Research Fellowship in “Global Asia"
The Nanyang Centre for Public Administration (NCPA) at the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore invites applications for research fellow for the Academic Year 2025/2026, to start from September 2025 or soon afterwards, subject to mutual agreement.
The main theme of fellowship is on interdisciplinary and transregional approaches to "Global Asia".
The Research Fellowship is for two years, renewable for a second term, subject to performance review and budget availability.
For more details about NCPA and the School of Social Sciences, please visit http://www.ncpa.ntu.edu.sg and https://sss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/Home.aspx. For background information about approaching “Global Asia” from a Nanyang perspective, please visit https://gas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/interviews/ntusingapore/.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful applicant will work closely with NCPA Director (Research & Executive Education), who will serve as the primary mentor, and other research staff at NCPA as well as the School of Social Sciences. He/she will also help coordinate NCPA's research activities within NTU (including Lien Ying Chow Fellowship Programme) and with external partners.
Job Requirements:
Candidates must have a PhD in one of the relevant fields of Asian Studies, international political economy, political science, public policy, sociology, ethnic studies, and global history. Interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to Asian political economy in the context of globalization, new geopolitics, and on-going discourses pertaining to social science theorization are particularly welcome. For those working from the perspectives of China and/or ASEAN, bilingual capacities such as English and Chinese will significantly facilitate the research process. For those working on the perspectives of ASEAN, the ability to use a Southeast Asian native language for research purpose will be an added advantage, though it is not a prerequisite.
Applicants must possess an earned doctoral degree in one of the above disciplines. Applicants should have demonstrated records in impactful publication and research activities in the relevant themes.
Applications:
Applicants must state in their application the research area “Global Asia”. They must demonstrate in their research plan how their educational credentials, research experience and expertise cross different disciplines and centrally relates to the research area they are applying for.
Please send your cover letter, application form, a five-page research proposal, a sample publication to:
Director, Nanyang Centre for Public Administration
Email: D-NCPA@ntu.edu.sg
Applications must reach NCPA by July 30, 2025 (11:59pm Singapore Time).
Reference letters:
At least two reference letters from those who are able to assess the candidates’ academic and research capacities, on official letterhead and signed by the referees, are to be sent directly by the referees to D-NCPA@ntu.edu.sg, also by July 30, 2025 (11:59pm Singapore Time).
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
