Tag: postdoctoral fellowships

NYU: European and Mediterranean Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship (USA)

PostdocsFaculty Fellow in European and Mediterranean Studies, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University, NY, USA. Deadline: 7 December 2026.

The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies in Arts and Science at New York University (CEMS/NYU) invites applicants for a Faculty Fellow position in the field of European Studies. The initial appointment will be for one year beginning September 1, 2027, renewable annually for a maximum of three years, pending administrative and budgetary approval.
Qualifications

CEMS/NYU seeks a scholar whose research and teaching explores current or recent European affairs and who specializes in one of the following disciplines: comparative European politics, international relations, sociology, or contemporary European history. They are particularly interested in candidates whose research and teaching focus on the European Union; political, economic, and social developments in contemporary Europe; populist politics and democratic backsliding; European foreign affairs or Global Europe; or topics that expand the boundary of European Studies thematically or geographically. Experience advising student research is strongly preferred. Candidates should also demonstrate through their application materials a commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and excellence in teaching. Candidates should have completed their Ph.D. no earlier than 2022 and no later than August 1, 2027.

Stanford U: The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Postdoctoral (and Other) Fellowships (USA)

PostdocsPostdoctoral and other fellowships, The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford  University, Stanford, CA, USA. Deadline: varies by program; none earlier than 1 December 2026.

Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) invites applications for multiple fellowships in contemporary Asia studies beginning in fall quarter 2027. APARC offers a postdoctoral fellowship on contemporary Asia, broadly defined, and, through its research programs, postdoctoral and visiting fellow positions focused on Asia health policy, contemporary Southeast Asia, contemporary Taiwan, and research tracks of the Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab. These include:

  • 2027-2028 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellowship on Contemporary Asia
  • 2027-2028 Asia Health Policy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2027-2028 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellowship on Southeast Asia
  • 2027-2028 Taiwan Program Kwoh-Ting Li Visiting Fellowship

There are also several Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab Postdoctoral and Visiting Fellowships:

  • 2027-2029 Next Asia Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2027-2028 STINT-SNAPL Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2027-2028 Next Asia Policy Visiting Fellowship

 

Georgetown U: Africa-China Post-Doctoral Fellowship (USA)

PostdocsAfrica-China Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: 15 November 2026.

The Africa-China Initiative (ACI) at the Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University has partnered with The Center for African Studies (CAS) at Howard University to offer an 18-month (3 semester) Africa-China Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The purpose of the ACI Fellowship is to expand African scholarship, expertise, and perspectives on the study of Africa-China relations (and more broadly, Africa-Asia and Global South) by supporting research by an early-career scholar, and to elevate the teaching at Georgetown University and Howard University and across the Washington, DC area.

The ACI Post-Doctoral Fellowship is open to non-tenured and tenured holders of PhDs. They are particularly interested in early- and mid-career scholars with a broad range of international experience, and a strong Africa-China research record.

The ACI Post-Doctoral Fellow must be in residence in the Washington, DC area for at least 18 months, and will spend approximately half their time at Georgetown and half at Howard. These terms must be consecutive. The ACI Post-Doctoral Fellowship is funded through the ACI – Henry Luce Foundation grant and will be administered by Georgetown University. It will begin Spring Semester 2027 (January 2027) and end at the end of Spring Semester 2028 (June 2028).

Remuneration is at the rate of $72,000 a year, plus benefits. One round-trip domestic or international flight for the entirety of the fellowship period will also be provided. There may be opportunities for domestic travel (within the US) to at least one academic conference or workshop or other opportunities, if funds are available.

During the fellowship period, the ACI Post-Doctoral Fellow will split their time supporting the work of Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative (ACI) and African Studies Program at GU, and the Africa-China activities of Howard University’s Center for African Studies and African Studies Department. The ACI Post-Doctoral Fellow will be expected to deliver one public lecture at each of the two institutions, guest lecture on the Fellow’s areas of expertise in relevant courses, and speak with and mentor students, as possible. ACI Post-Doctoral Fellow is encouraged to take advantage of the Washington, DC location including, The Library of Congress, The National Archives, and meetings with experts and leaders in government, diplomatic missions, and at research centers and think tanks.

U Hong Kong: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities (Hong Kong)

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Postdoctoral fellowships in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.  Deadline: 28 February 2026.

The Society seeks outstanding applicants (appointed at the rank of Research Assistant Professor), with a flexible commencement date between June and August 2026 for a period of three years.

The Society aims to establish a vibrant research community where Fellows interact with each other and other members of the Faculty. Fellows will be expected to teach two courses during the term of their appointment and are required to submit a brief annual summary of their activities and accomplishments. The University of Hong Kong is an English-medium university. A host department within the Faculty of Arts will be selected on the basis of a Fellow’s proposed area of research.

Applicants must have a PhD conferred after January 1, 2024, but not later than June 30, 2026. They will not be currently employed in tenure-track positions.

Tampere IAS: Senior & Postdoctoral Fellowships (Finland)

FellowshipsSenior fellowships and postdoctoral fellowships, Tampere Institute for Advanced Study, University of Tampere, Finland. Deadline: 3 March 2025.

The Tampere Institute for Advanced Study is a university-level research community offering the most competitive researchers the opportunity to focus on their own research and career advancement and to broaden their research horizon. The Institute grants fixed-term Research Fellowships to researchers in all scientific fields represented at Tampere University. The Institute also invites leading international researchers for short visits, collaborates with similar institutes, and organizes scientific events.

The Tampere Institute for Advanced Study now calls for applications for nine (9) two-year, fixed-term and full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellowships starting on 1 September 2025 and ending on 31 August 2027. They are also calling for applications for three-year Senior Research Fellowships in separate job postings. There are altogether six job postings – one Postdoctoral Fellow and one Senior Fellow posting for each of the three focus areas (technology, health or society) separately. Please note that you are allowed to submit only one (1) application either for the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship or the Senior Research Fellowship after choosing the one that best fits your current academic career stage, and in one (1) focus area (technology, health or society) only.

U Edinburgh IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024-25 (Scotland)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowships and Bursaries 2024-25, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Deadline: 26 April 2024.

Applications are invited for postdoctoral bursaries from candidates in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Competition for IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships is intense. They also offer targeted postdoctoral opportunities in a number of disciplines, and applicants may prefer to apply for these. If an application to a specific postdoctoral scheme listed below is unsuccessful, it will then be considered as part of the general pool of Postdoctoral Fellowships:

  • Early career researchers in history may be interested in the Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship in 18th-Century Scottish Studies or the IASH-HCA Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers with an interest in digital arts, digital humanities, digital education, digital design and/or digital social sciences may wish to apply for the Digital Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers working in the field of contemporary Islam and Muslim culture can apply for the IASH-Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers in public theology, including peacebuilding and the arts; theology, politics, and migration; theology and environmental ethics; and/or theology, law and justice can apply for the IASH-CTPI Duncan Forrester Fellowship.
  • Early career researchers wishing to examine specific special collections held at the University of Edinburgh can apply for the Centre for Research Collections Fellowship (based on uncatalogued or barely researched collections) or the RACE.ED Archival Research Fellowship (based on the university’s own archive and related collections to uncover evidence and address the silences in the University of Edinburgh’s colonial legacy).

Vienna School of International Studies: Postdoc in International Studies (Austria)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in International Studies, Vienna School of International Studies, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 2 April 2024.

The Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien) is proposing the appointment of a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies for three years, starting October 2024. Upon successful evaluation at the end of the second year, the position can be extended for another two years. Geared towards promoting the professional development of the appointee, he/she will focus on his/her own research and do a limited amount of graduate teaching.

The successful candidate must hold – or have evidence of the imminent completion of – a doctorate in Cultural Studies, History, Law or Political Science. A record of research achievement at the international level, a strong agenda for future research and previous teaching experience – preferably at graduate level – are essential.

The Vienna School of International Studies is a professional school, specialized in the interdisciplinary education of graduate students, and an associate member of APSIA. The presence of international organizations in Vienna makes for excellent research opportunities, in particular for research dealing with diplomacy, governance and multilateralism broadly defined.

Eurac Research: Postdoc in Applied Linguistics / Linguistic Ethnography (Italy)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in Applied Linguistics/Linguistic Ethnography, Institute for Applied Linguistics, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy. Deadline: 31 March 2024.

The Multilingualism and Plurilingualism research group at the Institute for Applied Linguistics at Eurac Research is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in applied linguistics/linguistic ethnography, who will co-lead the research project EduLiM with the project partners at the University of Innsbruck and join the research team of the project M-Spaces. The ideal start date for the position would be June 1st 2024.

Both projects explore the role of multilingualism and language education in early childhood with a linguistic ethnographic approach. EduLiM, which stands for Educational Transitions in the Context of Linguistic Minoritization, is funded by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen South Tyrol in the framework of the Programme “Research Südtirol/Alto Adige 2022”. The project examines the role of language in children’s transition from early childhood education (ECE) to primary school in German-language education in South Tyrol. The project combines critical educational and sociolinguistic theories and is designed as a multi-sited ethnography conducted in first-year primary school classes and with children’s families. In this way, EduLiM aims to create new knowledge on (language) education policies and practices related to transitions, on collaboration across institutional boundaries and between families and institutions, and on different ways in which children are constructed as linguistically minoritized. M-Spaces, which stands for Researching and Transforming Multilingual Spaces, explores multilingualism and language education in pedagogical professionalization for ECE. It involves students of a vocational secondary school for ECE in Carinthia and in-service ECE teachers in Carinthia and South Tyrol in generating insights on pedagogical professionalization for ECE in linguistically heterogeneous migration societies.

The selected candidate will co-lead EduLiM from the outset of the project and will mainly be responsible for the family ethnography. Within M-Spaces, the selected candidate will contribute to the analysis of data generated on ECE teachers’ experiences with multilingualism in their pedagogical practice and to the dissemination of findings.

Wabash College: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Dialogue & Deliberation 2024-25 (USA)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in Dialogue and Deliberation 2024-25, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.. Deadline: 25 February 2024 (or until filled).

Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse, an interdisciplinary program at Wabash College, is pleased to announce a post-doctoral Fellowship in Dialogue and Deliberation to begin July 1, 2024. This position is a one-year appointment, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. The area of concentration is open to a broad range of fields including but not limited to communication, rhetoric, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, political science, and sociology; however, the candidate’s teaching and research should connect the intersections of dialogue and deliberation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse is an undergraduate research and practice program that trains students to research, design, and facilitate public dialogue and deliberations on a range of issues. The post-doctoral fellow will join an enthusiastic team of a faculty director, program associate staff member, and undergraduate Democracy Fellows. WDPD has partnered with campus organizations and communities to host dialogues and deliberations on varying topics including those relating to race, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

 

SUSTech: Junior Fellowships (China)

Postdocs10 Postdoctoral Fellowships, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. Deadline: February 15, 2021.

The Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) invites applications for Junior Fellowships in the social sciences and humanities. These postdoctoral fellowships aim at fostering the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by providing a competitive package and membership in an interdisciplinary scholarly community.

The Society will select a cohort of up to ten Junior Fellows for the class of 2021. Those selected will be offered a two-year postdoctoral appointment beginning in September 2021. Fellowships are awarded to recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities and social sciences who have demonstrated intellectual excellence and the potential for outstanding academic achievement.

Junior Fellows are expected to devote their time to productive scholarship, focusing on publishing their dissertation research, undertaking new research in accordance with their proposed project, and engaging in other original work that will further their academic careers. The Society aims to foster teaching excellence in the humanities and social sciences, and the fellowships carry with them a teaching responsibility of four 2-credit courses over the two-year period, one course per term.

Junior Fellows are required to be in residence during the fall and spring academic terms, and to attend all of the Society’s activities. They are also encouraged to regularly participate in events (such as seminars, workshops, and lectures) organized by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and other departments and programs at the University. Junior Fellows are appointed for two years, and no extensions are granted.