Fellowships

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Research Fellows at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies form part of a dynamic research community working on issues of relevance to the Institute's research portfolio. Benefits of Institute fellowships include (depending on fellowship type): access to the Senate House Libraries collections, which includes the Institute's own holdings; discounted attendance at our wide range of academic events and exclusive access to fellows-only events; a dedicated IT account and  email address; use of our shared office space in accordance with our hot-desking policy; access to institutional repositories such as SAS-Space; and the support of the research services team for authorised grant applications through the Institute.

In our experience, the most successful fellows are those who thrive in being part of an academic environment, and that is why we strongly encourage our fellows to run events to publicise their research, to collaborate with other researchers at a variety of career stages, both within the Institute and across and the School, and to contribute to our scholarly networks. Whether you are considering a fellowship with us as part of sabbatical leave from your home institution, to supplement your research, or for any other reason, we hope that you will take full advantage of these academic and research opportunities.

Human Rights Consortium

The Human Rights Consortium operates a Visiting Fellowship in Human Rights which enables scholars working in the field of human rights to undertake research at the Human Rights Consortium.  Both stipendiary and non-stipendiary Visiting Fellows have access to shared study space and other resources and receive temporary membership for Senate House Library. Further details are on the Visiting Fellowship pages.

Under the auspices of this scheme the HRC has hosted a number of Fellows, details of whose visits you can see here. Visiting Fellows have in the past greatly enriched the intellectual life of the HRC by convening seminar series, speaking at conferences and contributing to in-house publications. Visiting Fellows benefit from being able to conduct their work and complete project in the centre of London in a stimulating and supportive academic environment.