Jobbtitel:
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in International Relations/Political Science

Arbetsbeskrivning:

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in International Relations/Political Science for the Research Program Legitimacy in Global Governance

Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 24 months

Extent: 100 %

Location: School of Global Studies, Gothenburg

First day of employment: 1st of January 2017 or by agreement

Reference number: PER 2016/234

The School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg is offering one two-year post-doctoral research fellowship within the research program Legitimacy in Global Governance (LegGov). The position mainly involves research, but teaching/supervision assignments may be included (maximum 20 percent of the time).

The School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg

The School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg produces top- quality research, teaching and public engagement on today's key global challenges. The staff of over 100 faculty and PhD researchers examines global questions and their governance in disciplines and areas such as peace and security, international relations, development studies, anthropology, cultural heritage, economy and finance, environmental sustainability, gender, human rights and migration. These issues are explored both generally and as manifested in different regions and countries. The School's work is highly international, cross-disciplinary and policy-relevant.

Subject area

International Relations/Political Science for the Research Program Legitimacy in Global Governance

Specific subject description

Research on legitimacy in global governance

Job assignments

Project description

The postdoctoral position is part of the research program Legitimacy in Global Governance (LegGov), a six-year collaboration among researchers from the Departments of Political Science at Lund and Stockholm University, and the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg. The program, which began in January 2016, is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation) with Professor Jonas Tallberg as lead coordinator and Professors Karin Bäckstrand and Jan Aart Scholte as co-coordinators.

The purpose of the LegGov program is to offer a wide-ranging systematic analysis of legitimacy in global governance. The program is organized around three research themes: What are the sources of that legitimacy for global governance institutions? By what processes are global governance institutions legitimated and delegitimated? What are the consequences of legitimacy (or its absence) for the functioning of global governance institutions? Within these core themes, the program examines how legitimacy dynamics in global governance are similar to or different from the dynamics of legitimacy in the nation-state and other forms of governance.

The University of Gothenburg will recruit one postdoctoral researcher oriented toward the second of the three program themes: strategies of legitimation and delegitimation. In parallel, Stockholm University and the Lund University are recruiting two postdoctoral fellows to work on themes one and three of the program.

For further information on the research program, see

http://www.statsvet.su.se/leggov/

Eligibility

Post-doctoral positions are appointed primarily for purposes of research. Applicants are expected to hold a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent degree from another country at the point in time when they assume the post-doctoral position. Preference will be given to candidates who have been awarded the degree no more than three years before the application deadline and who have not held a post-doc position within the same or similar sub

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Arbetsgivare Namn: Göteborgs universitet

Arbetsgivare adress: Box 100 40530 GÖTEBORG

Form av kontakt: e-post:

Arbetsgivare telefonnummer: 031-7860000

Jobb kort beskrivning: University and higher education teachers

Land: Sweden

Område: Västra Götalands län

Avtalstid: Permanent

Typ av kontrakt: Full time

Källa till jobberbjudande: Public Employment Service of Sweden(AMS)

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