The Global South Dialogue on Economic Crime (GSDEC) is pleased to announce its 2026 Call for Applications for its Research and Policy Fellowship. This inaugural fellowship will support early- and mid-career researchers or policy analysts whose work advances understanding of how financial crime research intersects with other research areas and translates into policy across Global South contexts.

GSDEC’s Fellowship is open to highly talented and innovative scholars that:
1. Have a Master’s degree
2. Are doctoral candidates, or
3. Are post-doctoral candidates

working in law, economics, statistics, policy, criminology and related disciplines; and can demonstrate the potential to bridge disciplines and connect research to policy and practice.

The Fellowship is designed to offer a structured opportunity to contribute to research, policy and academic engagement at the intersection of financial crime and financial inclusion, digital finance governance, and judicial integrity and reform. During this 10-week fellowship, Fellows will engage directly with GSDEC’s ongoing research and policy priorities.

Download the details here.