LSE Middle East Centre announces Kuwait Fellowships

Thematic Research Priorities

• Improving the delivery of healthcare in Kuwait;
• Enhancing Kuwait’s water and food security;
• Diversifying energy sources in an oil-rich economy;
• Driving forward Kuwait’s digital transformation;
• Developing public policy to reform the public sector and improve public service delivery in Kuwait;
• Informing and improving environmental policy in Kuwait;
• Improving the role of the sovereign wealth fund in driving forward Kuwaiti development;
• Setting economic vision(s) to diversify the economy;
• Improving and developing education policies in Kuwait.

Benefits 

• Fellows will be fully integrated into the academic life of the host, connecting with LSE academics and participating in internal and external events. Fellows will receive academic training and professional development opportunities.
• The successful candidates will have access to the library and will receive desk space and administrative support. The Fellowship includes accommodation at LSE, a living allowance and a return economy flight to London.

Outcomes

• Output 1: a policy-relevant Kuwait Programme paper of 6000 words maximum which will be considered for publication by the Kuwait Programme. The paper will be submitted by the end of the Fellowship.
• Output 2: MEC blog post to be submitted during the Fellowship.
• Output 3: Fellows will contribute to the work of the Kuwait Programme more generally.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be researchers based at academic or research institutions in Kuwait who have a PhD or equivalent experience and wish to develop their research capacity and output.
• Projects should contribute to the Thematic Research Priorities of the Kuwait Programme.
• Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, proposed dates of the Fellowship and a 2,500-word proposal (excluding bibliography) for a research paper, which explains its relevance to the work of the Kuwait Programme’s research theme/s, and the contribution it would make to the field.
• Fellows may be hosted in the Middle East Centre or in another research centre or academic department. If applicants wish to be hosted in a unit other than the Middle East Centre, they should provide an explanation why and outline who they want to work with when based there. If applicants don’t express a preference, they will be hosted in the Middle East Centre.
• Applicants are advised to familiarise themselves with the work of the Kuwait Programme.

For more information, visit London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).