Opportunities for PhD Students
The Keough School supports and engages doctoral students primarily through the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies offers six distinct, yet related, doctoral programs:
• PhD in Peace Studies & Anthropology
• PhD in Peace Studies & History
• PhD in Peace Studies & Political Science
• PhD in Peace Studies & Psychology
• PhD in Peace Studies & Sociology
• PhD in Peace Studies & Theology
Kroc doctoral students are prepared for a wide range of scholarly, teaching, and professional positions, including interdisciplinary academic positions; positions in which employers seek expertise in the peace and conflict subfields of anthropology, history, political science, psychology, sociology, or theology; and scholar-practitioner positions in intergovernmental, governmental, or nongovernmental organizations.
The Kellogg Institute for International Studies offers fellowships to incoming Notre Dame doctoral students in a variety of disciplines. Kellogg PhD Fellows are active members of the Institute’s scholarly community and become eligible to apply for additional funding. Learn more »
In addition, enrolled PhD students whose international research engages democracy and/or human development, as well as J.S.D. in International Human Rights Law students, can apply to become Kellogg Doctoral Student Affiliates. Affiliates become part of a vibrant interdisciplinary community centered on international research themes of democracy and human development and are eligible for research grants, travel grants, professionalization grants, and dissertation year fellowships.