Deadline: 25 December 2024
The National Law School of India University is inviting applications for the Writing Urban India Fellowship to nurture early career scholars in writing and publishing on urbanisation in India.
The initiative aims to enable candidates with the skills and knowledge required to produce a structured writing output that is academic in nature – through capacity-building workshops, seminars and one-to-one mentorship.
The programme will involve offline and online interactions based on feasibility. The first two iterations of Writing Urban India Fellowship were anchored by the Centre for Policy Research.
The HUPA Chair for Urban Poor and the Law, in collaboration with Writing Urban India Collective and the Urban Studies Foundation (UK), is hosting the third iteration of Writing Urban India Fellowship at NLSIU in 2025.
They will be especially looking out for those of you who come from social and educational backgrounds where historically, writing (particularly scholarly writing) has not been valued highly. They are looking forward to hearing from all those who are not regular front benchers – but who are from small towns across India and from those for whom writing/speaking/writing in English is not second nature yet. Not because you are disadvantaged but because you probably have a rich story to tell in writing.
What’s in it for you?
- Mentorship from a stellar network of urban researchers
- A publishable writing output
- Improved ability to frame research questions and establish a well-structured narrative around them
- Opportunity to contextualise your research within a broader scholarly discourse
- Membership of a supportive community of scholars
- Cohort size: They are looking to build a close cohort of 20 fellows
- Duration of the Fellowship Programme: 10 months
- Financial Support: The Fellowship will provide financial resources to enable you to interact with mentors, attend workshops and access resources, subject to administrative limitations. No lump-sum stipend will be provided.
Who can apply?
- Urban Practitioners
- Students (in Ph.D. programmes) with a focus on urban studies
- Early career academics with a focus on urban studies.
For more information, visit NLSIU.
