Applications Invited for the Green Foreign Policy Fellowship

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About the Organization

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, headquartered in Berlin-Mitte, is a political foundation close to the party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. The foundation sees itself as an agency for green ideas and projects, as a reform policy future workshop and international network with partner projects in around 60 countries.

Its primary task is political education in Germany and abroad to promote the democratic will, the socio-political commitment and international understanding. It is guided by the basic political values of ecology, democracy, solidarity, and nonviolence. The foundation is particularly interested in the realization of a democratic immigration society as well as gender democracy as a relationship of the sexes that is free of dependence and domination.

About the Fellowship

Decades after the first green party entered parliament, and more than 20 years after the adoption of the Global Greens Charter, green foreign policy remains an open-ended question. The international order established after the end of WWII is in free fall with unforeseeable consequences for global peace, stability and justice. At the same time, old alliances are put into question amid rising tensions and destabilizing trade war practices, all while the planet swiftly approaches a tipping point towards catastrophic climate change. In this backdrop, the Greens are evolving, expressing more and more a renewed vision for security and foreign affairs.

Indeed, a recent planet-wide study commissioned by hbs Thessaloniki has confirmed a steep trend in Greens publicly expressing views on foreign & security policy.

Our fellowship aims to support scholars, practitioners and experts from across the world to galvanize these critical discussions, provide space, access and experience in the realm of progressive foreign & security policy. The programme will focus critically on how to best advance a green foreign & security policy, elaborating on the points of reference found and exploring new pathways in this process. The fellowship will cover participants’ travel and accommodation costs to attend relevant events, it will provide a stipend during the first semester when material will mainly be produced, while supporting the presentation of the participants’ work along with networking activities during the second semester.

The key objectives of this fellowship opportunity are:

• To provide a learning and networking experience for emerging thinkers in green foreign policy and progressive foreign & security policy narrative more broadly. As a result, participants will be better able to pursue their policy, research and advocacy aims and tap into a global network of like-minded change-makers;
• To enable a more data-based and cross-regional debate on green foreign policy and progressive foreign & security policy more broadly;
• To serve as a mechanism through which emerging progressive thinkers can identify issues that require further debate and/or advocacy, and where exchange between relevant actors can be facilitated.
• To produce new material and codify data for practical, complete and convincing foreign & security policy alternatives to the realist approach in international relations.

Benefits:

• Stipend: A sum of 6.000,00 euros (brutto) will be provided in instalments during the first semester of the fellowship.
• Travel Costs: To the extent possible, the Heinrich Böll Foundation will cover the cost of travel within the auspices of this fellowship.
• Visa Processing: If needed, the Foundation will support the visa application process by providing an official letter of invitation. Please note that the Foundation cannot guarantee that visas will be processed in time.
• Visibility & Dissemination: Selected fellows will be promoted on social media and other media channels to create a visible online presence around their aims and to amplify important political messages related to their work.
• Alumni network: Candidates should apply with the goal of becoming part of a growing network of progressive thinkers who support each other in advancing a new vision for foreign & security policy. Upon completion of their fellowship, participants will be awarded the title of Green Foreign Policy Scholar and will be part of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Thessaloniki Alumni Network.

Eligibility

We seek candidates who are emerging or experienced thinkers in the fields of foreign & security policy, with an interest to work with a progressive lens on a range of issues. Indicatively, issues such as the universality of human rights and military intervention, normative foreign policy, feminist foreign policy and human security, climate diplomacy, game theory in international cooperation and good faith, the responsibility to protect, or decolonial approaches to trade and resources. In essence, building, highlighting gaps and elaborating upon the initial findings of the green foreign & security policy narrative. Qualified candidates will be actively engaged in outlining the green foreign & security policy narrative in at least one of the following ways:

• as students, researchers and thinkers in academia or think tanks (e.g. critically reviewing green foreign policy principles through International Relations theory);
• as elected officials, policy advisors or other foreign & security policy professionals at national or international level (e.g. implementing and adapting the green foreign & security policy and narrative, feminist foreign policy, the Women, Peace & Security agenda);

Experience and applicant profile:

• We encourage young graduates with a bachelor degree in international relations or political science to apply. We also welcome more experienced profiles, such as practitioners, prospective or current PhD students and PhD holders in pertinent fields.

How to Apply

Curriculum Vitae: Please use a Europass format. Prioritising, make sure the CV does not exceed 3 pages.

Motivation letter: Using examples, please explain why this fellowship makes sense for you (max 300 words).

Concept note: Please outline in no more than 2 pages, what is the biggest challenge you would like to tackle during this fellowship from among the elements of green foreign & security policy. How do you propose to deal with it and what are the concrete steps that you are planning to take?

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