Are you graduates of political science with research interest on Nigeria's election? Then you can apply to this and also earn over a million naira monthly. check the comment section to apply.
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Are you graduates of political science with research interest on Nigeria's election? Then you can apply to this and also earn over a million naira monthly. check the comment section to apply.
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The Department of Political Science is looking for two PhD candidates to work in the 'Elections, Violence, and Parties' project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and led by Dr Ursula Daxecker. The PhD candidate will be part of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) programme group Political Economy and Transnational Governance (PETGOV).
Salary: €2,325 to €2,972 gross per month.
Project description
Elections are nearly ubiquitous in the world today. Yet despite their aim to peacefully transfer power, elections in the developing world are often complicated by violence. Scholarship has focused on what makes some elections more violent than others. Departing from this emphasis on intensity, the project develops a novel, party-centered theory that explains the nature, organization, and consequences of election violence. Political parties are crucial actors linking politicians and citizens, and the project attributes a central role to parties’ organizational and social links. The project will examine the theory subnationally in India and Nigeria, two of the world’s largest democracies. The project uses a multi-method approach to examine within-country variation in party institutions, social support, and election violence in India and Nigeria, combining fieldwork interviews, quantitative data, survey experiments, and surveys.
The PhD candidate selected for this position will conduct research on elections, violence, and parties in Nigeria. Further information about the research project may be found here.
You will:
1. be affiliated with the AISSR and participate in its organized PhD training. The academic work is to result in a doctoral thesis that will be defended at the Faculty of Social Sciences with the goal of obtaining the degree of PhD;
2. conduct PhD research on election violence, including quantitative analysis of data, surveys and survey experiments, and fieldwork interviews;
3.take active part in the research environment at the AISSR, including project group meetings, PETGOV research seminars, the PETGOV PhD club, among others;
4. teach Bachelor-level courses, depending upon availability and as is suitable for the PhD schedule;
5. assist with administrative responsibilities related to the project (ca. 10% of the time), such as the organization of workshops, conference, or other project events;
6.make Amsterdam (or a location within commuting distance) your primary residence for the duration of the PhD project. The AISSR will assist with finding adequate housing and with applying for visa and residence permits.
Requirements
You have the following credentials:
Essential
1. A Master’s degree or equivalent in political science or closely related discipline. The degree must have been obtained by the start of your employment;
2. excellent oral and written communication skills in English, Pidgin English, and one additional Nigerian language;
3. expertise on Nigerian politics;
4. a good command with social science research methods, including quantitative and/or qualitative methodology; independent thinking and critical analytical skills;
5. the ability to work independently;
6. the ability to collaborate in a team.