What is the ILGSPD Visiting Scholar scheme?

The ILGSPD Visiting Scholar scheme provides mobility funding to guest scholars to undertake a research visit to one of the six ILGSPD Consortium Partner Universities – University of Glasgow, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, University of Tartu, Leuphana University of Luneburg, Radboud University, and Université libre de Bruxelles.

ILGSPD is an international consortium of universities funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme to deliver an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development. The consortium is coordinated by the University of Glasgow.

Both scholars from degree-awarding and Associate Partners of the ILGSPD consortium, as well as scholars from an organisation outside the consortium are eligible to apply. Funding is made available to sponsor visits of one week (in exceptional cases, the Consortium may decide to support longer research stays).

Successful scholarship awardees must:

• Demonstrate outstanding academic and/or professional experience in a relevant field.
• Bring concrete added value to the ILGSPD programme in terms of student-centred teaching/lecturing, research activities, Master thesis support, academic/professional networking, etc
• Contribute, after their visiting scholar activities, to the promotion and dissemination of the Erasmus Mundus Programme in general, and the ILGSPD programme in particular, in their university and country of origin.
• Provide a short report/testimonial for use on the ILGSPD website and for inclusion in reports to the EACEA.

Priority will be given to applicants who wish to work on a joint research funding application/project or joint publication in collaboration with academic(s) within the ILGSPD partner institutions and specifically at the host university where the scholarship will be carried out.

Applicants should identify relevant staff and outline proposed collaboration in the application.

Application Deadline and Process

Project funding for ILGSPD ended in 2025 and, therefore, Visiting Scholar applications are closed.

The programme will continue in 2026 under the title “International Law of Security, Peace and Sustainable Development” (ILSPSD) and will be coordinated by Leuphana University of Lüneburg.

To find out about Visiting Scholar opportunities on the ILSPSD programme, please visit the new ILSPSD programme website.