The Watson Institute offers a range of postdoctoral opportunities for outstanding young scholars in the social sciences. The aims of the program are to support participants in their own research, enhance their interdisciplinary literacy and contribute to meaningful and enduring collaborative exchange. Our current fellows are listed below, and a list of former postdoctoral fellows is also available.
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, 2018-2019, 2021-2022
Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington
Areas of Interest: International migration, refugee studies, law, human rights, race and ethnicity, gender, inequality, conflict and post-conflict societies
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Urban studies, bureaucracy, state space, development, brokerage
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Slavery, Criminal Justice, and Racial Violence across the Americas.
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: International relations, arms transfers, foreign policy analysis.
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Comparative Politics, State Building, Development, Politics of Religion, Middle East and North Africa
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Areas of Interest: Political sociology, welfare state, inequality, maternal and child welfare policy, religion.
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Historical and comparative political economy and gender and political development with a regional focus in Europe