Geopolitics of Energy Fellowship
Geopolitics of Energy Fellowship supports research fellows and visiting scholars studying politics, security, and energy to identify emerging issues of importance to policymakers.
Funder: John F. Kennedy School of Government
Due Dates: October 1, 2026 (Applications open) | December 1, 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Stipend information unavailable; one academic year (10 months)
Summary: Supports research on the intersection of politics, security, and energy, with particular attention to the geopolitics of the energy transition.
Key Information: Postdoctoral fellows must commit to a full-time appointment.
Description
The Geopolitics of Energy Fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center supports research fellows and visiting scholars exploring the relationship between politics, broadly defined, and energy. Attached to the Geopolitics of Energy project led by Professor Meghan O’Sullivan, the fellowship seeks to identify emerging issues of importance to policymakers. Its research agenda spans the foreign-policy and national security implications of the energy system, particularly the geopolitics of the energy transition.
The project considers a wide range of research interests. Priorities include renewable energy geopolitics, China’s decarbonization, diversification of petroleum-based economies, the geopolitics of climate change, and the transition to a more sustainable global energy mix.
