Pre-Doctoral Researcher – POPBACK Project

The Department of Social Sciences at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany (Chair of International Political Economy: Prof. Dr. Andreas Nölke) invites applications for a fixed term position - available on 1st December 2020 for a

Pre-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
(E13 TV-G-U, 65%-part-time)

 The position is limited to three years. The salary grade is based on the job characteristics of the collective agreement (TV-G-U) applicable to the Goethe University. 

Context:

The position is part of the transnational, interdisciplinary project “Populist Backlash, Democratic Backsliding, and the Crisis of the Rule of Law in the European Union (POPBACK)”, funded in context of the NORFACE governance framework (https://www.norface.net/program/governance/). The POPBACK project aims to inform strategies to increase democratic resilience by studying the mechanisms ‘exclusionary populists’ use to increase their power. The position will work on the work package “The Political Economy of Backlash and Backsliding”. This work package investigates how multinational enterprises and domestic firms deal with governments where populist parties are in power. The candidate will have to conduct interviews with companies and business associations in Poland and Slovenia, possibly also in Austria, Germany and the UK. Tasks also include project management, data analysis (NVivo), transcription of interviews, desk research and the preparation of publications. The project will be conducted in cooperation with academics from Austria (Vienna), Poland (Polish Academy of Sciences), Slovenia (Peace Institute), the UK (Loughborough University, University of Cambridge, and the LSE) and the US (University of Delaware). 

Qualifications:

To be eligible for employment, the applicant is expected to have finished a scientific Master`s degree program in the Social Sciences (preferably Political Science/Political Economy) with excellent results. Applicants are expected to be highly proficient in oral and written English as well as Polish. Proficiency in Slovenian is a major asset. Proficiency in German is welcome, but not necessary. In the selection of qualified candidates, particular attention will be paid to the applicants’ potential to conduct theory driven and structured research in the area of Political economy. Weight will be accorded to methodological skills that have been successfully applied in prior work. Considerable weight will also be accorded to the applicants’ ability to work in groups and interact with colleagues. 

If you wish to further inquire about the position, please contact Prof. Dr. Andreas Nölke (a.noelke@soz.uni-frankfurt.de). 

Please send your application within a motivation letter, CV and a copy of the MA certificate in a single pdf file to the Dean of the Department of Social Sciences at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink, E-Mail:

dekanat.fb03-bewerbungen@soz.uni-frankfurt.de by 4th October 2020. Please state the reference number 21/2020 in your application.

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