Research Associate in Politics
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Starting at £32,236 per annum
- Closing date
- 18 Feb 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Politics & International Studies, Social Sciences
- Job Type
- Research Related, Research Associate
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Part Time
Job Details
Location : Oxford Road, Manchester
Closing Date : 18/03/2019
Salary : Starting at £32,236 per annum
Employment Type : Fixed Term
Faculty / Organisational Unit : Humanities
Division : Politics
Hours Per week : 24.5 hours per week (0.7 FTE)
Contract Duration : 1st May for 30 months
We are recruiting a Research Associate to work on the ORA (ESRC) funded project, ‘MOBILISE - Determinants of ‘Mobilisation’ at Home and Abroad: Analysing the Micro- Foundations of Out-Migration & Mass Protest.
MOBILISE is an exciting large grant project that spans three continents, seven countries, and covers important questions around mobilization to protest and to migrate. The MOBILISE team is made up of 12 senior, mid-career and earlier career academics from the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, and is joined by an Advisory Board of 25 internationally leading scholars on protest and migration. The UK PI is Dr. Olga Onuch who is also whole project manager.
MOBILISE asks: When there is discontent, why do some people protest while others cross borders?
Connecting theoretical expectations from the migration and protest literatures, we examine:
- whether similar factors drive the choice to migrate and/or protest at the individual level;
- how context affects this mobilisation;
- whether these choices are independent of each other or mutually reinforcing/ undermining.
It is directed by
- Olga Onuch (University of Manchester) is PI in the UK, who is joined by
- Co-I David Doyle (Oxford)
- One Research Associate (UoM)
- Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOIS/Oxford) is PI in Germany, and is joined by
- One PhD Student (ZOIS)
- One Post-Doctoral Fellow (ZOIS)
- Sorana Toma (ENSAE) is PI in France, and is joined by
- Co-I Petev Ivaylo (ENSAE)
- One Post-Doctoral Fellow (ZOIS)
- Jacquelien Van Stekelenburg (VU) is PI in the Netherlands, and is joined by
- Co-I Evelyn Ersanilli (UVA)
- One PhD Student (VU)
The advertised RA post will be located in Politics at the University of Manchester.
This project is funded through the Open Research Area (ORA) Scheme with direct support of the ESRC in the UK, the DFG in Germany, the ANR in France and the NWO in the Netherlands.
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies
Enquiries about vacancy shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Dr Olga Onuch
Email: olga.onuch@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
Email: universityofmanchester@helpmeapply.co.uk
Tel: 0161 850 2004
General enquiries:
Email: hrservices@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 275 4499
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date
Further Particulars and Job Description
Company
Following a 2.5million donation by Greensill, a leading British FinTech company founded by Lex Greensill, Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester is looking to recruit to three brand new posts! These appointments will have an emphasis on Financial Technology and be part of the School’s strategy to strengthen research and teaching on the topic and boost the region’s capacity and capability in Financial Technology (FinTech).
It is an exciting time to be based in Greater Manchester, one of Europe’s leading digital and technology clusters. The region is home more fintech start-ups and scale-ups than any other UK region outside London, and Manchester was the fastest growing tech city in Europe in 2019.
- Location
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OXFORD ROAD
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL
GB
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