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The India China Institute (ICI) of The New School seeks applications for a one-year position in 2023-24 as Postdoctoral Fellow in our âœGlobal China and India in a Post-Liberal World❠research cluster. The fellow will be in residence at ICI for the 2023-24 academic year. 

This theme of the 2023-24 postdoctoral fellowship is motivated by global challenges to the Western-led liberal order and the influence that India and China have in bringing changes to existing regimes or in creating alternatives to the liberal world order. ICI welcomes applications from those whose research focuses on emerging alternative orders in geopolitics; authoritarian governance domestically and regionally; climate change and energy security; digital governance; science, technology and infrastructure; populism and ethno-nationalism; migration and citizenship; public health and social policy; higher education and knowledge production; and South-South cooperation. The empirical scope of the research should focus on China or India, or engage with China-India comparisons and connections, or global flows that India or China are prominently part of. Applications are welcome from all social science and humanities disciplines, including interdisciplinary PhD programs.

ICI serves as a hub for research and public engagement on India, China and beyond. Its mission is to address issues of global concern through collaborative research and the formation of transnational networks of scholars and practitioners based in India, China, and elsewhere around the world. We believe that studying and thinking with the pasts and presents of India, China, and other countries in the global South can provide new frameworks that provide alternative perspectives to dominant understandings of global politics, culture, and design.

The New School is committed to actively recruiting from a diverse pool of applicants. We encourage international candidates and candidates from groups underrepresented in US higher education to apply. The New School does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, creed, sex or gender (including gender identity and expression), pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion, religious practices, mental or physical disability, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, veteran status, marital or partnership status, or any other legally protected status.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Publication and research plans on an existing or new project 

• Organize public programming related to themes of the research cluster 

• Deliver a talk on research in progress 

• Attend meetings with ICI leadership to build initiatives related to the research cluster 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctoral degree received after July 2018 and before July 2023

• Evidence of strong research, writing, and communication skills

• Ability to adhere to University COVID-19 Policy 

Fellowship Period 

September 1, 2023 â“ June 30, 2024

WORK MODE

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow is expected to work on-campus due to the nature of the work and in accordance with university policies.

SALARY & BENEFITS

Fellows will receive a salary of $55,000 and a research allowance of $3,000. The University also provides a benefits package, including medical and dental coverage. For information on the University benefits package, please visit

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