Call for Applications
2025-26 Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Human Rights
The Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is now accepting applications for Post-Doctoral positions in 2025-26
The Fellowships include:
- A status of a Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Minerva Center for Human Rights for the 2025-2026 academic year (October 2025 – September 2026).
- A one-year scholarship in the total amount of NIS 90,000.
- The possibility of travel funding for participation in international conferences.
Requirements:
- The Fellowships are open to researchers from all academic disciplines, working in the field of human rights.
- The research proposal should address current human right themes and challenges (e.g., democracy and human rights; human rights in the shadow of the war; AI and human rights), and indicate its relevance to Israel or to Israel-Palestine.
- Applicants must have received their Doctorate after October 2021 and before October 2025.
- Fellows are expected to be present at the Center in Jerusalem at least 3 days a week and involved in the Center’s academic meetings and activities throughout the year.
- Fellows are expected to complete a peer-reviewed article or other significant research project during the year, and to present it at academic events.
Application instructions:
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Applications should include:
- Research plan (up to 2 pp.) describing the topics the applicant intends to research during the Fellowship year, methodology and relevance to the Fellowship’s research focus.
- Summary of the doctoral thesis (up to 2 pp.) and official confirmation of the date the PhD was awarded or (if not yet approved) submitted.
- Curriculum vitae, including publications.
- Two recommendation letters, including one from the doctoral supervisor.
- Applications should be submitted to the Center by email, in one combined PDF file, to: mchr@savion.huji.ac.il. Recommendation letters may be forwarded separately. The proposal materials and recommendation letters may be in Hebrew or English.
- For questions regarding the application process, please contact us at the above email address.
Deadline for applications: March 20, 2025
Interviews of select candidates will be held in the last week of March.
Decisions can be expected by the beginning of April.