The Budabest Open Society Fellowship on Modalities of Resilience and Resistance Program 2026-2027 is now accepting applications. Interested candidates are urged to visit here for further information and to apply.
About Budabest Open Society Fellowship on Modalities of Resilience and Resistance Programme
Opportunity Details
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS CEU) together with the Democracy Institute (DI) and the Blinken OSA Archivum (OSA) at the Budapest site of CEU are pleased to announce their joint call for applications for its thematic fellowship program Modalities of Resilience and Resistance: Academia and Society in Illiberal Times for the academic year 2026/27. The three Budapest-based units of CEU invite applications for their joint fellowship call. In various capacities, the Democracy Institute, the Blinken OSA Archivum and the Institute for Advanced Study are engaged in research, teaching and public program series focusing on the cultural, political, social, legal, economic, aesthetic and epistemic problems posed by the rise of autocratic governments and regimes in the last two decades worldwide. These regimes use new techniques of mobilization and undermine traditional conceptions of truth, verification, and falsification; they merge populist, neoliberal, religious fundamentalist, biopolitical and other ideological components into a new mix that subverts the liberal democratic institutional system.
Benefits of Budabest Open Society Fellowship on Modalities of Resilience and Resistance Programme
- Senior Fellow recieve a net worthy stipend of 2,600 Euros,Junior Fellows receive a net monthy stipend of 1,500 Euros, and Artists in Residence 2,000 Euros to help support their stay in Budapest.
- In addition, all fellows and their families receive housing at the Raoul Wallenberg Guesthouse. Utilities at the Guesthouse will be charged to the Fellows. Fellows are also responsible for their own travel and health care provisions.
Budabest Open Society Fellowship on Modalities of Resilience and Resistance Programme Requirements
- Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in the social sciences or humanities at the time of their application. Artists should hold a relevant university degree.
- Only those with publications in internationally recognized scholarly outlets will be considered. Artists should provide a commensurable strong track record.
- Junior fellows must have obtained a Ph.D. degree issued in 2018 or later and must apply for the junior fellowship. Candidates who obtained their Ph.D. before 2018 are considered “senior” and must apply for the senior fellowship.
- Former full time CEU employees and students are not eligible to apply for 5 years after the end of their studies/contract (degrees must have been received and contracts must have ended by December 31, 2020 or earlier).
- Part-time/temporary employees of CEU are not eligible for 1 year after their contract ends (their contract must have ended by December 31, 2024 or earlier).
- Former fellows of IAS CEU are not eligible to apply again for a period of 7 years. Applications at an earlier stage may be considered only in exceptional cases.
- Reapplication is possible only 3 times within a period of 5 years.
- Applicants are expected to be able to communicate fluently in English as this is the working language of the Institute and CEU.
- All nationalities are encouraged to apply. However, please be informed that the eligibility of applicants who require a visa for their stay in Hungary may need to be assessed on an individual basis.
Application Date and Process
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Application Deadline
20 September, 2025
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