Duke Center for International Development is currently accepting applications for its Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2027. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Duke Center for International Development - SEAREG Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The program aims to provide scholars of Southeast Asia with opportunities for training, networking, and field research to improve competitiveness for the academic and non-academic job markets. The appointment will allow the Fellow to strengthen their research agenda while also contributing to the academic life of the host institution. The Fellow will receive mentoring from a member of the SEAREG Executive Council, and will have their work showcased at SEAREG’s annual Southeast Asian workshop in the summer of 2027.
Benefits of Duke Center for International Development - SEAREG Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- The Postdoctoral Fellowship offers a competitive salary and a small fund to support research expenses. It will also support travel ahead to SEAREG’s Southeast Asian workshop at the start of the Fellowship.
Duke Center for International Development - SEAREG Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Requirements
To be eligible for consideration, all applicants must have:
- Completed their PhD in a three-year window that precedes the start of the Postdoc Fellowship (May 2024-May 2027)
- Received their PhD from an institution based in North America (the United States, Canada or Mexico)
- Engaged with Southeast Asia seriously as a region in the course of their dissertation research, and their ongoing research agenda should align with SEAREG’s priorities as outlined in the organization’s constitution.
Eligible applicants will have completed their PhD in a social sciences discipline—political science, sociology, economics, or a related discipline. The researcher will not necessarily be expected to conduct research on the country of their host institution, but their two-page research proposal should indicate how the host university is nonetheless an excellent fit for their postdoc agenda.
Application Date and Process
Required application materials include the following:
- One-page cover letter
- Two-page research proposal that outlines:
- What the researcher hopes to accomplish during their Postdoctoral Fellowship;
- How they are going to engage the host institution;
- Their mentor and the rationale for the pairing;
- What their intended outputs will be
- Letter of support from the mentor at host institution (two-page maximum). Mentors must be full-time, permanent faculty; each mentor can only support one application.
- Two writing samples, which may include published articles, working papers, or dissertation chapters that highlight their scholarship on Southeast Asia
- Two letters of recommendation
Application Deadline
01 November, 2026
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