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The editors of the special Issue on „Intercultural Competencies in a Changing Complex World“ in the European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management would like to invite contributions that explore intercultural competence and cultural intelligence in this environment in a variety of contexts including businesses, education, government and non-government organisations, but also between individuals working together in teams or sharing the same neighbourhoods. We particularly want to explore how intercultural competence can contribute to increasing creativity and innovation in a complex world. We want to explore new approaches and ideas to familiar problems that nonetheless present themselves anew every day.

While globalisation with its quick flows of people, information and technology has been a fact for many years and many lessons have been learnt, the ever-increasing scale and pace nonetheless adds to the Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) the world finds itself in today, with the challenges posed seemingly increasing rather than decreasing. VUCA has been mainly discussed in the context of business, but recent events from viral threats to a looming climate catastrophe have dramatically shown how the interconnectedness and volatility of the world extends far beyond the world of business into a myrrhiad of institutions and local communities face disruption all around the world. Therefore, this special issue addresses the role that intercultural competence and cultural intelligence play in such a volatile and complex environment that is characterised both by ever increasing connections and the threat that these connections pose, by ever more and closer diversity and the political push to restrict and reverse this diversity.

Yet, what constitutes intercultural competence in the age of VUCA has been less explored and questions remain open in regards to how intercultural competence and cultural intelligence need to be conceptualised and promoted in education to help address the challenges posed to organisations and individuals in a world fraught with disruptions, ambiguities, and uncertainties.

Thus, the call for papers is directed at scholars who want to contribute to a better understanding of the VUCA phenomenon in a global context. The editors also hope that the same kind of people will be interested in reading about others‘ experiences and theoretical thoughts.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited, to the following:

• Intercultural competence/CQ and its antecedents
• Relevance of intercultural competence/CQ in a complex world
• Training, teaching and learning intercultural competence/CQ
• Theory and Measurement of intercultural competence/CQ
• Conceptual papers discussing frameworks of intercultural competence/cultural intelligence, their differences and similarities, and appropriateness for various research purposes
• Provide theoretical concepts for VUCA
• Nature and dimensionality of intercultural competence
• Empirical research on the nature and dimensionality of intercultural competence in a complex environment
• Empirical multi-level research that examines the influence of intercultural competencies across different levels of analysis (e.g., team-level, organisational level)
• Empirical research that tests the unique and shared effects of different facets of intercultural competence on management-related outcomes

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

If you have any queries concerning this special issue, please email the Guest Editors at Dr. Barbara Covarrubias Venegas at bcovarrubiasvenegas@gmail.com.

Manuscripts due by 31st May

Notification to authors: 31th July

Final versions due by 30th September

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The Forum Scientiarum of the University of Tübingen announces two International Research Fellowships for a period of 6-12 months in the field of Intercultural Studies. Applicants must have successfully completed their dissertation and, if possible, already have some initial postdoctoral research experience.

The Forum Scientiarum is an interdisciplinary oriented institute of the University of Tübingen. One of the main areas of research is interculturality. The Forum Scientiarum offers its own courses for students of all subjects. It is supported in its work by a scientific advisory board, in which representatives of all faculties meet. The Forum Scientiarum is supported by the Udo Keller Foundation Forum Humanum. Applicants are expected to pursue their own research project in the field of intercultural and global studies. The focus is on fundamental questions regarding the awareness of the coexistence of different cultures in the global world.

• Should the diversity of intellectual and lived traditions be represented in the global reality of contemporary societies?

• How can hidden power structures and ascriptions of identity be uncovered?

• What does cultural belonging mean at all?

• What is the impact of globalization on the individual cultural belonging?

• What impact does the global interlacement of cultures have on the self-understanding of Western societies?

• Does the interlacement of cultures change our relationship to nature? What does it mean for the humanities and even the sciences?

Successful applicants should contribute their research to a workshop on „Belonging – the meaning of a fundamental structure of the human being in the 21st century“. In addition, the willingness to teach one course per semester is expected. Fellows are required to take residence in Tübingen; very good German and/or English language skills are required. The research project must be conducted in one of these two languages.

The University of Tübingen can offer you a monthly stipend of at least 1.750,- EUR with a child allowance depending on the number of children (400,- EUR + 100,- EUR for each additional child). A working space will be provided. The scholarship can start in January 2020 or later. Applications (research proposal, CV, letter of recommendation) are welcome immediately: Dr. Niels Weidtmann Forum Scientiarum University of Tübingen Director Doblerstr. 33, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany niels.weidtmann@fsci.uni-tuebingen.de For further information please visit our homepage: www.forum-scientiarum.uni-tuebingen.de

Please see the website for further information