Since its inception in 2019, the Cluster’s Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) has enrolled and trained 60 doctoral researchers. Of these, 31 were recruited via the yearly open call, 22 are employed in SCRIPTS projects, and seven are affiliated researchers with external funding. By mid-August 2024, nine PhD candidates had successfully defended their theses, with an average completion time of under four years. Currently, 40 PhD candidates are still within their contract period, while nine are overdue with their submissions. Additionally, two have transferred out of BGTS. Despite the significant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, including restricted access to archives and interview partners, this completion record is particularly noteworthy.

Seven of the nine doctoral researchers who completed their PhDs have secured postdoctoral positions at renowned institutions such as King's College London, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Universität Zürich, and FU Berlin.

The placement outcomes for SCRIPTS postdoctoral researchers are equally impressive. The vast majority have successfully leveraged their positions at SCRIPTS to advance their careers. Of the 60 SCRIPTS postdoctoral researchers (as of May 2024), 15 have achieved professorships worldwide, including at Cambridge University, Georgetown University in Qatar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh, and Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. Twenty others have taken up postdoctoral positions, including several at SCRIPTS partner institutions such as the National University of Singapore. Additionally, three of the four early-career Associated Investigators have been awarded tenured professorships at the London School of Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, and Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, respectively.

SCRIPTS early-career researchers have been highly productive, actively publishing their work alongside their theses and projects. By the end of 2023, the 60 BGTS doctoral researchers had published two books, three edited volumes, 78 journal articles (27 of which were peer-reviewed), and 16 book chapters. Postdoctoral researchers have also been pivotal to SCRIPTS publications, contributing eight monographs, eight edited volumes, 99 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, and 170 other articles and book chapters by the end of 2023.