Applications are inivited for a three-year MPhil/PhD UCL Impact Scholarship to conduct research on Russian legal cases in foreign courts under the supervision of Professor Alena Ledeneva at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, starting in September 2010.

The scholarship will provide financial support equivalent to no less than 75% of the value of a standard UK Research Council studentship (which in 2009-10 provided Tuition Fee £3,390 and annual subsistence of £15,290). Additional sponsorship of £5,000 will be provided by the EU-Russia Centre for the first year of this award, with a possibility of renewal in second and third years.

The research may involve consideration of extradition requests by the Russian Federation in the UK and other European states and/or analysis of the workings of European commercial courts and commercial cases that involve companies with the Russian state as a majority shareholder. Proposals should be formulated in consultation with Professor Ledeneva at a.ledeneva@ssees.ucl.ac.uk.

The selected PhD student will add to the existing expertise on corporate governance and anti-corruption at the department of Social Sciences at SSEES, UCL; contribute to teaching in this area; and benefit from a possible internship with an EU-Russia think tank. Those wishing to apply for the Scholarship must also apply to UCL Graduate School for admission to the MPhil/PhD programme - click here for further guidance. This application will then be forwarded to SSEES.

The deadline for receipt at SSEES both of a copy of the admission application and of the proposal for the Impact Scholarship is 1 May 2010.

A list of sources of funding for the study of the region covered by CEELBAS can be found here.