Category: Scholarships

The Law and Development Research Group in the Faculty of Law at the University of Antwerp is looking for a full-time doctoral scholarship holder in the field of human rights law.

Deadline: 9 August 2021

Position

• You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of socio-economic human rights and equality. Human rights law may make a distinctive contribution to socio-economic distribution. Yet, it has thus far not shown as much interest in socio-economic inequality as in status inequality, and may also not be optimally equipped to tackle equality in socio-economic distribution. This project seeks to future-proof human rights law by making it more (pre-)distributive by design. In particular, it will focus on strengthening the equality principle in human rights law in order to address socio-economic inequality within countries.
• You will publish scientific articles related to the research project.
• You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for the Law and Development Research Group and the Faculty of Law.

Find out more and apply here!

LDRN partner institutions International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) are inviting applications for their joint PhD programme,  on a range of topics in international law, society and development.  Owing to the ongoing pandemic situation, the call for applications has been extended until 1 March 2021.

The successful candidate will receive a partial scholarship, in the form of:

• a 6-month fellowship to take up a rigorous methodology course at the CERES Research School for International Development 
• fee waivers from both participating institutions

Preference will be given to candidates from the global South.

Further information and application details are available here, on the Wits website

Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship Programme TRANSFORM now open for applications

• 6 fully funded PhD scholarships available in 2021
• Applicants can either choose from four suggested topic areas or develop their own topic area within the TRANSFORM themes.
• Applications close on 7^th March 2021 (GMT)
• UK (home) and international students are eligible to apply for the scholarship

The call for applications for six doctoral scholarships under the TRANSFORM programme at the University of Warwick (an LDRN partner institution) is now open. Successful applicants will enter a new four-year PhD programme in Global Sustainable Development.  They will be trained in how to advance sustainability in the real world, getting to the root of huge challenges like boosting climate resilience and establishing healthier cities.

Called ‘TRANSFORM: Transformations of Human-Environment Interactions to Sustainable Development’, the doctoral scholarship programme is directed by Professor João Porto de Albuquerque, who is also the Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick.

Each doctoral scholar will receive academic supervision from two Warwick experts in separate fields (such as engineering, medicine, business, humanities, arts, and law), as well as mentorship from a partner organisation (such as UN-Habitat, the British Geological Survey, African Population and Health Research Centre).

This year, candidates have the option either to apply for one of four suggested research topics or to propose their own research under one of the three research themes of the programme.

Suggested topics include:

• Climate Memory from Environmental Data Archives: An Exploration of Slow Change, Extreme Events and Human Adaptation
• Data, community and reconfiguring the post-pandemic city
• Understanding the global impacts of electric vehicles
• Financing ‘Green’ and ‘Sustainable’ Transitions

Full details of the application process, including topics, guidance and eligibility, can be found at warwick.ac.uk/transform/apply/

The closing date is 7^th March 2021.

Vacancies / fellowships

Postdoctoral researcher ERC Starting Grant ‘CURIAE VIRIDES’ in the area of sustainable development law | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (deadline: 4 January 2021)

5 PhD positions – Humanitarian Governance in Colombia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), climate related displacement, and humanitarian ethics | International Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands (deadline: 4 January 2021)

Faculty Scholar – Access to Justice Scholars Program | American Bar Foundation / JPB Foundation (non-residential) (deadline: 15 January 2021)

NIAS Theme Group Fellowships |Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (deadline: 15 January 2021)

Doctoral fellow – International law & economic activities in areas of contested statehood – Western Sahara | University of Ghent, Belgium (deadline: 20 February 2021)

NIAS Individual Fellowships | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (deadline: 15 March 2021)

Assistant Professor – Sociology | Loyola University Chicago, USA (deadline: rolling)

Assistant Professor – Criminology | Dominican University, USA (deadline: rolling)

Calls for papers

Re-Imagining Agenda 2063 – A Socio-Legal Foundation of the Africa We Want | Peter A. Allard School of Law and the Liu Institute Network for Africa (virtual) | 21 – 25 June 2021 (abstract deadline: 31 January 2021)

Human Development & Capability Association – 2021 Conference | University of Antwerp, Belgium (hybrid) | 13 – 15 September 2021 (proposal deadline: 15 February 2021)