As part of its Afghanistan Programme, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) hereby calls for applications from Afghan researchers, scholars, and professionals within the field of human rights to participate in a visiting research fellowship programme in Lund, Sweden.
The purpose of the fellowship programme is to enable Afghan researchers and scholars to document and analyze the situation of human rights in Afghanistan as well as advance evidence-based and theoretically-informed research papers and policy proposals on human rights in Afghanistan. The Fellows would be directly supporting the mandate of RWI Visiting Professor and Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett. Research would be conducted in a supportive academic environment at RWI’s head office in Lund, affiliated with Lund University.
RWI welcomes applications from candidates with a broad background of working on human rights related to Afghanistan. Candidates are encouraged to review the Special Rapporteur’s first report with particular regard to the recommendations, in formulating research interests.
Application Deadline: 14 November 2022
(Applicants can expect to be notified of the selection no later than 1st December 2022).
Fellowship Period: January to December 2023