Lagos African Cluster Centre 2022 Visiting Research Fellowship for African Researchers

Published: 21 Jul 2022 1,445 views

The Lagos African Cluster Centre calls for applications for a short Visiting Fellowship, between one and three months, from January 2023. Scholars interested in the major theme of ‘Reconfiguring African Studies’ through multidisciplinary engagement are welcome.

The aim of the Fellowship is to expose scholars to a process of reconfiguring African Studies within the African context and realities. The scholarship will make the scholar a Fellow of Lagos – African Cluster Centre (ACC). Fellows will be expected to engage with the above theme through a process of re-examining basic assumptions and querying them with multidisciplinary approaches to enhance, uphold or dismiss present knowledge about Africans while demonstrating the multiple-ness in discourses about Africa.

LACC Visiting Research Fellowship

Benefits of LACC Visiting Research Fellowship

Fellowship shall include:

•  A return ticket (economy class).
• A monthly stipend to cover living expenses in Lagos.
•  Travel insurance in Nigeria
• Accommodation in the University of Lagos: single room with shared facilities.
• The use of (shared) office facilities and of library facilities.

Requirements for LACC Visiting Research Fellowship

1. Hold a PhD degree, by the time of application;
2. Have conducted research, as part of the PhD and/or in later projects; with a focus on Africa;
3. Be actively pursuing an academic/research career;
4. Be published in chosen area of specialty;
5. In accordance with visa regulations, be ready to return to the country of which applicant is a citizen and/or a current resident upon completion of the fellowship.
6. Applicants must be based in an African Academic Institution, preferably in any of the ACCs and the University of Bayreuth.

Selection Process

Accepted applicants will be expected to teach in the M.A. programme linked to Lagos-ACC, share the output of collaboration in the Lagos–ACC’s PI/Fellow Lecture series; be willing to participate in a joint research grant proposal, and collaborate with one Lagos-ACC researcher in publishing in a peer-reviewed journal, as a contribution to our Knowledge Lab.

Application Deadline

How to Apply