Florence, 26 October 2016. VACANCY NOTICE for a RESEARCH FELLOW. The EUI has a vacancy for a Research Fellow in the Depa
Florence, 26 October 2016
VACANCY NOTICE for a RESEARCH FELLOW The EUI has a vacancy for a Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences
Reference number: SPS8/2016 (please quote in all correspondence) Department:
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Length of contract and % of full-time:
max. 26 months full time (30/30)
Salary indication:
Around €2730 (including health & accident insurance)
Start date 1st January 2017 (or later, depending on availability)
Grade Astac 1a/3 Director of project:
Professor Hanspeter Kriesi
Title of project:
Political Conflict in Europe in the Shadow of the Great Recession (POLCON)
Job description:
The project assesses the contemporary development of European democracies and the politicization of the European integration process in the shadow of the Great Recession, which started with the breakdown of Lehman Brothers in Fall 2008 and is still ongoing. To grasp the political consequences of the economic crisis, the project proposes a combination of a comparative-static analysis of thirty European countries and a dynamic analysis of political conflict in a selected number of cases. It intends to link the study of party competition and elections to the study of social movements and political protest, covering Western, Southern as well as Central and Eastern European countries. For this purpose, the project is based on an original content analysis of protest events, election campaigns, and issue-specific public contestation across territorial levels and political arenas.
Place of work:
Florence, Italy
Qualifications:
Recent Ph.D. in political science, preferably in comparative politics and/or political behaviour; very good knowledge of quantitative methods (STATA and possibly R); a developing record of high quality publications; readiness to work in a team of researchers at the EUI. Experience with quantitative content
analysis (automated and manual), and/or time series analysis and scaling procedures is an essential plus.
Languages: Contact details
English and as many other European languages as possible For more information contact
[email protected]
Deadline
The closing date for applications is: Tuesday 15 November 2016
How to apply
Fill in the on-line application form and upload documents as requested.
