PhD position in Political Science

PhD position in Political Science

The Department of Politics and Society at Aalborg University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, invites applicants for a fully funded PhD position in political science. It is available from 1 September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position will be associated with the research project “Variation in Institutional Oversight of Police Misconduct”, https://www.vinoerc.org/. Police abuse occurs throughout the democratic world and VINO aims to map the different governmental mechanisms available to citizens to complain about the police, such as national oversight institutions. It is interested in how the design of these institutions can impact the citizen-state relationship. The project studies these relationships within OECD democracies using a multi-method approach, which includes fieldwork-based and archive-based case studies, statistical analysis, and experimental designs. VINO is funded by the European Research Council. The project's working language is English. The supervisor and the project is based at the Copenhagen campus of Aalborg University. There is also possibilty to work from Campus Aalborg.

Jobbeskrivelse
The PhD student is to pursue research on a topic related to the core interests of VINO: police misconduct, police use of force, and/or police oversight. The successful candidate can define and develop their project idea related to these topics and shall submit a project plan describing their preliminary ideas. For this PhD position, we welcome applications from candidates with excellent qualitative and/or quantitative methodological skills who have a scientific background in political science, public administration, international relations, or history. Candidates with alternative scientific backgrounds and interests in the subject matter are also encouraged to apply.

Qualification requirements
The PhD-scholarship lasts three years, and applicants to the Ph.D. program must have completed a Master’s degree program. Interested applicants who expect to graduate before the date of appointment must forward a statement from the thesis supervisor, verified transcripts, a copy of the thesis contract and documentation for the date of final examination.

The PhD-scholarship is completed in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the PhD Program at Danish universities, and enrolment at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities is mandatory. The Department of Politics& Society is organized in four disciplinary clusters and the successful applicant will be affiliated with the Global Politics& Diversity cluster. The successful candidate is expected to participate actively in research group activities, the larger research environment in which VINO is embedded.

The following areas are either required or emphasized:

• Good/excellent grades in relevant subjects, including the master's thesis, according to the Danish 7-point grading scale(https://ufm.dk/en/education/the-danish-education-system/grading-system/grading-system).
• Proficiency in written English
• Qualifications in research methods

The application must include the following:

• Letter of motivation
• Project proposal(max. 5 pages)
• Curriculum vitae
• Required diplomas and certificates including academic transcripts
• Co-author statement for all enclosed co-authored publications, specifying the extent of the applicant’s contribution to the total work and signed by the co-authors.
• Application for credit transfer if relevant.

The completeapplication, including attachments shall be sent electronically by selecting the"apply online" function on AAU’s job-portal https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/ (not other online job portals that may have reposted the position). Please note that zip files are not supported by the recruitment system. Please upload only Word or PDF files.

Shortlisting will be applied. This means that after the deadline for applications, the head of the department supported by the chair of the assessment committee will select candidates for assessment. All applicants will be informed whether they will be assessed or not.

The application can only be submitted by using the link on AAU’s job portal https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/ (not other online job portals that may have reposted the position). Please note that zipped files are not supported by the recruitment system, please upload only Word or PDF files.

AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background or belief.

Contact
For further information about the project, please contact Professor Kristine Eck at [email protected]. For further information about the Department of Politics& Society, please contact head of department, professor Michael Baggesen Klitgaard at [email protected]

For general information about the application process etc., please contact Lene Møller, e-mail: [email protected]

Løn og ansættelsesvilkår
Appointment and salary as a PhD fellow are according to the Ministry of Finance Circular of 15 December 2021, on the Collective Agreement for Academics in Denmark, Appendix 5, regarding PhD fellows, and with the current Circular on the employment structure at Danish Universities. AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background or belief.

Ansøgningsfrist
2024-05-01

Ref. nummer
2024-224-05775