Routes to Collaboration
Pick the path that fits where you are
Research Fellowship
For emerging scholars from the Global South. Mentored, structured, output-oriented.
Visiting Researcher
For mid-career researchers spending 3–12 months on a joint project or sabbatical.
Partnership / Commission
For organisations, donors and governments commissioning research or co-designing studies.
Visiting Researcher
Spend a season at CIR-Lab
Visiting researchers join the Lab for a structured period of 3–12 months – teaching, co-authoring, mentoring fellows and contributing to a current project.
- Hosted at a partner university or at the Lab's base.
- Joint output expected (article, chapter or working paper).
- Self-funded, fellowship-funded or co-funded with home institution.
Partner / Commission
Commission a study or co-design a programme
We work best with partners who come in with a question, not just a deliverable. Tell us what you want to understand and we’ll co-design the right way to study it.