Post-doctoral opportunities

The Department of Geography and Environment welcomes post-doctoral and research fellows. Post-doctoral and research fellows play a significant role in the department’s research environment, taking part in research activities while establishing their careers.

We welcome applications for postdoctoral fellowships (such as from the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, EC MSCA). See the list and application deadlines below.

Competition for these fellowships is intense and will be evaluated by the Departmental Research Committee. In order to develop the strongest possible proposal, you are advised to contact a prospective mentor in the department well in advance of the deadline to discuss your project. There are internal deadlines to facilitate vetting by the Departmental Research Committee (see list below for internal deadlines).

How to apply

All applications must be submitted to geog.research@lse.ac.uk by the relevant internal deadline.

All enquiries should be directed to the Deputy Head of Department for Research, Prof Riccardo Crescenzi: r.crescenzi@lse.ac.uk

Calls and expected deadlines

ESRC post-doctoral fellowships

Applications are expected to open in April 2025.

Information about the scheme can be found here.

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

The department is not accepting applications for the Leverhulme Fellowship for 2024-25.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship
Information about the scheme can be found here. Please get in touch with geog.research@lse.ac.uk with your proposed mentor if you intend to apply for this.

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Information about the scheme can be found here.

The Department will be doing an internal sift of applications in Summer 2025. Please return to this page for more details closer to the time.

Deadline: 2 Oct 2024 - 17:00 BST