York U: Study Abroad Coordinator (Canada)

“JobStudy Abroad Coordinator, York University, York, Ontario, Canada. Deadline: open until filled; posted April 19, 2026.

Reporting to the Manager, International Student Success & Engagement and Associate Dean, Global & Community Engagement, the Study Abroad Coordinator role is responsible for promoting and increasing the international mobility and global education of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies students through experiential education programming. This position is also responsible for activities that enhance internationalization on campus through the development of programs and initiatives that promote effective cross-cultural communication and understanding. The successful incumbent has international experience and education, strong cross-cultural sensitivity and communication skills to assist with coordination and support implementation of the Faculty’s Strategic Plan for Internationalization. The role also works closely with the Associate Dean, Programs, Associate Dean, Recruitment & Retention, Associate Dean, Students, Director, Student Success, Faculty of LA&PS, and York International (among other campus partners) to ensure that LA&PS study abroad and study away programs are aligned with York University and LA&PS strategic priorities. The Study Abroad Coordinator role will support the vision, mission, values and strategic direction of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and York University, and contribute to a positive, supportive and client- focused team environment of high performance, respect, trust, collaboration and continuous improvement, embraces diversity and fosters inclusion.

Drew University: Institute for Emerging Leaders (USA)

Applied ICDInstitute for Emerging Leaders, Center on Religion, Culture, and Conflict, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA, 1-12 June 2026.

As 21st Century communities get more and more diverse, social challenges such as polarization, racism, extremism, etc grow along with them. American communities are no different, which calls for increasing pluralistic, change-making, and conflict resolution skills among people country-wide, especially youth.

The Drew University Institute for Emerging Leaders, therefore, seeks to respond to the widening divisiveness in today’s society by preparing young leaders to foster peaceful and pluralistic relations in their communities, using religion as a positive force.

The Institute is built on CRCC’s international Institute on Religion and Conflict Transformation and attracts renowned scholars, practitioners, and national thought leaders as faculty. The Institute is interested in developing in young people a set of skills that straddles the following:
* civil dialogue
* conflict resolution
* inter-faith/inter-cultural leadership, and,
* community organizing and change-making.

Tuition, bed and board are fully covered courtesy of the Koppaka Family Foundation and Sykes Family Group.

Stimson Center: 38 North Emerging Scholars Fellows 2026-27 (USA)

Fellowships

38 North Emerging Scholars Fellowships for 2026-27, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, D.C., USA. Deadline: 13 May 2026.

The goal of the “38 North Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program 2026-27” is to cultivate the next generation of North Korea policy analysts by pairing fellows with mentors to equip emerging scholars to think critically about the challenges that exist in studying North Korea today. This program is not about learning more about North Korea in general. Rather, fellows and mentors will engage in one-on-one training sessions on specific research areas or methodologies of studying North Korea. Through this, organizers aim to facilitate much needed knowledge transfer from senior scholars or practitioners to the next generations in the areas of the selected fellows’ interest. This program is a longer-term and deliberate effort to normalize intergenerational discourse on these critical security issues.

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies: PhD Studentships in Lived Experience of Violence and Coerced Livelihoods in Translocal Spaces of Conflict (Germany)

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Lived Experience of Violence and Coerced Livelihoods in Translocal Spaces of Conflict PhD Studentships, Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies, Bonn, Germany. Deadline: 17 May 2026.

The Doctoral Researcher position is part of the research group “Lived Experiences of Violence and Coerced Livelihoods in Translocal Spaces of Conflict” (VIOLET), led by Dr. Benjamin Etzold, funded by the German Research Foundation under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – Cluster of Excellence Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) at the University of Bonn. The BCDSS offers excellent opportunities for interdisciplinary and comparative research of different forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies (SADs) across time periods and world regions. In its second funding phase (2026–2032), the BCDSS will investigate the underlying causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of SADs across historical and contemporary contexts.

Within the BCDSS, the research group VIOLET will investigate the entanglements of violence, labour exploitation and livelihood precarity in translocal settings of armed conflict and displacement. It seeks to answer how livelihoods and dependencies evolve under violent conditions, and which traces lived experiences of violence leave within societies. The PhD research shall contribute to this research group, bicc’s research on the conditions, dynamics and consequences of violent conflicts and to the BCDSS’s research Area “Power, Violence and Trauma”. The successful candidate will participate in BCDSS’s Doctoral Program that offers thorough preparation and support during doctoral dissertation work, including academic course work, additional skills training, and close supervision.

Details: Two part time positions to be filled (65% each). Salary according to German public sector tariff (TV-L) EG 13 and previous working experience. The position may be filled as of 1.10.2026 for a fixed term of 48 month until 30.09.2030.

Max Planck Institute for Political & Social Science: Postdoc for 2026 (Germany)

PostdocsPostdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, Göttingen, Germany. Deadline: 3 May 2026.

The Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science in Göttingen conducts interdisciplinary research into pressing issues of social and political change, with a particular focus on conflict, inequality, the erosion of democracy and processes of social transformation. At the Institute, the Department of Political Institutions and Conflict is inviting applications for the position of Postdoctoral Fellow (m/f/d) in Political Science (full-time for three years, start day September 1, 2026 or earlier).

The newly established department “Political Institutions and Conflict” (led by Ursula Daxecker) studies the relationship between political institutions and conflict, broadly construed. Research in the department centers on three themes, (1) institutions and political violence, (2) democratic politics in transformation, and (3) the political economy of electoral integrity. The department’s empirical focus is on the Global South and combines advanced quantitative methods, such as survey-based and observational causal inference designs, with qualitative approaches, such as fieldwork and interviews. Through this research, the department aims to develop novel insights for important challenges in contemporary society, including the rise of extreme strategies and violence, threats to electoral integrity, and democratic erosion.

CID Poster 11: Language and Intercultural Communication Translated into Spanish

CID PostersSeveral years ago, Brandon Peña created CID Poster 11: Language and Intercultural Communication, illustrating a quote related to KC78: Language and Intercultural Communication by Jane Jackson.

Here we present the Spanish translation, CID Poster 11: Lenguaje y Comunicación Intercultural. This new version of the poster exists thanks to the translation by Neus Crous-Costa, and additional graphic design work by Yan Qiu.

CID Poster 11 Language and Intercultural Communication translated into Spanish

Just in case anyone wants to cite this poster, the following would be the recommended format:

Center for Intercultural Dialogue. (2026). CID Poster 11: Lenguaje y comunicación intercultural [N. Crous-Costa, trans.]. CID Posters, 11. Available from: https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cid-poster-11-language-intercultural-communcation-spanish.png

As with other series, CID Posters are available for free on the site; just click on the thumbnail to download a printable version. They may be downloaded, printed, and shared as is, without changes, without cost, so long as there is acknowledgment of the source.

As with other CID Publications, if you wish to prepare an original contribution, please send an email before starting any work to receive approval, to minimize inadvertent duplication, and to learn about technical requirements. As is the case any series, posters should be created initially in English. If you want to volunteer to translate a poster into a language in which you are fluent, send in a note before starting, to receive approval and to confirm no one else is working on the same one.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Director, Center for Intercultural Dialogue
intercult.dialogue AT gmail.com

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U Cambridge: Lead International Student Administrator (UK)

“JobLead International Student Administrator, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Deadline: 11 May 2026.

The International Student Office, based in the Student Services Centre, provides specialist support services to the University’s international students and administers student mobility activity. This role is one of two leads in the area of student immigration compliance, with responsibility for managing the collegiate University’s systems and procedures to fulfil Home Office requirements and for advising applicants, students and staff on related matters.

The Lead International Student Administrator will also contribute more widely to areas of support for international students, and to achieving the team’s overall objectives. The role includes line management responsibilities and contributes to continuous improvement in service delivery.

They are seeking a highly motivated individual, educated to degree level or equivalent with experience of managing responsive and timely administrative services. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential, as is the ability to understand and apply policy and ensure procedures are compliant with relevant requirements.

East-West Center: Program Officer (USA)

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Program Officer, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA. Deadline: Open until filled.

The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1960, the Center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to exchange views, build expertise, and develop policy options. The Center’s 21-acre Honolulu campus, adjacent to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, includes conference facilities, three residence halls, and an office building that houses research, program, and administrative activities. The Center also has an office in Washington, D.C., that provides accessibility to US, regional government stakeholders, and program partners with innovative training, analytical and dialogue exchange, and public diplomacy products to meet US policy priorities and expressed needs in the Indo-Pacific region.

Their Research team is seeking an on-site Program Officer for a limited, one-year appointment (with possibility of extension). This position provides a wide range administrative and operational support to designated team(s), ensuring that our programs have the appropriate work coordination, planning, reporting, communications, and budgeting. The incumbent may support different programs cross-departmentally and be involved in programmatic interactions with various internal and external constituencies, as appropriate.

Multiple other positions are currently available, and described here.

Graphic Novels: A Pedagogical Device for Understanding Key Concepts in Global Migration

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Skop, Emily. (2024). Graphic novels: A pedagogical device for understanding
key concepts in global migration and encouraging empathy for the experiences of displaced
persons. The Geography Teacher, 21(2): 72-78.

This lesson plan prepared for faculty teaching geography should be of great interest to those in other disciplines teaching about migration given the novel approach used.

“Teaching global migration can prove difficult, given the subject’s complexity and its entanglement with social justice and human rights issues. To address these challenges, this lesson plan embraces graphic novels as an alternative media for engaging students in the subject of global migration. Graphic novels have many benefits when employed in the classroom because they support both visual and textual learning.

This lesson plan uses graphic novels to achieve the following learning goals:
* Explore and learn key geographical concepts related to global migration including space, place, movement, networks, scale, and territory.
* Engage with important theoretical themes discussed in migration studies such as citizenship and belonging, placemaking, intersectionality, identity, agency, and the role of the state in producing categories and policies that
shape the realities of displaced persons.
* Encourage empathy for the experiences of displaced persons through storytelling that provides both intimate and sensory expression.

The resulting outcomes illustrate that graphic novels are an excellent supplement to more traditional materials and that the topic of global migration takes on greater personal significance and becomes more tangible and relatable for students, most of whom likely have not experienced forced migration themselves.”

Concordia U: PhD Studentships in Immigration and Politics (Canada)

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PhD Studentships in immigration and politics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Deadline: 29 April 2026.

The Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) at Concordia University is currently recruiting MA and PhD students to study immigration and politics under the supervision of Mireille Paquet, Antoine Bilodeau, or Colin Scott. Selected students will receive a generous funding package for their studies (including international tuition release), and the cost of living in the vibrant city of Montreal remains affordable. Concordia has an excellent track record for student placement, and provides a highly supportive training environment.

As part of the project Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides, the Department of Political Science at Concordia is pleased to offer generous admission awards and research fellowships for incoming graduate students.

These funding opportunities are available for incoming PhD students to conduct research under the direction of Mireille Paquet, Antoine Bilodeau and Colin Scott on topics related to immigrant integration. Topics include, but are not restricted to:

  • Immigrant integration in comparative perspective
  • Barriers to the political integration of immigrants
  • Belonging and trust among immigrant populations
  • The politicization of immigration in Canada and in comparative perspective
  • Immigration integration policies, past and future
  • The use of technologies, such as AI, in immigration management
  • The impact of online service delivery for immigrant integration
  • Trends in naturalization and citizenship acquisition
  • The impact of social media on immigration decisions and on integration processes
  • The relations between governments and “migration industries”, recruiters, immigration agents, etc.