PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in International Relations in United Kingdom

Thomas Witherden Batt Scholarship at University College London This scholarship supports students taking a full-time Master of Science (MSc) degree at University College London. It is administered by UCL and offers a one-off grant that is first used toward tuition fees, with the remaining balance paid in instalments during the academic year to help with living costs. For longer programmes, the award is split evenly across the years of study. The scholarship is open across the full range of MSc p...

Pigott Scholarships at the University of Cambridge support doctoral study in the humanities and social sciences. This award is intended for students pursuing a research-based PhD at Cambridge, with two scholarships available each year. The scholarship sits within the University of Cambridge’s named scholarship offering and was established in 2008 following a £2 million donation from the Pigott family. It is aimed at high-achieving students whose research and academic interests fall within the ar...

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships support development-related master’s study at participating universities in the United Kingdom. The programme is intended for applicants from eligible Commonwealth countries whose postgraduate education can contribute to development in their home countries. Approved study areas include science, health, technology, agriculture, education and other development-related fields. Scholars join participating UK universities and undertake a master’s programme beginning i...

The University of Oxford’s Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative (AIGI Oxford) is seeking a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in AI Verification (Political) to join the Oxford Martin School in Oxford, United Kingdom. The researcher will play a leading role in a grant-funded project examining technical and political pathways for verifying that computational rules are being followed in AI data centres. The project is designed to help states develop viable, privacy-preserving and attack-resistant ver...

The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and the Institute for Technology and Humanity at the University of Cambridge invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Cambridge Digital Minds research group, directed by Dr Lucius Caviola. The researcher will work closely with senior researchers including Dr Bradford Saad and Dr Caspar Kaiser. The role supports rigorous empirical, computational, theoretical or policy research on digital minds and artificial intelli...

The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Oxford Climate Policy Hub at Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in Oxford. The role focuses on climate policy, regulation and governance across sectors and jurisdictions. The fellow will work collaboratively to develop innovative research on how climate policies and regulations are designed, interact and spread in different contexts. The project involves designing and adapting research m...

The University of Exeter is recruiting a part-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join PHOENix: Planetary Health Optimisation for Enhancing Nutrition and Food Security Through School Feeding Programmes in Egypt . The five-year programme is funded by a Wellcome Early-Career Award and led by Dr Fatma Sabet. PHOENix investigates how Egypt’s school feeding programmes work, for whom they work and in what circumstances. The project aims to co-produce school meals with communities that are nutritious,...

The University of Birmingham is recruiting a Research Projects Portfolio Administrator for its College of Social Sciences in Edgbaston, Birmingham. This professional-services role supports the College’s post-award research function and works closely with the Head of Operations, Research and Knowledge Transfer (RKT). The postholder will provide administrative support across funded research projects and act as an important link between academic colleagues, professional services teams, Principal In...

The University of Reading invites applications for a full-time PhD studentship in Accounting within Henley Business School. The programme is designed for researchers who want to develop expertise, methodological skills and confidence for careers in academia, industry, consulting, government or the wider public and private sectors. Available research directions include accounting for sustainability and climate change, auditing and accountability, financial management and corporate governance, int...