Ghent University in Belgium is offering a full-time PhD fellowship as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK Project, which investigates the asylum procedure through linguistic, sociocultural, psychological, and legal lenses. The project aims to enhance fairness in asylum processes and understand the lived experiences of applicants, officials, interpreters, and lawyers. The research is conducted in collaboration with the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) ...

KU Leuven’s Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology is offering PhD positions as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK project, focusing on asylum procedures in Belgium. The research aims to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based framework for fairness in asylum procedures, combining front-office and back-office perspectives. This project is funded by iBOF and involves collaboration with Ghent University and the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS)....

The UNPACK project, funded by iBOF and hosted at Ghent University in collaboration with KU Leuven, is offering seven PhD positions and one postdoctoral position to investigate fairness in asylum procedures. This interdisciplinary project integrates anthropology, linguistics, psychology, and law to examine the lived experiences of individuals involved in the Belgian asylum process. Through ethnographic research and organizational analysis, the project aims to develop a comprehensive, evidence-bas...

Ghent University invites applications for a full-time doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law, as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK project. The UNPACK project, 'Unpacking the asylum procedure in its intersecting linguistic, sociocultural, psychological and legal dimensions', is a pioneering iBOF-funded collaboration among Flemish universities and the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS). The project aims to inves...

Ghent University, a top 100 institution in Belgium, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law. The position is based at the Human Rights Centre within the Faculty of Law and Criminology, renowned for its expertise in human rights law and interdisciplinary research. The successful candidate will join a collaborative research project focused on 'Innovation and documentation in transitional justice,' with a specific empha...

Ghent University, a leading institution in Belgium, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law. The position is part of the FWO project 'Reckoning with Belgium’s colonial past: Towards a better understanding of interconnected (truth) initiatives and their contribution to redress.' The research will focus on initiatives by grassroots actors and institutions aimed at redress and repair for colonial harm, encompassing mate...

Ghent University, a leading institution in Belgium, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral fellowship in the Department of European, Public and International Law, based at the Human Rights Centre within the Faculty of Law and Criminology. This position is part of the ERC project “Innovation and documentation. Reconstructing the paradigm of transitional justice from the ground up,” focusing on grassroots documentation initiatives of violations of international human rights and humanitar...

Ghent University in Belgium is offering a PhD position in the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy as part of the interdisciplinary UNPACK project, which investigates fairness in asylum procedures. The research integrates perspectives from linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and law, focusing on the experiences of applicants, officials, interpreters, and lawyers. The successful candidate will conduct mixed-methods research on wellbeing and mental health in the context of asylum proce...

Ghent University is offering a fully funded PhD position focused on redress for colonial injustice in Belgium, based at the Justice Visions team within the Human Rights Centre, Faculty of Law and Criminology. The project is part of the FWO-funded initiative "Reckoning with Belgium’s colonial past: Towards a better understanding of interconnected (truth) initiatives and their contribution to redress." The research will examine the complex ecosystem of initiatives—material, symbolic, institutional...