There is a vacancy for a PhD position at the Department of Comparative Politics within the research group on Democracy and Development. The position falls within a research project financed by the Norwegian Research Council (FRIHUMSAM) called Money Talks: Gendered Electoral Financing in Democratic and Democratizing states.

About the project/work tasks:

Money Talks is a research project that critically examines the nexus between money and political recruitment. Its main focus is how different kinds of electoral financing schemes, both gendered and neutral, affects the nomination processes within political parties. During the last decade several governments and non-governmental organizations, in advanced and emerging democracies, have experimented with different financing schemes that target gender balance in the nomination process. Why are gendered electoral financing schemes emerging in some countries and not others? What are their effects on the recruitment processes in political parties and the composition of legislative bodies?

We invite proposals that seek to explore the relationship between money, electoral financing and political recruitment in democratic or/and democratizing states. The project proposal should include a gender dimension, but does not have to concentrate on gendered aspects of electoral financing only. The research team will build a dataset on gendered electoral financing, conduct field studies of recruitment processes in the UK, France, Malawi, Ghana and Kenya, as well as conducting an audience study in Malawi. The successful candidate can contribute to the collection of data along these predefined lines or collect complimentary data with a different empirical focus.

Project Partners are Chr. Michelsen Institute (Bergen); Queen Mary, University of London; and Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Participation in the project opens up the opportunity to engage with top class research and researchers from across the world.

Qualifications and personal qualities:

• The applicant must hold a master's degree or the equivalent in political science, sociology, development studies, psychology, development economics or equivalent area. The degree has to be completed by the application deadline.
• The requirements are generally a grade B or better on Master thesis and for the Master degree in total.
• Completed master level courses in quantitative methods (multiple regression analysis) and qualitative methods.
• As an applicant you should be able to work independently and have the ability to cooperate with others
• Proficiency in both written and oral English

• International applicants are welcomed.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview.

About the PhD position:

The duration of the PhD position is 4 years, of which 25 per cent of the time comprises obligatory duties at the Department. The employment period for the successful candidate may be reduced if he or she previously has been employed in a PhD position.

About the research training:

As a PhD research fellow you will take part in the doctoral educational programme at UoB. The programme corresponds to a period of three years and leads to the submission of the PhD dissertation. To be eligible for admission you must have completed a Master's degree. The educational background must be equivalent to a five-year Master's education, including a two-year Master's degree and a Master thesis. It is expected that the topic of the Master's degree is connected to the academic field to which you are seeking admission.
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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Bergen

Arbeidsgiver adresse: postboks 7802 5020 BERGEN

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Hordaland

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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