Law | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 28

A Macquarie University Research Excellence PhD scholarship in Law – Legal Governance, Australia

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The Legal Governance Concentration of Research Excellence (CORE) in the Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, is offering up to two full time Macquarie University Research Excellence PhD Scholarships (MQRES) under the supervision of Professor David Weisbrot AM, the co-convenor of the CORE.

The successful applicant will join an innovative team of researchers at Macquarie Law School who are undertaking inter-disciplinary research on contemporary issues related to legal governance and public policy.

Applicants may pursue doctoral studies in one of the following areas:

  • the governance and ethical, legal and social implications of new medical technologies, especially genetics and nanotechnology
  • the changing nature of legal practice, and the implications for the regulation and organisation of the profession, as well as for education, ethics and professional responsibility
  • freedom of speech, expression and assembly
  • Pacific Islands legal systems, especially the interplay between customary law and western law
  • the nature, methodology and impact of modern institutional law reform agencies
  • information law, including privacy, freedom of information, secrecy laws, archives, and the handling of classified and security sensitive information
  • animal welfare law

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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DANIDA Research Partnership Program 2011, Denmark: Human Rights

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The Research Partnership Programme (RPP), funded by the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) and organised by The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) offers a small number (4-6) of researchers from developing and transitional countries the unique opportunity of becoming a guest researcher at the DIHR for a period of no more than five months, during the semester August – December 2011.
For 2011, the programme operates under the thematic focus of “Informal Justice Systems” (IJC), and the topics selected by prospective applicants should ideally fit under this theme. The terms informal, non-state or local justice systems encompass a wide range of adjudicative mechanisms using a variety of normative foundations, forms and structures, and adjudicative procedures. They present opportunities for access to justice where state systems lack outreach and forums in which a diversity of cultures and values can be respected. They also present challenges and weaknesses in respect of compliance with human rights standards concerning participation and accountability, fairness of procedures (including the protection of the vulnerable) and substantive outcomes.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 February 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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Four Doctoral Studentship, at the Department of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden

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An employed doctoral student shall, foremost, be devoted to his or her own postgraduate research. Other duties at the faculty which relate to teaching and administrative work may be included within the scope of the employment (to a maximum of 20%).

A requirement for employment as doctoral student is that the applicant must be admitted to postgraduate studies. To this extent, the applicant’s ability to successfully complete the doctoral studies will be decisive. The regulations governing the employment of doctoral students may be found in Chapter 5, §§ 1-7 of the Higher Education Ordinance.

Local guidelines are established for setting the salary.

A person may be employed as a doctoral student for a maximum of eight years, but no longer than the equivalent of four years of full-time postgraduate research study.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 March 2011.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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