As of November 2009 we have had a small number of researchers who are nationals of non-OECD countries join the Global Economic Governance Programme at Oxford for one year, followed by a year at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. The fellowships will carry a stipend and are intended to broaden and extend the global network of scholars working on global economic governance.
Invited candidates will be asked to submit a current CV, a one-page covering letter, a personal statement describing training and ambitions, and a statement of their project (of not more than 2500 words) which should in some way contribute to our understanding of how policymakers and institutions in developing countries can develop more effective strategies – particularly in global politics –for dealing with the effects of globalisation in ways which benefit their populations. Ideally, the project statement will lay out an analytical puzzle whose solution is important to increasing the capacity to solve global problems affecting developing countries. Invited applicants will also be asked to arrange for two referees (not more) to write or email in support of their application.
The contact person for this scheme is Reija Fanous
Details on future applications will be posted in September 2012.
During their year at Oxford, postdoctoral Fellows will have a college base at University College, where they will be members of the graduate community. They will also be associates of the Centre for International Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations. Fellows will have extensive opportunities to discuss their research with each other, with Oxford faculty members, and with the numerous visitors who pass through the University.
Fellows will attend:
There are many other seminars, conferences and other collaborative activities in the relevant fields in which the Fellows will be able to participate. The Department runs a comprehensive and pluralist research methods training programme for graduates which the Fellows will also be eligible to join.
Fellows will establish connections to Oxford faculty members working in similar or related areas, including the faculties of political science, international relations, economics, development studies, law, sociology, and geography. While at Oxford, Fellows will be expected to contribute to the undergraduate and graduate intellectual community, as well as to the community of senior scholars.During their year at Princeton, all Fellows will attend the weekly international relations colloquium, and will be encouraged to participate in other research-related events to interact with the broader research community of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior and senior faculty. In addition, Fellows will meet weekly as a group, often with an invited faculty member, to discuss research or works in progress. Fellows will become part of a research community by learning from and contributing to other active members of this community. They will also have opportunities to interact with other graduate students at Princeton, and in some cases with undergraduates.
Particular attention will be devoted to improving the methodological skills of the Fellows, so that their research will yield better inferences about processes of globalization. The Niehaus Center will organize a series of workshops led by individual faculty members, at which Fellows and faculty will become acquainted with one another. This process will ensure that Fellows and faculty members have opportunities to meet and work together on issues of shared interest. In addition, each Fellow will enroll in two seminars at Princeton, at least one of them methodologically oriented.
At the end of the year, Fellows will be expected not only to have increased the sophistication of and made substantial progress on their research projects but also to have built ties with faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students that will serve them well in the future. Beyond the immediately obvious fields of activity connected to the Niehaus Center and the Woodrow Wilson School, Fellows will also be able to take advantage of other strengths of the University in fields such as science and technology, engineering and ethics.
During their first year, perhaps during breaks between academic terms, some Fellows will also fit in a brief period of internship or field research in an organization or country of central relevance to their research. In May of each year, all Fellows will attend the Colloquium for Fellows, described below. Fellows are expected to develop a mentorship relationship with at least one faculty member at Oxford, and at Princeton. Mentors will have the responsibility of staying in close touch with the fellow and advising on research questions.
Each year, all second-year Fellows will convene for a small workshop, led by at least two Faculty members (one from Oxford, the other from Princeton), where they will present draft papers and critique others’ papers, and be critiqued in turn. Undergraduates and graduate students at the host university will be encouraged to attend these workshops and participate in the ensuing discussions.
A key component of the programme will be the Annual Colloquium of Fellows (alternating between Oxford and Princeton, which all Fellows in the programme (years one and two) will attend. In addition, programme alumni will be invited and will be provided with travel bursaries to attend. This will provide an opportunity for Fellows to make formal presentations of their work, hear about others’ work, inspire each other, and communicate their findings, goals and contributions. The Colloquium will solidify and enliven the network which is such an important feature of the programme.
The Colloquium will also bring Fellows together with senior Oxford and Princeton faculty members involved with the programme, the network of senior scholars and scholarpractitioners in developing countries, and dynamic business leaders willing to act as mentors and to share their experience with the Fellows. The purpose of the Colloquium is not only to provide a forum for discussion of Fellows’ research, and to help train first year Fellows, but also to maintain a strong cohort of past Fellows, connected with one another and with the wider Fellowship’s ongoing work on global governance.
Fellows will have a broad range of exciting opportunities at the end of their programme. It is the two universities’ combined aim to encourage them to return and to contribute to their own societies, assisting their own countries to contribute to global problem -solving. Fellows will be able to use the Global Leaders Network, whose members will meet every year at the Colloquium, to enhance the effectiveness of their work in their own countries, while maintaining global ties. Over the course of the programme, it will create a well networked and cohesive cohort of experts in global governance, engaged in first-rate research, producing innovative ideas for institutional design and policy, and in some cases actively leading in the effort to create humane and democratic governance institutions suitable for an increasingly globalised world.