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Our Research Community

The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics is home to a vibrant postdoctoral community who play a key role in our research culture. Our fellows and postdoctoral researchers, working on externally funded research projects or who are in receipt of competitively awarded fellowships, are driving new agendas and innovation in research across the school. Please take a look at their profiles and the work our fellows and postdocs are conducting.

Profiles of some of our research community:

Dr Michele Crepaz
Vice-Chancellor Illuminate Fellow

Dr Michele Crepaz is an Illuminate Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast with a focus on comparative politics and public policy. His areas of specialisation are Interest Group Politics and Transparency Research. 

While the first focuses on the examination of interest organisations' influence on public policy, the second explores the way in which contemporary governments have opened to public scrutiny through open data and other tools. Michele is also an affiliated scholar at the Good Lobby.

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Dr Clara Fischer landscape
Dr Clara Fischer
Vice-Chancellor Illuminate Fellow

Dr Clara Fischer works in the areas of social and political theory, feminist theory, and gender politics. She is a Vice-Chancellor Illuminate Fellow at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast.

She has research interests in feminist-pragmatism, theories of emotion/affect, embodiment and shame, institutionalisation and containment, Irish feminisms, and gender and austerity. She has published widely in her interdisciplinary research area, including in journals such as Hypatia, Signs, and Feminist Review. 

Her current research is on gender, emotion, and public policy, with a focus on “women and the politics of crisis.” 

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Hiroki Shin
Dr Hiroki Shin
Vice-Chancellor Illuminate Fellow

Dr Hiroki Shin is a social and cultural historian of energy, transport and the environment, focusing on the nineteenth century to the present. He is a Vice-Chancellor Illuminate Fellow at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast.

He is interested in the historical development of modern energy technology and the impact of energy-intensive societies on culture, everyday life and the natural environment in the Global South and North. 

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Dr Amjed Rasheed
Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellow

Dr Amjed Rasheed works on Middle East Politics and IR, the rise of China and the future of the world system, and the Global South narrative of world Order. He is the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellow at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast. 

Previously, he worked as a visiting lecturer at Tübingen University at the Institute of Political Science and as a postdoctoral fellow at Durham University, School of Government and International Affairs. 

Dr. Rasheed is the co-author of Islam, IS and the Fragmented State (Routledge, 2021), and co-editor of Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020). Dr. Rasheed has published in the leading journals, such as Middle East Policy and International Spectator. He has been writing for The Guardian, Open Democray, The Conversaiton, and Global Policy.

Research Interests
International Relations of the Middle East, Global South Narrative of World Order.
 
Media Contracts
Available to provide insights on violent extremism, Middle Eastern politics and security affairs, authoritarianism, Iraqi and Kurdish politics
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View all of our fellows and postdoc research community by clicking the link below

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Our fellows/postdocs
Illuminate
Queen's University Vice-Chancellor's Fellowships
Illuminate Fellowship scheme

Illuminate is Queen's Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship scheme, designed to nurture high-potential independent early-career researchers, developing the research leaders of the future.

Researchers appointed in this scheme benefit from protected research time, support and training via the "Fellowship Academy" and fast-tracking career progression to Senior Lecturer or Reader (T&Cs apply).

Applications to the scheme are welcome at any time and are reviewed 3 times a year.

More information on Illuminate

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HRC Fellowship
Hillary Rodham Clinton Early Career Fellowship
Open to outstanding early career researchers

Reflecting Secretary Clinton’s interests and career, the Fellowship is open to outstanding early career researchers in the following broad areas: conflict transformation; global security; human rights, including women’s rights and children’s rights; international law; international politics; international relations; women in politics.  Applications for 2023 open in Autumn 2022.


External Research Fellowship Opportunities
External Research Fellowship Opportunities
Other externally funded research fellowship opportunities
We welcome postdoctoral candidates who are interested in entering the research community of HAPP.  A variety of different postdoctoral fellowship opportunities across the Humanities and Social Sciences are available, depending on your career stage and the work you are proposing. 
 
Click 'Read more' for an overview of the key external funding schemes.
 
 

Qualifying externally funded fellowship award holders at Queen's are automatically inducted into the Fellowship Academy and will have the opportunity to benefit from the range of support provided. 

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships This is a scheme for Early Career and postdoctoral applicants. There are bi-annual calls from UKRI with fixed deadlines; Queen's runs a managed bid process with an internal deadline several months in advance of the relevant UKRI deadline.

BA Postdoctoral Fellowships This scheme is intended for applicants within three years of a successful PhD viva, with an annual call from the British Academy in late summer/autumn. Applicants should contact a potential supervisor and obtain agreement from Queen's in a reasonable time before submission.

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships This fellowship is for early career applicants within four years of the award of their doctorate. There is an annual call from the Leverhulme Trust each winter, but Queen's runs a managed bid process with an internal deadline in mid-October in advance of the Leverhulme deadline.

ESRC NINE Postdoctoral Fellowships The call is open to applicants who have completed their PhD at a research organisation that is part of a DTP or CDT and who have less than twelve (12) months postdoctoral research experience. You should identify a potential mentor within the School and then develop an initial expression of interest. This should be sent to HAPP by January, and successful candidates then apply to NINE with a deadline normally in March.

BA Newton International Fellowships This fellowship is for up to two years in any Humanities or Social Science-based research area. Applicants should be working overseas within 7 years of their PhD and wish to spend time in the UK. An annual call is made each spring.

Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships European and International fellowships are both offered in this scheme, and the available funding is for between 24 and 36 months. The next deadline is 12 October 2021. Applicants should contact a potential mentor in the School and obtain agreement from Queen's in a reasonable time before submission.

If you are interested in applying through HAPP at Queen's for any of these external fellowship schemes, please contact the School's Director of Research (at: HAPPresearch@qub.ac.uk). Please also contact relevant members of staff who might act as your mentor and/or collaborator.

 
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  • The Research Culture Action Plan

    The Research Culture Action Plan (RCAP) represents the commitment as a University community to continuously improving the environment in which research and innovation activities take place, both at Queen’s and in the wider sector. It identifies a series of tangible actions, both new and existing, which will be implemented over the coming years to promote a more supportive, inclusive, and collaborative research culture. RCAP is a constantly evolving document which is co-owned and co-delivered by the wider research community at Queen’s, and we seek ongoing feedback through our Research Culture Suggestion Box from all staff and students.

    Full details may be found by visiting the Research Culture website.

  • Fellowship Academy

    The Queen’s Fellowship Academy provides professional and career development support for Research Fellows recruited through the Illuminate Scheme, other internal Fellowship Schemes (MHLS Vice-Chancellor/Patrick G. Johnston Fellowships) and other staff holding specified externally funded Fellowships. Staff in these posts will automatically become members of the Fellowship Academy. The Academy supports members in their development and progression. Members of the Academy will be supported through individual guidance from their Schools, leading academics and Professional Services. Networking, mentorship and tailored development will be offered.

    Full details may be found by visiting the Fellowship Academy website.

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