Fully Funded Fellowships in Politics at East-West Center in the US 2018

The East-West Center is offering a Visiting Fellowship Program, endowed by POSCO. It is intended to promote research activities on Korean topics at the East-West Center.  The program invites outstanding scholars and policy makers to engage in policy-relevant, contemporary research on political, security, and economic issues in Northeast Asia, as they relate to Korea.

The POSCO Visiting Fellows are in residence at the East-West Center for one to two months and undertake research and writing on an agreed topic.

Areas of research:

[1] The two Koreas and Northeast Asia.

[2] Security issues for Korea and Northeast Asia.

[3] Economic and social issues in South Korea.

[4] Political challenges in Korea.

Requirements:

[1] POSCO Visiting Fellows are required to prepare a quality paper addressing an issue in one of the four priority areas or as developed in the fellowship proposal for publication in an academic journal or in book format.

[2] The Center's Editorial Committee will consider submissions. POSCO Visiting Fellows customarily provide a presentation on their research activities and findings at a center-wide seminar at the conclusion of the fellowship.

[3] Proposals for cost-shared fellowships are welcomed.