The Watson Institute offers a range of postdoctoral opportunities for outstanding young scholars in the social sciences. The aims of the program are to support participants in their own research, enhance their interdisciplinary literacy and contribute to meaningful and enduring collaborative exchange. Our current fellows are listed below, and a list of former postdoctoral fellows is also available.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Laura Acosta
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Social Movements -
Volha Biziukova
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs -
Tomás Gold
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Democracy & Elections, International Institutions, Political Economy, Social Movements -
Justin Haner
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsResearch Interests International Institutions, US Foreign Policy -
Sonia Planson
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs and SociologyAreas of Expertise Children & Families, Education, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Race, Identity & Ethnicity -
Apekshya Prasai
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsResearch Interests Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Gender -
Averell Schmidt
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsResearch Interests Human Rights, International Institutions, US Foreign Policy -
Aleksandra Simonova
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Gender, Human Rights, Nuclear Weapons, State & Municipal Policy, Urban Policies & Politics -
Catherine Sirois
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Bureaucracy, Children & Families, Criminal Justice, Health & Welfare, Inequality & Poverty, Urban Policies & Politics -
Latoya M. Teague
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Simmons CenterAreas of Expertise Children & Families, Education, Gender, Human Rights, Race, Identity & Ethnicity -
Leyla Tiglay
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Nuclear Weapons, Science & Technology Policy, US Foreign Policy -
Kimberly Turner
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs -
Saul Wilson
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Bureaucracy, Political Economy, Urban Policies & Politics, Urbanization -
Yan Xu
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Entrepreneurship, Political Economy, Science & Technology Policy, Supply Chains, Technology & Innovation