Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa at Georgetown University, USA

Brief Description The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., in order to train women’s human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning home to their countries in order to advance the status of women and girls in their own countries throughout their careers. Over 50 women’s human...

PhD program in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability from non-EU citizens at Scuola Superiore Sant`Anna, Italy

Brief Description Scuola Superiore Sant`Anna, Pisa, Italy is currently seeking applications for the Ph.D. Program in “Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability”, which is a three-year residential fellowship program, from non-EU citizens.The program is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach to the subject and by the emphasis placed on current problems defining the protection and promotion of human...

Master`s scholarship in human rights and conflict management, Italy

Brief Description The Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management is designed to enable students from different cultures and backgrounds to attain a deep understanding of the linkages between human rights and conflict resolution theory and practice. Through their coursework, participants in the programme will engage with the major concepts, themes, and debates within international peace and conflict...

O`Brien Fellowship at McGill University, Canada

Brief Description O`Brien Fellowships for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University. The O`Brien Fellowship was established in 2005 through a very generous gift from David O`Brien (BCL `65) for outstanding graduate students studying in the area of human rights and legal pluralism in the Faculty of Law. The Fellowship is Awarded annually by the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office upon recommendation...

Oak Fellowship in Poverty and Human Rights, USA

Brief Description The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College in Waterville, Maine (USA) is pleased to announce its call for applications and nominations for the 2011 Oak Human Rights Fellowship. The fellowship is a one-semester appointment for a scholar-in-residence. It is designed to provide human rights practitioners doing “on-the-ground” work at some level of personal risk...

PhD Scholarships: The Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences (GSSEPS)

Brief Description The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, a K.U.Leuven Centre of Excellence, hosts a 7-year research programme on `Global Governance and Democratic Government` (2010-2017). For this programme, which is aimed at the construction of a new paradigm for democratic global governance, we are seeking to recruit: • Doctoral Researcher International Law – Global Human Rights Governance •...

Human Rights Scholarship (HRS) at University of Melbourne

Human Rights Scholarship (HRS) at University of Melbourne Brief Description The Human Rights Scholarship is awarded to applicants wishing to undertake graduate research studies at the University in the human rights field and who are able to demonstrate their commitment to the peaceful advancement of respect for human rights. Number Each year the University of Melbourne offers 2 HRSs to applicants wishing to...

Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences at The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS Sofia), Bulgaria

Deadline: November, 1st 2010 Open to: post-doctoral non-Bulgarian researchers Fund: 700 euros + travel/research expenses Brief Description The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS Sofia) announces a Call for Applications for its 2011/2012 In-Residence Advanced Academia Fellowships in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. The programme is carried out with the kind support of a donator within the...