Law | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 12

PhD Positions in Law, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

/ February 24, 2011 Leave a Comment

Research will be carried out in one of the research programmes of the Faculty’s centres of excellence.Research in the field of public international law is embedded in the ACIL (Amsterdam Center for International Law). Research programmes within the ACIL in particular focus on international constitutional law (including human rights law), international responsibility, international criminal justice, and the reception of international law in the domestic legal order.

  • Engage in supervised scientific research that will ultimately result in a doctoral thesis
  • Candidates may also lecture on subjects relevant to the thesis in the Faculty’s curriculum
  • Regularly present intermediate research results at international workshops and conferences, and publish them in proceedings and journals.
  • Collaborate with the researchers in relevant other parts of the programmes.
  • Participate in the organization of research activities and events, such as conferences, workshops and joint publications.
    Requirements :
  • Completed law degree with excellent grades in a relevant field
  • Excellent analytical, social and organizational skills
  • Excellent academic writing skills, fluency in English
  • Ability to work independently
  • Creative researcher and writer

    • Scholarship Application Deadline:1 March 2011

    Further Scholarship Information and Application

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    10 Doctoral Scholarships, The Research Training Group “Transnational Social Support”, Germany: Social Work, Education,Social Sciences

    / February 22, 2011 Leave a Comment

    The Research Training Group (RTG) is located at the University of Hildesheim Foundation (Faculty of Education and Social Sciences) and the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Institute of Social Work and Education), both Germany. It pursues the theoretical and empirical study of transnational structures and processes of social support, which is analyzed in the field of transmigration and in the context of transnational organizations within three research areas. The research area “Transnational Family Care” focuses on analyzing the transnationalisation of family relationships with respect to assistance, nursing, and care. The research area Transnational Networks addresses forms and processes of social support developed by transnational communities and migrant transnational organization. The research area Transnational Professional Support focuses on transnational challenges faced by local social services and will study professional concepts of social support in the context of transnational organization.

    Applicants for a doctoral scholarship need to have a university degree (MA) in Social Work, Education, Social Sciences, Law or Psychology and to have an exceptional track record of academic accomplishment. Applicants need to be familiar with the subject matter of the RTG, possess relevant knowledge of empirical social research, and have foreign language skills. International experience is desirable. The University of Hildesheim and the University of Mainz recognise a need for an increased proportion of women in research and teaching. In the case of equally qualified candidates, women will be given preference over men. In the case of equally qualified candidates, those with a disability will be given preference.

    Scholarship Application Deadline: March 10, 2011

    Further Scholarship Information and Application

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    Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme: International affairs, development studies, international economics, international relations, international law, international history and politics

    / February 9, 2011 Leave a Comment

    The Institute is pleased to welcome academics from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a period of one semester.

    Candidates are invited to apply to the programme. Successful applicants will be able to take advantage of their period in residence to update their teaching curricula, participate in teaching courses, further their research projects and contribute to enriching the intellectual life of the Institute.

    Priority will be given to university teachers – with a preference for women and junior academics – who will seek to apply the benefits of their stay at the Institute upon returning to their own institutions.

    Thanks to the generous support of a Swiss foundation that wishes to remain anonymous, the Institute will welcome three participants each semester who will spend between three and five months at the Institute.

    Objectives

    Academics participating in this programme will be able to take advantage of their stay at the Institute:

    • To update and strengthen the curriculum of their course through close contact with colleagues working in the same discipline or area of expertise;
    • To further a personal research project by taking advantage of the plethora of expertise available in the Institute’s research centres and programmes, as well as the library’s resources, one of the most important European repositories in the field;
    • To participate in teaching courses (depending on the needs of the study plan, they may be called upon to teach a course for the entire semester);
    • Interact with the Institute’s students and faculty, as well as with international, public and private-sector actors from the Geneva area.

    Benefits

    Academics will benefit from the following advantages:

    • The Institute will cover the costs of travel and visas for participants as well accommodation costs;
    • It will offer a monthly stipend to compensate for the loss of income in the institution of origin and to cover subsistence costs in Geneva;
    • Participants will be provided with a work space, and access to the Institute’s library and IT facilities.

    Conditions for applications

    Candidates must hold a PhD and have a full time tenure-track or tenured position in an academic institution in Africa, Asia, or Latin America.

    Their teaching and research activities and interests must fit with the Institute’s disciplines and fields of expertise (international affairs, development studies, development economics, sociology and anthropology of development, international economics, international relations, international law, international history and politics).

    Procedure

    The deadlines for applications are 1 March, for the autumn semester (mid-September to mid-December), and 1 October for the spring semester (mid-February to end May).

    Applications must be sent to the Director by e-mail (in-residence@graduateinstitute.ch) or regular post:

    The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
    Director
    Global South In-Residence Scholars
    Rue de Lausanne 132
    PO Box 136
    CH-1211 Geneva 11

    They must include:

    • A letter of motivation stating the reasons for the application, the preferred semester, and the Institute’s discipline or area of expertise in which the candidate is interested;
    • A work plan detailing the proposed activities to be completed during the candidate’s time at the Institute (update of teaching curriculum, research project, etc.);
    • A curriculum vitae and a list of published works;
    • Two letters of recommendation.
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