Two PhD Positions – Bielefeld University

Organismo: Bielefeld University (Germany)

Plazas:

• Position 1

Requisitos: We expect:

A postgraduate degree in sociology, political science or another relevant social science discipline

Relevant theoretical and methodological background in the area of political participation and/or social movements

Capacity to work independently

Interest in writing a PhD on the issues of polarization and protest in Europe

Creativity, cooperation skills, ability to work in a team

Preferable qualifications:

Experience in empirical research projects about social movements as well as polarization, cleavages

and/or inequality

Very good English language Skills (oral and written)

German language skills or willingness to learn German

Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis

Bases: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Wiss/wiss18322_englisch.pdf

Solicitudes: For full consideration, your application should be received via either post or email (a single PDF) document sent to sekretariat.daphi@uni-bielefeld.de by the 13th of January 2019. Please mark your application with the identification code: wiss18322. In addition to the usual application documents (letter of motivation, CV, degree certificates) a short exposé of your planned PhD project is required (4-10 pages) specifying research question, analytical design and work plan of the planned project. Please do not use application portfolios and send only photocopies of original documents because all application materials will be destroyed at the end of the selection procedure. Further information on Bielefeld University can be found on our homepage at www.uni-bielefeld.de.

• Position 2

Requisitos: We expect:

Postgraduate degree in sociology, political science or another relevant social science discipline

Relevant theoretical and methodological background in the area of political participation and/or social movements

Capacity to work independently

Interest in writing a PhD on the issue of social movements and protests in the context of globalization and transnationalization, including but not limited to conflicts about Europe

Creativity, cooperation skills, ability to work in a team

Preferable qualifications:

Experience in empirical research projects about social movements and transnationalization

Experience in qualitative data analysis

Very good English language skills (oral and written)

German language skills or willingness to learn German

Bases: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Wiss/wiss18325_englisch.pdf

Solicitudes: For full consideration, your application should be received via either post or email (a single PDF) document sent to sekretariat.daphi@uni-bielefeld.de by the 13th of January 2019. Please mark your application with the identification code: wiss18325. In addition to the usual application documents (letter of motivation, CV, degree certificates) a short exposé of your planned PhD project is required (4-10 pages) specifying research question, analytical design and work plan of the planned project. Please do not use application portfolios and send only photocopies of original documents because all application materials will be destroyed at the end of the selection procedure. Further information on Bielefeld University can be found on our homepage at uni-bielefeld.de.

Plazo Estimado de Presentación: 13/01/2019