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Chinese Government Special Scholarship-Postgraduate Program

The international “China’s Politics and Economy” MA program of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) is pleased to announce that applications for “Chinese Government Special Scholarship-Postgraduate Program,” which provide a tuition waiver, stipend, and other benefits for full -time graduate (MA, Ph.D.) study at SJTU are now open.  Preference is given to students having exchange arrangements with SIPA or SJTU as well as American students from well-regarded overseas universities.  For information about the two-year SJTU SIPA “China’s Politics and Economy” MA program, please contact Ms. Peng JingJing at sjtu-china-program@gmx.net. General information about graduate study at SJTU and application procedure information for foreign students is available online.  Scholarship applications shoul be received by March 15, 2013. Information about the Chinese Government Special Scholarships-Postgraduate Program and the online application process is available here.

PhD Funding at University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is investing up to £6 million to support 100 PhD studentships in 2013-14. The studentships include up to 50 awards across the arts, humanities and social sciences. The awards also include 10 of the 50 prestigious Chancellors International Research Scholarships, introduced recently to provide a lasting academic legacy from the University’s 50th anniversary year. For more information on PhD funding in International Relations please visit the University's news website. Online applications may be submitted here by January 16, 2013.

Scholarships: University of Trento

The School of Social Sciences at the University of Trento is now inviting applications for its three PhD programmes. A total of 17 fully-funded scholarships will be made available to the top-ranked applicants:

• PhD programme in Economics & Management (6 Scholarships)
• PhD Programme in Sociology & Social Research (8 Scholarships)
• PhD Programme in Local development & Global Dynamics (3 Scholarships)

For more information, please consult the School's website.

PhD Scholarship: Global Politics of Pesticide Regulation

Wageningen University is looking for a PhD candidate in global politics of agriculture, environment, and health.  This PhD project will study international governance initiatives (mostly FAO-WHO-UNEP related) that focus on the improvement of pesticide risk regulation in developing countries.  The research will study the relationships between businesses and regulatory bodies, claims about ownership and confidentiality of information submitted, the function of science advisory bodies, the level where regulatory decisions are made, and the role of developing countries in informational pesticide governance.  Applicants should have a prior degree in political science, anthropology, political ecology, development studies, political economy, or related field.  This is a four year PhD project.  The successful candidate will be based at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and carry out field work in places such as India, Costa Rica, Brussels, and Rome.  Review of applications will begin June 7, 2012.  Please see the website for more information.

PhD Scholarship in Political Ecology/Environmental Governance

The Technology and Agrarian Development group at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, invites applications from nationals from developing countries for a PhD position. The research is in the field of political ecology and agrarian change, addressing issues of environmental governance, as part of a new five-year interdisciplinary research programme on ‘Panama Disease in Banana: Multi-level Solutions for a Global Problem’. This programme integrates research in the social sciences, environmental sciences, and plant sciences.  This PhD project studies the various forms of governance at different levels (national-global, public-private) that have an effect on the control of Panama disease.  Applicants should have a prior degree in political science, geography, anthropology, sociology, political ecology, development studies or related field. Review of applications will begin April 10, 2012. Please see the website for more information.

CFA: CEU Announces Summer Course on Comparative Regionalisms

CEU's summer school invites applications from graduate students, junior faculty, researchers and practitioners to participate in the Summer Course “Comparative Regionalisms: Changing Forms of Governance in Asia, Africa and the Americas and the Effects on the World Order” at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, July 2-12, 2012. The course fosters new approaches to the study of regionalisms in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Building on, but seeking to go beyond the European experience the course examines the rise of regions after World War II and the resurgence of the idea in and from the 1980s. It considers the different interpretations, values and expectations assigned to ‘region’, from regional free trade agreements to security communities to supra-national integrative projects. The course will examine how such regions vary across time and geography, assuming different characteristics, and will also consider to what extent regions are a result of and/or a response to globalization and the extent to which they constitute and shape global order. Financial aid is available. The application deadline is February 15, 2012. Please see the course website for more information.

CFA: Fulbright Scholar Program

Applications are now open for the Fulbright Scholar Program. The core Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) assists in the administration of the Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty and professionals. Applications are available online and should be received by August 1, 2012.

Fulbright Canada Scholarship

Are you interested in conducting research in Canada-U.S. relations in the United States? Fulbright Canada offers unique opportunities to promising and prominent Canadian scholars, as well as experienced professionals, to conduct research, develop new professional networks, guest lecture and/or teach at select American universities and research centers. The holder of the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair spends up to five months in residence at the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars conducting research in the field of Canada-U.S. relations. Applications should be received by November 15, 2011. Please see the Fulbright Canada website and select Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for more information.

Call for Applications: Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Fellowships

The GEM PhD School invites applications for 3-year long Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Fellowships offered by the PhD School on Globalisation, the EU and Multilateralism (GEM PhD School), which is coordinated by the Institut d’Etudes Européennes de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles and funded by the European Commission. The fellowships cover the period ranging from September 2012 to September 2015. Interested parties are invited to apply online by way of the School's Automated Registration System. The GEM PhD School includes 9 leading universities from across the globe engaged in a transnational education, research and mobility exercise. Applications should be received by January 16, 2012. The school also has 10 PhD scholarships set aside for non-EU applicants.

PhD Scholarship, Political Representation in S.E. Asia

A fully funded three-year PhD scholarship is available to work under the supervision of Australian Professorial Fellow Garry Rodan who is undertaking a 5-year project entitled ‘Representation and Political Regimes in Southeast Asia,’ funded by the Australian Research Council. The successful candidate will be based at Murdoch University’s Asia Research Centre in Perth, Australia, which has a strong concentration of scholars with specialist research expertise on Southeast Asian politics and societies. Applications are invited for candidates with similar or complementary research interests. The three-year scholarship carries a stipend of $27,222 per annum plus fieldwork and conference attendance support. Please forward expressions of interest or enquiries to Professor Garry Rodan (G.Rodan@murdoch.edu.au). Expressions of interest should include completion of the Asia Research Centre’s thesis proposal form and a current curriculum vita. These can be submitted at any time before and up to 15 October 2011. The successful candidate can take up the scholarship from as early as late 2011 and would be expected to start no later than May 2012.