Scholarships in political science for Bangladeshi students

The CoSS-UWI Collaborative PhD Scholarship offers a unique opportunity to investigate the role of informal creditors in sovereign debt restructuring, with a special focus on Barbados and the Caribbean. Sovereign debt crises have profound impacts on citizens, particularly those who contribute to the finances of the debtor state through taxes, national insurance, and other means. These informal creditors, whose claims are rooted in a social contract, are often excluded from debt restructuring proc...

This collaborative PhD scholarship offers a unique opportunity to investigate mission-oriented innovation policies (MIPs) and their orchestration through digital platforms, focusing on comparative case studies in Australia and Europe. Mission-oriented innovation has emerged as a key response to grand societal challenges such as climate change, inequality, and public health crises. However, the implementation and coordination of these missions across sectors and government levels remain complex, ...

This collaborative PhD scholarship between the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow offers a unique opportunity to investigate the epistemic infrastructures shaping planetary health governance in Southeast Asia. The project critically examines how knowledge systems, including material, institutional, and discursive frameworks, influence environmental policy, climate change responses, and the distribution of epistemic authority. It interrogates the implications of 'green' and 'smart...

This collaborative PhD scholarship, offered jointly by the University of Glasgow and the University of Sydney, investigates the weaponisation of criminal law in South Asia, focusing on national security, dissent, and constitutional protection. The project critically examines how colonial-era criminal laws, such as sedition and conspiracy, are used by contemporary governments to suppress dissent, often under the guise of emergency powers. It explores the ongoing influence of colonial legal framew...

This unique PhD scholarship, jointly hosted by the University of Glasgow and the University of Sydney, investigates the legibility and accessibility of energy support systems in Australia and Great Britain. As energy poverty becomes increasingly prevalent due to rising living costs and extreme weather, policies for energy poverty relief are more common, yet administrative burdens—such as complex paperwork, intrusive checks, and difficult-to-navigate websites—often prevent vulnerable populations ...

This collaborative PhD scholarship between the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow offers an innovative research opportunity focused on designing policy with lived experience. The project investigates how design-led approaches can reshape the epistemic foundations of policymaking, enabling lived experience to become a more active, legitimate, and generative form of policy knowledge. Despite growing recognition of the importance of reflecting the experiences of those impacted by po...

Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University is offering a fully funded Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) studentship in Economics, commencing October 2026. Supported by the Welsh Government, this collaborative PhD project aims to investigate the sustained rise in economic inactivity in Wales since COVID-19, with a particular focus on long-term health conditions and their impact on labour supply, economic growth, service demand, and p...

The University of Lausanne invites applications for a fully funded PhD position within the Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network, SUPER (Sustainable Sports and Physical Activity for Equity and Resilience). This unique opportunity is part of a network of 17 doctoral fellowships at the intersection of sustainability, sports science, and social equity. The successful candidate will be registered as a fee-free PhD student at the University of Lausanne and will participate in the SUPER Doctoral Networ...

The International University of Japan (IUJ) is offering fully funded scholarships for the 2026 academic year, open to international students interested in pursuing master's or PhD degrees in a variety of fields, including business, economics, international relations, management, and political science. IUJ is renowned for its English-taught graduate programs, global alumni network, and strong career outcomes, making it an attractive destination for students seeking high-value international educat...