There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position at the Department of Comparative Politics with a focus on political and legal mobilization around sexual and reproductive rights in Africa.

About the project/work tasks

The postdoctoral position is linked to the Centre on Law & Social Transformation (http://www.lawandsocialtransformation.no) and is part of an NFR funded research project on Political determinants of sexual and reproductive health: Criminalisation, health impacts and game changers. The research project uses quantitative as well as qualitative methods to investigate the political strategies and dynamics that lead to politicization, criminalization - or decriminalization - of abortion and same-sex intimacy. The project also investigates the health implications that follow from these strategies and dynamics. The empirical focus of the project is on ten African countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia. For more information about the project, please see http://www.cmi.no/research/project/?1996=political-determinants-of-sexual-and-reproductive.

The postdoctoral candidate will become a member of the project team and receive a central role for the study of political determinants and game changers. The candidate will also perform tasks related to the coordination of the research project and the Centre on Law & Social Transformation.  

Qualifications and personal qualities:

• The applicant must hold a Norwegian PhD or an equivalent degree within political science, sociology or related disciplines. The doctoral thesis must have submitted for assessment prior to the application deadline. It is a condition that the PhD degree has been awarded prior to employment.
• Experience from relevant empirical and theoretical work and good methodological skills.
• Capacity to work independently and in a structured manner, and strong ability for cooperation.
• Proficiency in both written and oral English.
• Good administrative skills. 

Potential candidates will be invited to the department for an interview, and might also be asked to hold a trial lecture in a given topic.

Applicants are advised to familiarize themselves with the research project (http://www.cmi.no/research/project/?1996=political-determinants-of-sexual-and-reproductive) and the Centre on Law & Social Transformation (http://www.lawandsocialtransformation.no), as well as the research profile at the Department of Comparative Politics (www.uib.no/sampol). 

About the position of postdoctoral research fellow:

The position of postdoctoral research fellow is a fixed-term appointment with the primary objective of qualifying the appointee toward work in top academic positions. The fixed-term period for this position is limited to three years. 25 per cent of which shall be allocated to tasks for the coordination and administration of the research project. Individuals may not be hired for more than one fixed-term period as a postdoctoral research fellow at the same institution.

Applicants must include an individual project proposal of 4-5 pages that aims toward examining relevant social and legal mobilization processes around abortion and/or homosexuality in one of more of the countries mentioned above. Proposals that include multi-m

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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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