The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford

🌍 Join the team supporting the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies.

We're seeking a Senior Development Executive to help secure philanthropic support for research, teaching and student opportunities.

Working closely with OSGA and colleagues in Development and Alumni Engagement, the successful candidate will build partnerships with donors, trusts and foundations to support scholarship and research that deepen understanding of societies, cultures and global challenges around the world.

📅 Closing date: 20 July 2026, 12 noon

Find out more and apply: https://www.osga.ox.ac.uk/vacancies -id-5769141

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📢 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026–27

The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies invites Expressions of Interest for the British Academy Postdoc Fellowship scheme. Open to early-career researchers aiming to pursue independent research.

📄 Funding covers a 36-month fellowship at a UK host institution. Applicants must have obtained a PhD and have no more than 3 years of postdoctoral research experience.

🗓️ Complete the OSGA Expression of Interest form by 9 July 2026
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowship-2026-2027

ℹ️ More info: https://www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/early-career-opportunities/british-academy-post-doctoral-fellowship

📩 Queries: [email protected]

How do researchers navigate the risks and ethical dilemmas of studying crime in challenging environments?

Join Africa Oxford Initiative Visiting Fellow Felix Ajiola for Dangerous Fieldwork: The Challenges of Researching Crime in Lagos, an exploration of the realities of conducting fieldwork on crime in one of Africa's largest cities.

Drawing on his research experience in Lagos, Felix will discuss the practical, personal and ethical challenges of conducting fieldwork in complex and sometimes dangerous settings.

📅 Friday 12 June 2026
🕓 16:00–17:30
📍 African Studies Centre, Seminar Room

: Departmental Lecturer in Global and Area Studies at The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford (OSGA)

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to lecture, supervise, examine, and provide course administration for postgraduate students on our MPhil in Global and Area Studies programme.

The postholder will have the chance to conduct independent research plus contribute to the development of a new course option relevant to their expertise.

We would love to hear from you if you have:
- A PhD in a relevant social sciences field
- Research experience with a strong comparative, global, or transnational dimension
- A strong publication record
- Excellence in teaching
- A clear and ambitious research agenda with strong potential to attract funding.

This is a full-time, three-year fixed-term appointment from September 2026.

📆Closing date for applications: 15 June, 2026

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A new policy brief co-authored by Prof Kate Sullivan de Estrada explores security challenges and responses in one of the world’s most strategically important maritime regions: the Western Indian Ocean. The publication comes at a time when maritime security is high on the global agenda due to conflict in the Gulf, and its impact on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Read more:

Academic-policy collaboration sheds new light on security in the Western Indian Ocean A new policy brief co-authored by Professor Kate Sullivan de Estrada explores security challenges and responses in one of the world’s most strategically important maritime regions: the Western Indian Ocean...(more)

We were honoured to welcome Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dr Harini Amarasuriya to Oxford to deliver the OSGA Annual Lecture this week. Read more about her insightful and inspiring talk exploring what happens when development theory meets the 'messy reality' of politics https://www.osga.ox.ac.uk/article/prime-minister-of-sri-lanka-dr-harini-amarasuriya-delivers-osga-annual-lecture

Last chance to register for the Annual Oxford Taiwan Studies Conference 2026 'Taiwan and its Neighbours: Indo-Pacific States in a Changing World Order'. Coinciding with the Trump- Xi summit, with significant implications for Taiwan and the region, this conference is the flagship annual event for the Taiwan Studies Programme.
📅 14 May 2026, 10AM -5.30PM
📍Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford
Register:

Annual Oxford Taiwan Studies Conference 2026 Taiwan and Its Neighbours: Indo-Pacific States in a Changing World Order

Last chance to register for the OSGA Annual Lecture with Dr Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka - “The politics of development: Sri Lanka and beyond”.

📅 19 May | 🕔 17:00
📍 St Antony’s College, Oxford
Register: https://events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event/ee7e029a-2237-f111-88b5-6045bd12f634

📢 Call for Applications: Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowships

Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) welcomes applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme.

OSGA Internal Application Process
Before submission to the funder, all applications must undergo internal selection. Interested candidates should submit an Expression of Interest form by 4 June or 30 June 2026. Link to form: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/2026-marie-sklodowska-curie-postdoctoral-fellowship-ex
Submissions will be evaluated by the OSGA Research Committee on two cut-off dates: 5 June 2026 and 2 July 2026.

Eligibility:
✔️ PhD awarded by the deadline
✔️ Max. 8 years of research experience post-PhD
✔️ Must not have resided/worked in the UK for more than 12 months in the last 3 years
✔️ If your MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal (with the same host organisation and researcher) scored below 80% in the previous call, it is not eligible for resubmission in the following year.

Funder Deadline: 09 September 2026

Further information and contact information for enquiries:

European Commission Horizon Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships This information relates to the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowship call. Please note that details could be subject to change, please check also the official call.

News from Latin American Centre Oxford

👏Congratulations to Dr Belén Villegas Plá (Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Studies, Latin American Centre) for being awarded a John Fell Oxford University Press Grant to support new research project, 'The political economy of 'care' in the new right-wing movements: the Latin American case.'

https://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/article/belen-villegas-pla-awarded-john-fell-oxford-university-press-grant

Belen Villegas Pla Awarded John Fell Oxford University Press Grant The Latin American Centre is pleased to announce that Belen Villegas Pla, Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Studies, has been awarded a John Fell Oxford University Press grant to support a new research project.