[DemocracyNet.eu-list] Postdoc position Université Libre de Bruxelles - Innovations démocratiques.

[Gil Pradeau]

Bonjour,

L'équipe de Jean-Benoit Pilet cherche un postdoc pour commencer en 
septembre avec un profil méthodes expérimentales.

Source : https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/542444

Bien cordialement,

Gilles


The Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles 
(ULB) is hiring a postdoc researcher for the POLITICIZE project (ERC 
Consolidator Grant). The project has started in September 2018 and is 
financed for 5 years. The candidate recruited will be offered a 3-year 
mobility grant starting on September, 1st 2020 (to be discussed).

We are especially looking for a postdoc researcher with strong expertise 
in citizens’ surveys and in experimental methods (survey experiments, 
conjoint experiments, lab experiments).

Interest for democratic innovations, the role of experts in democracies 
and citizens’ attitudes towards democracy is needed, even if no previous 
research on these topics has been conducted by the applicant.

*Job description**
*
This is a call for applications for a full-time mobility post-doc grant 
for three years.

The postdoc researcher will become an active member of the 
ERC-consolidator research project “Non-elected Politics. Cure or Curse 
for representative democracy?” (CureorCurse). The project is coordinated 
by Professor Jean-Benoit Pilet. It offers a stimulating working 
environment in a dynamic and international research team.

The researcher will be based at the Cevipol (ULB). He/she will have an 
office and relevant administrative support at ULB. She/he will have no 
teaching obligations. He/she will be expected to contribute to 
collective work on the project, and to present and publish individual or 
collective research outputs.

According to the experience of the candidate, the monthly net income 
will range around 2500 euros.

The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is an equal opportunity employer.

*Tasks**
*
Within the project, the selected postdoc candidate will perform the 
following tasks:

     Contribute to the preparation and the fieldwork for the comparative 
survey of citizens’ democratic preferences across 10 European countries. 
The survey would contain elements of survey experiments;
     Develop new ideas for surveys and survey experiments related to 
citizens democratic preferences and how they evaluate involving 
non-elected actors in policy-making;
     Manage the administrative tasks (reporting, tenders, ...) related 
to the survey.



STARTING DATE is September, 2020 (open to discussion).

INTERESTED?

Questions regarding the Postdoc scholarship can be addressed to 
Professor Jean-Benoit Pilet (jpilet at ulb.ac.be)

APPLICATIONS should include (in one single PDF document):

     a copy of the passport/ID
     a letter of motivation explaining the candidate’s general interest 
for the project
     a full CV (including grades obtained for each study year, the title 
of your PhD thesis, and a list of publications, courses taken, and 
conference presentations)
     a short research statement presenting what line of research within 
the ERC project the candidate propose to conduct,
     Name, affiliation, email and phone number of two referees who can 
be contacted if necessary

The deadline for applications is August, 17th 2020.

A skype or face-to-face interview may be organized.

Please send the above documents electronically to Professor Jean-Benoit 
Pilet (jpilet at ulb.ac.be)

For more information on the project, visit our website

http://politicize.eu/

*Required Research Experiences*

     RESEARCH FIELD
     Political sciences › Governance
     YEARS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
     4 - 10

Offer Requirements

     REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL
     Political sciences: PhD or equivalent
     Sociology: PhD or equivalent
     REQUIRED LANGUAGES
     FRENCH: Basic

Skills/Qualifications

Profile

     Holder of a PhD in political science or related disciplines, 
obtained maximum 8 years ago
     Cannot have resided in Belgium for more than 2 years over the last 
3 years (legal requirement for mobility grants)
     Research interest and/or expertise in democratic innovations, 
participatory democracy, experts’ involvement in politics, opinion 
surveys, experimental methods
     Very good command of quantitative and survey methods for social and 
political sciences
     Expertise in experimental research, especially in survey experiments
     Good command of dataset management and statistical software
     Good command of data visualization tools would be an asset
     Good organizational and time management skills
     Ability to work in a team
     A good command of English, and French (or willingness to improve 
one’s command of French during the scholarship)

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Gilles Pradeau

Doctoral Researcher
University of Westminster
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