The Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research and the University of Innsbruck are looking for two candidates interested in pursuing a PhD in the field of Federal Studies. The students will be enrolled at the University of Innsbruck and be based in Bolzano/Bozen and Innsbruck respectively.

Deadline for application is 22 March 2019.

The Comparative Constitutions Project is pleased to announce that Constitute en español is now live. In addition, the draft Cuban Constitution is available for analysis on both the English and Spanish versions of the site. Visitors can compare the draft to the current Cuban Constitution or to other world constitutions — just in time for the February 24 referendum!

Applications are welcomed from undergraduate and postgraduate students, professionals, and those interested in federal studies, the European Union, institutional design in divided societies, conflict resolution and the link between federalism and good governance in different parts of the world.

Eurac Research is inviting applications for the Marie Curie Week 2019.

Deadline for applications is 15 March 2019.

McGill University’s Faculty of Law and the Peter Mackell Chair in Federalism are proud to announce that the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism will be returning for a second edition in early 2019.

Deadline for applications: February 11, 2019

The Institute for Self-Government Studies is inviting applications for visiting research fellowships.

Deadline for applications is 4 February 2019.

The Indian Equality Law Visiting Fellowship is aimed at capacity-building for early career scholars. Applications are invited for two or three visiting fellows to spend 4-5 weeks at Melbourne Law School (MLS) preferably around November/early December 2019.

Applications are due by 1 February 2019.

See the full announcement here

Concours de stage post-doctoral

Les membres du Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ) sont heureux d’offrir, pour l’année académique 2019-2020, un stage postdoctoral de 35,000$ (salaire brut), non renouvelable.

Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 15 janvier 2019 ;
Résultats du concours : 15 mars 2019 ;
Durée du stage : septembre 2019 à fin juin 2020.

The University of Aberdeen is offering a range of PhD scholarships:

The deadline for applications is 20 January 2019.

Conference website here

Every year, the Colombian Constitutional Court organizes an international event to discuss recent global constitutional law scholarship and domestic decisions. This year Justice Linares is in charge of organizing the event. As a result, the Court will host an academic conference regarding the “Colombian Constitutional Court in a global perspective”.

The Arab Association of Constitutional Law is currently recruiting for a Project Officer and a Communication and Outreach Officer. Applications close 25 October 2018.

The Arab Association of Constitutional Law and International IDEA, with the support of the University of Legal and Political Sciences of Tunisia, announce the fourth edition of the Arab Association’s Constitutional Academy. The Academy is part of an effort to encourage a dynamic, continuous, and in-depth exchange of ideas within a new generation of scholars in the Arab region. Participants who are admitted to the Academy are required to identify trends in constitution-making across the region, and examine both how new constitutions were negotiated and drafted, and the ways they have been implemented.

Sciences Po CERI (Center for International Research) and Queen Mary University London are proud to present the conference ‘Interrogating the Right to Privacy and the Limits of Surveillance’ as part of the 3 day colloquium ‘SIGINT Intelligence Transnational Activities and National Security in France and Europe: Transnationalisation, Oversight and the Role of Courts’.

The Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Innsbruck proudly announce the 10th edition of their: WINTER SCHOOL ON FEDERALISM AND GOVERNANCE 2019

An opportunity for a post-doctoral fellowship has become available in the Fitzpatrick ARC Laureate Fellowship Comparative Constitutional Law Program at Melbourne Law School.

Prof. Tonja Jacobi and Prof. Matthew Sag are pleased to announce the launch of their new website ScotusOA.com.

ScotusOA.com is a website focused on data-driven analysis of oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified female doctoral and early career scholars to participate in the Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law at Melbourne Law School during 2019.

The University of Milan invites applications for a post-doctoral position (duration 1 year) on  "The principle of economic conditionality in comparative perspective"

Applications close on 11 July 2018

Announcing the Launch of a major new online resource for research on democratic decay. Created by Dr Tom Gerald Daly (Melbourne Law School) and supported by a range of leading public law and policy organisations, the Democratic Decay Resource (DEM-DEC) focuses on the global challenge of the incremental deterioration of democratic rule and is primarily pitched at public lawyers, i.e. those working on constitutional, international and transnational law. The site can be accessed at www.democratic-decay.org.

Scuola Normale Superiore welcomes applications for its new PhD programme in Global History and Governance. 

Applications close  August 24, 2018.

The PhD in Global History and Governance is an advanced research degree at the end of which each student must defend a dissertation based on independent and original academic research.