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United Nations University-Institute for Advanced Study of Sustainability is now accepting applications for our Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme!

Apply by 31 January for your chance to conduct advanced research in sustainability working alongside host researchers at universities and research institutions across Japan. Choose one of our thematic areas:

▪️ Governance for Sustainable Development
▪️ Biodiversity & Society
▪️ Water & Resource Management
▪️ Innovation & Education

Details and application form

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Are you a bachelor’s or master’s student looking to enhance your research skills? This free, 1-week virtual exchange course, led by Serdar Türkeli, trains students in conducting structured, comprehensive, and large-scale literature reviews using the innovative Litoscope tool.

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About the Project

The GIS Center, Institute of Environment (IoE) and the Department of Earth & Environment (E&E) at Florida International University are seeking a Graduate Research Assistant for an EPA-funded project to enhance the Future Shorelines geospatial decision support tool. This tool integrates high-resolution topographic data with NOAA sea level rise scenarios to aid planning for nature-based solutions under future climate conditions. The selected candidate will advance the tool using innovative data science and GIS techniques to address coastal resilience and environmental justice challenges. This assistantship provides the opportunity to work on an interdisciplinary project with real-world applications in climate adaptation and sustainable coastal management. For more details, visit the project website.

Follow the instructions in the position announcement to apply! FutureShorelines_PHD_Assistantship-Copy

Funded PhD opportunity in GIScience, Environmental Data Science
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The InteRussia team is launching a call for applications for the InteRussia scientific and research fellowship for non-Russian specialists in international relations, political science, and regional studies.

InteRussia is an opportunity for aspiring experts in history, theory and practice of international relations, political science, and regional studies to get fully immersed into Russian academia, visit policy-making institutions, get to know the Russian agenda first-hand, participate in expert sessions hosted by universities, think tanks and non-governmental organisations, as well as exchange experiences with counterparts from different countries.

The unique feature of the program is an opportunity for selected participants to work in close cooperation with and under the guidance of lead Russian IR scholars from MGIMO University.

The fellowship activities will be organised in English and hosted at MGIMO University from March 19 to April 30, 2025.

The topic of the 2025 spring fellowship is “Political Dynamics of the Global South.”

The deadline for applications is February 7, 11:59 p.m. Moscow time (UTC +3). The results of the competitive selection will be sent to all candidates via email.

The fellowship is to result in an original individual research project of 15,000-25,000 characters (incl. spaces) based on the submitted research proposal (in English).

Who can apply?

To participate in the competitive selection, applicants will have to meet the following requirements:

  1. non-Russian nationals;
  2. age 25-39;
  3. permanent residence outside of Russia;
  4. professional command of English (CEFR C1 and higher);
  5. submission of a research proposal;
  6. absence of any employment/previous enrollment in academic programs/other relations with MGIMO University;
  7. a Ph.D. degree or at least 3 years of working experience at academic institutions/think tanks or Ph.D. studies in progress.

Applicants for the fellowship will be selected on a competitive basis.

The competition criteria include:

  1. the academic level, relevance, maturity and feasibility of the applicant’s research proposal;
  2. academic publications;
  3. letters of recommendation (2-3);
  4. other research and expert activities of the applicant (conferences, grants awarded, academic fellowships, expert publications, opinion pieces/comments in the media, etc.);
  5. results of the online interview.

How to apply?

  1. Sign up on the English version of the Gorchakov Fund’s website. If you did not receive a registration verification email, check your spam folder.
  2. Navigate to the “My Projects” section, click on the “Create application” button, select the “InteRussia IR MGIMO 2025 (Spring)” contest and hit “Yes”.
  3. Fill in all mandatory fields.
  4. Click on the “Submit” button in the “Apply” section and wait for the status to change from “Preparing” to “Submitted”.

Watch the video for more details on the application process.

Terms of participation:

The organisers will cover the following costs:

  • travel expenses to/from Moscow;
  • single accommodation in the MGIMO dormitory;
  • visa support;
  • a scholarship of RUB 30,000 for the entire duration of the six-week fellowship.

The following costs are borne by the participants:

  • medical insurance;
  • meals.

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at info@interussia.com.

Learn more about InteRussia.

The InteRussia program in international relations is implemented by the Mezhdunarodniki Autonomous Non-Profit Organisation in cooperation with the Gorchakov Fund and MGIMO Institute for International Studies.

Apply here