Tilburg University’s Law School is offering a fully funded PhD position in Governance and Legal History of Water Quality, situated within the Department of Public Law and Governance. The project focuses on investigating historical water governance practices in early modern cities of the Rhine Delta and comparing these with contemporary water management policies. The research aims to understand how past civic governance—by guilds, neighbourhoods, and urban officials—can inform modern urban water ...

Tilburg University Law School is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in 'Fostering Living Wages in the EU', located in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The position is housed in the Department of Private, Business & Labour Law (PBLL) and focuses on the implementation and impact of the EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive (Directive 2022/2014), especially after its confirmation by the Court of Justice of the European Union in November 2025. The research aims to explore how EU labour law...

The University of Fribourg in Switzerland is offering research scholarships for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers from abroad who wish to undertake a research stay at the institution. These scholarships are available for research projects in the fields of EU Law, Immigration Law, or Human Rights Law, specifically within the Chair of Professor Sarah Progin-Theuerkauf. The research stay can last for three to five months, providing an excellent opportunity to collaborate with leading a...

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...

The University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for multiple PhD and Postdoc positions as part of the interdisciplinary research project "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity" (AINATA). This project investigates the impact of artificial intelligence on trust and authenticity within the news ecosystem, focusing on both news production and consumption, and evaluating the adequacy of current legal frameworks in addressing these changes. Successful candidates will join a ...

The Institute For Policy Research & Governance (IPRG) is launching its March 2026 Internship Program, designed for undergraduates, postgraduates, and early researchers interested in policy research and governance. The program offers structured research training, hands-on exposure to real policy research, and skill development in analytical and critical thinking. Key academic areas include public policy, international relations, environment & climate change, and law & governance. Participants wil...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB)-Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) 2026 offers fully funded master's degree opportunities for outstanding students from ADB borrowing member countries and Japanese ODA scholarship-eligible countries. The program supports postgraduate studies in a wide range of fields, including Science and Technology, Economics, Business and Management, Development Studies, Law, and Public Policy. Eligible candidates must have a strong academic background, a bachelor's degree, at le...

Monash University is offering the Monash Graduate Scholarships (MGS) for 2027, providing fully funded opportunities for both domestic and international students to pursue Master's by Research and PhD by Research degrees in Australia. The scholarships are open to applicants from a wide range of academic backgrounds, including Arts, Design & Architecture, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Information Technology, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences, and Pha...