Overview
Lebanese American University is recruiting a Senior Adjunct Research Fellow/Postdoc for the ERC-supported CONFINED project on confinement, displacement, refugee governance and global orders in crisis.
Complete research opportunity details
The appointment is hosted by LAU’s Institute for Migration Studies in cooperation with Aalborg University’s Center for the Study of Coercion and Accountability and The Fletcher School at Tufts University. The fellow will contribute to the CONFINED research agenda, help develop an edited volume or special issue, conduct original research, contribute to co-authored publications and policy outputs, join consortium workshops and seminars, and support mentorship and public engagement. The appointment can be full-time or part-time for up to two years; a visiting stay at Fletcher is possible and hybrid arrangements may be possible. Compensation is not stated on the source page.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants should hold a PhD, or an MA with at least five years of work experience, in Migration Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Anthropology, Sociology, Law, Geography or a related field. The call also requires a strong publication record and scholarly leadership appropriate to career stage, relevant thematic expertise, collaborative or comparative research experience, interest in co-authorship, and excellent written and spoken English.
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Verification notes
Verified from LAU’s current career page. The official deadline is 30 September 2026 with no stated clock time/timezone. The source requires submission to two named email addresses with subject 'CONFINED Fellowship'; to avoid encoding an invalid multi-recipient mailto URI, the application URL points to the authoritative source page where both addresses are listed.
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