absence from their university positions.


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