VACANCIES
Welcome to the SLSA vacancies page. Here, we share current opportunities from across the wider socio-legal community. If you would like a vacancy added to this page, please contact Marie Selwood.
Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellowships
These Emeritus Fellowships are for senior researchers who have retired or partially retired from an academic post to complete a research project and prepare the results for publication. The maxmum award is £24,000.
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The scheme opens on 5 October 2026 and closes on…
Global Innovation Fellowships: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2026
The objective of the Global Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative…
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships: open for applications
Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers in any discipline to complete a piece of research. The maximum award is £70,000.
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Closing date: 5 November 2026.
Professorship of Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford
The Faculty of Law and Wolfson College intend to appoint to the Professorship of Socio-Legal Studies with effect from 1 September 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. This statutory professorship offers an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of socio-legal scholarship at one of the world's…
Postdocs: Department of Public Law, Max Planck Institute, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law is a leading European center for research in public security matters, criminal law, criminology, and fundamental legal research. The Department of Public Law is seeking to recruit several Postdocs (including possibility to earn post-doctoral lecturing…