SOAS University of London invites applications for one fully funded MPhil/PhD studentship linked to the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project Pan-African Frontiers: Reparative Futures and the Reimagining of Global Order, led by Dr Daniel Mulugeta and hosted by the SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies (CPAS) in the Department of Politics and International Studies.
The project examines Pan-Africanism as a transcontinental political formation linking Africa, the Caribbean, and diasporic communities in debates about global justice, reparations, and institutional reform. It explores how historically marginalised regions and communities articulate new visions of solidarity, political agency, and global order in response to contemporary crises in multilateralism and global governance.
The studentship forms part of a wider research programme that brings together scholars and practitioners across Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America to examine the evolving role of Pan-African ideas in shaping debates on global justice, historical redress, and international institutional transformation.
There is one scholarship available for the 2026/27 academic year. The award covers tuition fees in full and includes a maintenance allowance, providing full financial support and doctoral skill development for a three-year full-time programme. The total maintenance amount for 2026/27 will be confirmed closer to September 2026 but will provide a minimum of £20,622.
The successful candidate will join CPAS and contribute to an interdisciplinary research environment engaging with questions of African politics, global governance, diaspora relations, and historical justice. As part of the SOAS Teaching Scholarship scheme, the successful candidate will also undertake a limited number of teaching hours, gaining valuable experience in university teaching while pursuing their doctoral research.
Applicants are invited to propose research projects that broadly engage with themes related to Pan-Africanism, global justice, and international order. Possible areas of research may include (but are not limited to):
- Reparations politics and debates on historical redress for slavery, colonialism, and racial injustice.
- African, Caribbean, and diasporic actors in global governance and multilateral institutions.
- Pan-Africanism and contemporary debates on sovereignty, multilateralism, and world order.
- Regional organisations and political cooperation in Africa and the Caribbean.
- Transnational political networks and diaspora engagement linking Africa, the Caribbean, and diasporic communities.
- Comparative politics of historical justice and reconciliation across Africa and the Caribbean.
- African and Caribbean states in contemporary geopolitical transformations.
- Political and institutional responses to global inequality and structural injustice.
Proposals may adopt political, sociological, historical, or interdisciplinary approaches, and may focus on continental, regional, inter-hemispheric, or diasporic contexts.
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