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Current Opportunities

PSA Honorary Treasurer
Looking for a charity trustee role? Join the Political Studies Association, a leading UK social science society.

PSA Conference 2024
The PSA is delighted to announce that our 74th conference will be convened by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and held from 25-27 March 2024.

3 full funded PhD scholarships
The University of Hertfordshire is currently accepting applications for 3 full PhD scholarships funded by the interdisciplinary Research Centre for Future Societies.

ERC Fellowship in (German) Politics
An experienced researcher is being recruited to work on the German case. The researcher will work together with the Principal Investigator (Associate Professor Joseph Lacey) and the wider research team for the first three years of the project.

Lecturer position in Defence, Diplomacy, and International Security
This position at Simon Fraser University, Canada, will provide teaching and support to the NATO Field School (NFS) and contribute to the development of a Security and Defence Engagement program. Preferred starting date is January 2024.

2 Post-Doc Research Opportunities at Vienna University of Economics and Business
We invite applications for one Postdoctoral position (qual) and one Postdoctoral position (quant) in the research project Energy Transitions and the Rise and Fall of Great Financial Centers (ENFIN) funded within the ERC framework. The closing date for the application is 25 October 2023

Research Fellow - Data and Analysis, King’s College London
Research Fellow - Data and Analysis at Policy Institute, King’s College London. Deadline for applications: Sunday 5 November 2023

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics offered by Nuffield College and the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 1 November 2023

Professor in Computational Analysis of Political Data
The Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Université Laval is inviting applications for the position of Professor in Computational Analysis of Political Data. Deadline: November 13, 2023
Call for Papers

Call for Papers - Statistics, Politics and Policy Special Issue on Political Demography
Call for papers in Statistics, Politics and Policy Vol. 2024 No. 1 Special Issue: Political Demography. Manuscripts should be submitted until September 30th, 2023.

LSE Joint Sessions on Critical Europe 2024
The symposium will take place on the LSE campus in London from 22 to 23 February 2024, and abstracts are due by Tuesday, 31st October 2023.

Call for Papers NZPSA/TKTToA Annual Conference 2024: “The Rising Pacific”
New Zealand Political Studies Association's Annual Conference, which will take place in Auckland 15-17 Feb 2024. Any UK PSA member attending the NZPSA conference can register at the NZPSA members’ rates.

Call for Papers: Courts and their Interactions with Politics
The International Political Science Association RC09 (Comparative Judicial Studies) is hosting its next Interim Meeting at the University of Texas at Austin in October 2024. The conference theme is "Courts and their Interactions with Politics."
Support Opportunities

International Events Support
Opportunities for members of the PSA and members of other international political studies bodies.

Diverse Voices Programme
Read more about our early career Research Grants & support to PhD students

CASJ Grants available
The Centre for Animals and Social Justice (CASJ) is offering grants for UK-based applicants to pursue research in the field of the politics of animal protection.