[Commlist] Postdoctoral Research Fellow ProDem Protest and Democracy, City, University of London

Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Permanent with funding for 24 months

Project: ProDem - Protests and Democracy: How Movement Parties, Social 
Movements, and Active Citizens are Reshaping Europe

Department: Sociology, City, University of London

*Closing Date: 20 September 2020 *

The Department of Sociology at City, University of London seeks to 
recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work alongside Dr Dan Mercea, 
Co-Principal Investigator on the project “ProDem - Protests and 
Democracy: How Movement Parties, Social Movements, and Active Citizens 
are Reshaping Europe”. The project aims to comparatively assess the 
medium and long-term effects of the triple interaction between citizens, 
social movements, and movement parties in 6 European countries. The 
position, available for two years, is funded through an award by the 
Volkswagen Stiftung.

*Responsibilities*

The key responsibilities of the role will involve assisting the 
principal investigator in designing a cross-national survey to be 
commissioned to an external pollster.

The appointed candidate will be involved in writing up the research 
findings together with the principal investigator and other project 
members, and reporting them in conference proceedings and presentations 
and in high-ranked academic journals.

*Person Specification*

The successful candidate will have, or be about to be awarded, a PhD in 
political science, sociology, communication studies or a related social 
science discipline, have a good command of advanced statistical analysis 
and survey design as well as an interest in civic or political 
participation, social movements, political parties, digital or 
broadcasting media, and a developing publication record.

They will be able to demonstrate knowledge of advanced statistical 
analysis and survey design skills, as well as a developing publication 
record and the ability to conduct literature reviews and relevant 
background research.

Full details of the responsibilities of the role and person 
specification can be found in the attached job description.

*Additional Information*

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAV189/postdoctoral-research-fellow-permanent-with-funding-for-24-months 
<https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAV189/postdoctoral-research-fellow-permanent-with-funding-for-24-months> 



Closing date: 11:59pm, 20th September 2020

The position is available full time, specific hours can be negotiated. 
International mobility within the research consortium is a possibility 
that can be discussed at interview. For informal enquiries, please 
contact Dr Dan Mercea, (Dan.Mercea.1 /at/ city.ac.uk).

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