The Transatlantic Academy in Washington DC is seeking applications by 10 May 2010 to serve as Resident Fellows for ten months for the fellowship year with beginning in September 2011. For the fellowship year 2011-2012, the Academy welcomes applications from scholars working on the theme of "The Competition for Natural Resources: The New Geopolitical Great Game?"

A joint project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Harry and Lynde Bradley Foundation, the Transatlantic Academy is located at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington DC. The Academy brings together scholars from Europe and North America to work on a set of related issues facing the transatlantic community. The Academy is an interdisciplinary institution and open to all social science disciplines, the humanities and the natural sciences.

Among the research themes of interest for the year 2011-2012 are:

• Food security as a transatlantic issue
• Resource Competition and Geopolitical Competition
• New Technologies and Resource Competition
• The Role of Multilateral Actors and Institutions
• The Diplomacy of Climate Change and the Role of China

For background on this Call for Fellowship Applications please visit the Transatlantic Academy’s website.

For more information and an application pack please contact Anna Murphy, Program Associate

Keywords: Resources, resource scarcity, geopolitical challenges, rise of Asia, China, India, energy, water, food, security, diplomacy, climate change, international affairs, globalisation