Hello -- below 2 job opportunities at UCLouvain (Belgium)
Prof. Benoît Rihoux
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Job opportunities
2 full-time researcher positions (PhD researchers, M/F) in political science
At the UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), within the
framework of the PARTIREP Interuniversity Attraction Pole (IAP)
The broader PARTIREP project
PARTIREP is a large interuniversity project
operating over 5 years (second phase, 2012-2016),
with a focus on participation and representation,
through a comparative study of linkage mechanisms
between citizens and the political system in
contemporary democracies. It will bring together
about 12 PhD students as well as a broad group of
senior researchers, and will conduct different
sub-projects around partisan and electoral
political representation, the personalization of
politics, and democratic innovation. It will
involve extensive collection and analysis of data
within Belgium, as well as comparative analyses
across Europe, and will use a broad range of methodologies.
Job status & conditions
- 48 months
- Start: 1 August or 1 Sept or 1 Oct 2012 (to be discussed)
- Full-time (1 employed with salary, 1
employed as bursary; more or less equivalent net wage)
- Mandatory PhD research
- Based full-time at UCLouvain
- Operating within a stimulating research
environment at the Center for Political Science
and Comparative Politics (CESPOL), and
interacting with a broad pool of senior
researchers and ca. 12 PhD researchers in the PARTIREP project.
Generic skills/qualifications (both positions)
- Master in political science or sociology
(political sociology) [diploma by Sept 2012 at the latest]
- High academic results
- Full mastery of French as working language
- Good passive knowledge of Dutch
- Good passive & active knowledge of English (written & spoken)
- Quantitative and qualitative methodological skills
- Strong ability to work in a team
- Motivation to participate in conferences,
workshops, to take part in further methodological training and in publications
- Good knowledge of Belgian context
Profile 1
- Thematic project(for PhD research):
Mass-elite issue congruence (surveys among voters
and elites about issue preferences)
- Specific skills (methodological): survey
design, data collection (quantitative),
quantitative data analysis (various statistical techniques)
- Working knowledge of at least one of the
following packages: SPSS, STATA, R.
Profile 2
- Thematic project(for PhD research):
Behavior of elites and candidates in political
parties, and candidate selection in political parties
- Specific skills (substantive): party
politics and/or political campaigning
- Specific skills (methodological): skills
in different methodologies (quantitative,
qualitative, comparative (QCA), experimental, …)
Instructions for applications:
- Deadline: 30 June 2012
- Send the following 2 documents
(electronic format only; PDF) to Mrs Françoise
Welvaert [log in to unmask] :
o CV (including detailed academic results, year by year)
o Letter of motivation (please indicate
clearly whether you apply for the “Profile 1” or the “Profile 2” position)
- Selection (interviews): 11, 12 or 13
July, in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
- Queries to be sent to: Prof. Benoît
Rihoux (in charge of PARTIREP for UCLouvain) [log in to unmask] .
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