Stanford Next Asia Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025-2027

Up to two two-year postdoctoral fellow positions are available to scholars with an interest in interdisciplinary research and policy engagement on contemporary Asia. Submissions are due December 1, 2024.

The Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab (SNAPL) is offering one or two postdoctoral fellowships (two years in length) to begin Fall Quarter of 2025. There are four fellowship tracks and applicants can apply for any of them: "Talent Flows and Development,” "Nationalism and Racism," "US-Asia Relations," and "Democratic Crisis and Reform."

SNAPL is a new innovative policy lab housed at the Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC) under the leadership of Professor Gi-Wook Shin. The lab is committed to addressing emergent social, cultural, economic, and political challenges in Asia through interdisciplinary, problem-oriented, policy-relevant, and comparative studies and publications. Each postdoctoral fellow will lead one thematic research group and support student programming for SNAPL alongside general research and publication activities.

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/education/fellowship-and-training-opportunities/stanford-next-asia-policy-lab-fellowships

Please note the following requirements:

• Candidates who will have received their PhDs within 3 years of the fellowship start date are eligible to apply. Recent PhDs are eligible to apply but must have dissertation submission and approval for conferral by June 30, 2025. Certification of degree completion and conferral must be submitted no later than August 31, 2025.