Stillingstittel: Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (2016/4464)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (EUREX project)

ARENA Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo (UiO) invites applications for a 3-year post-doctoral research fellowship (SKO 1352) as part of the research project “Expertization of public inquiry commissions? Democracy and good governance in a Europeanized administrative order” (EUREX).

The proposed starting date for the fellowship is 1 October 2016.

ARENA is a multidisciplinary research centre under the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo. The centre promotes theoretically oriented, empirically informed studies seeking to analyse the dynamics of the evolving European systems of governance. It is highly renowned for its research on the transformation of Europe, and coordinates and participates in numerous international research projects and networks, mainly funded by European and Norwegian research programmes. Its international staff contributes to upholding a vibrant and integrated research community conducting cutting-edge research. The working language at ARENA is English. More information about ARENA is available at www.arena.uio.no

Job Description

The position forms part of the research project “Expertization of public inquiry commissions? Democracy and good governance in a Europeanized administrative order” (EUREX), financed by the Norwegian Research Council. EUREX’s primary objectives are to understand how the Norwegian system of public inquiry commissions has changed in response to processes of expertization and Europeanization, and to assess the consequences of these changes for democracy and good governance. The project will investigate changes in the Norwegian commission system from comparative and European perspectives, across policy areas and from a normative point of view. See more in the EUREX project description.

The post-doctoral fellow will be part of a research group led by Research Professor Cathrine Holst at ARENA Centre for European Studies (UiO) and Assistant Professor Johan Christensen at Leiden University, Institute of Public Administration. The fellow will collaborate closely with the project directors and other participants in the project.

The particular task of the post-doctoral fellow will be to undertake research on Norwegian public inquiry commissions within a European context, from a comparative perspective or across policy areas, as well as to contribute to the normative analysis of the Norwegian commission system. The specific focus, design and methodology of this research will be determined by the candidate in cooperation with the project directors, based on the research proposal submitted by the candidate (max. 3 pages).

The position is for three years, with no teaching obligations (pliktarbeid).

Desired qualifications and personal skills

Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant discipline within the social sciences, humanities or law. Applicants must have submitted their PhD thesis for final and formal evaluation before the application deadline, and must have achieved a PhD degree before taking up the post.

Applicants must have the capacity to carry out independent academic work at a high level, preferably documented through publications in peer-reviewed international journals.

The candidate must have experience from and interest in theoretically oriented empirical research. Competence in democratic theory and the theory of deliberative democracy in particular

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, ARENA - Senter for

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år