Contracts normally vary from six months to one year duration.
The Visiting Fellows Programme invites senior scholars or practitioners from governments and international organisations who wish to use the resources of the Centre to further a research project of their own which falls into the area of interest of the Centre and which might be published under its umbrella. Financial assistance can only be granted in exceptional cases. The Centre regularly appoints a number of visiting or summer research associates. This includes support for research, preparation of conferences of events, sub-editing of publications, etc. Candidates should normally have finished a masters degree in a pertinent discipline and will have had exposure to one of the regions of Europe of interest to the Centre.