Category Archives: Grants and Scholarships
PhD Candidate Law – Generative AI in the Media (Amsterdam Law School)
The overall goal of this project is to study the role and implications that the new regulatory framework has in realising public values and influencing the power dynamics and legal relationships in the context of the development and use of generative AI models and systems in the media context, with a focus on AI-generated illegal […]
Research Fellowship Opportunity in Personal Injury Law – Centre de Recherche en Droit Antoine Favre
The Centre Antoine Favre, recognized as a national center of excellence in personal injury law research, is launching a call for applications for a research fellowship designed to fund a 2-4 week research stay in the field of personal injury law. Key Details: Duration: 2-4 weeks; Period: October to December 2025; Location: Jacob-Bellecombette Campus, Chambéry, […]
‘Making private law resilient: The role of private litigation in a democracy – PhD scholarship at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany’
Axel Halfmeier (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany) has kindly shared the following advertisement for a 3-year PhD scholarship with us, which will be part of a research project on ‘Making private law resilient: The role of private litigation in a democracy’ … (more) [Tobias Lutzi, Conflict of Laws .net, 8 July 2025]
PhD Program in Global History and Governance: Five 4-year doctoral scholarships, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Napoli
The Scuola Superiore Meridionale (SSM) in Naples, in partnership with the Università di Napoli Federico II, invites applications for five fully funded scholarships in the PhD program in Global History and Governance for the academic year 2025-2026. The PhD in Global History and Governance consists of an advanced course of study and research at the […]
University Assistant without Doctorate (Institute for European Tort Law)
Your Responsibilities: Writing a dissertation in the area of Civil Law; Participation in the institute’s third-party funded and other research projects in the field of comparative law (scientific focus: Comparative and European Private Law, Tort Law, English Law/ Common Law) at the Institute for European Tort Law of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the […]
Funding for two joint PhD projects in Comparative Trusts Law (Melbourne/Bonn)
We have secured scholarship funding for two joint PhD positions (Universities of Melbourne and Bonn) in comparative trusts law. One project would be based primarily in Melbourne, with a 12-month stay at Bonn; the other would be based primarily in Bonn with 12 months in Melbourne. We would jointly supervise both projects, and upon successful […]
‘Postdoc fellowships in Global History and Governance at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale’
The Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples (Italy), invites applications for four 1-year (renewable for up to 3 years) postdoc fellowships in Global History and Governance for the academic year 2025-2026. The program in Global Histories and Governance focuses on the comparisons, connections, and processes of globalization that have characterized different areas of the planet between the […]
‘Call for proposals for funding project “Utilization of artificial intelligence in the judicial System”’
As a form of Artificial Intelligence, large language models, are able to produce texts whose linguistic level corresponds to that of an educated human, or to communicate with humans (eg through a chatbot). The judicial system requires the production, interpretation, specification and application of legally relevant texts. Some players within the judicial system are already […]
Doctoral Student (3 years, fully funded), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg
Job Description: The Research Group ‘Artificial Justice’ applies interdisciplinary methods to the study of automated, artificial, and algorithmic reasoning in law. Group members research a wide array of topics ranging from pre-modern fantasies of ‘justice machines’, the transition from legal logic to legal information science, cultural attitudes towards courtroom tech, and the emerging ‘right to […]
Funded PhD opportunity – Mental Capacity Law (University of Leicester School of Law)
The Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) system provides a framework for substitute decision-making if an adult loses capacity, but it appears to be underused by some communities. This project will examine why this is the case and identify how the law might be reformed to improve access to this system. This CDA will work with […]