2 Years Post-doc Position in Public Policy

2 Years Post-doc Position in Public Policy

University of Bologna

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Italy

Deadline: Tue, 23 Jun 2020

Contact: ps.direttore.mbx@unibo.it


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Job Description

The  call is searching for outstanding candidates who are asked to present an original research project which has not been developed in collaboration with others or related to which others may not claim to have been involved in the original drafting. The research project should relate to the following fields seen from  a political  science perspective:
1. Comparative public policy;
2. The study of decision-making and administrative processes
3. Organization and judicial behaviour
4. Organization science

Requirements for candidacy
The selection procedure is open to candidates possessing a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification. Candidates must possess the admission requirements on the deadline for submission of applications laid down in this call. Candidates who do not possess the admission requirements will not be considered.

The selection is not open to any person related, by blood or by marriage up to the fourth degree, to a professor working in the Department or which the call is issued, or to the Rector, Director General or a member of the Board of Governors of the University.

The selection is also not open to anyone who has held research fellowship contracts with any institution, pursuant to Italian Law no. 240/2010, for a period which, summed to the foreseen duration of this contract, exceeds a total of 6 years, excluding any period in which the contract coincided with a Ph.D. without scholarship, for the maximum limit of the legal duration of the
Ph.D. programme.

Furthermore, the selection is not open to anyone who has had research fellowship or fixed-term researcher contracts at the University of Bologna or any other state-funded, privately-funded or
distance-learning Italian university pursuant to articles 22 and 24 of Italian Law no. 240/2010, or with any other body listed in paragraph 1 of Art. 22 of Italian Law no. 240/2010 for a period which, summed to the foreseen duration of this contract, exceeds a total of 12 (even non-consecutive) years. For the purposes of the duration of the above-described periods, in compliance with the laws in force, any periods of maternity or sick leave shall not be calculated.

Application

Applications may only be submitted online by accessing the "FrontOffice" section of the website: https://personale.unibo.it, after completing the registration process, following the web procedure instructions. The last day available to submit the application, under penalty of exclusion, is June 23, 2020; applications submitted after this time will not be considered.
The date shown on the receipt sent electronically to the candidate is deemed to be the date of the application submission.

The Department is in no way responsible for applications submitted after the above-mentioned deadline or not submitted at all. Any communications will be sent to candidates exclusively via email, to the address provided in the application.

In the online application, candidates must follow the web procedure instructions and specify, under their own responsibility:

  • surname and name;
  • date and place of birth;
  • nationality;
  • residence and chosen address for correspondence for the purposes of this selection;
  • that they have no criminal record nor are involved in any current criminal proceedings (or state any exceptions to this condition);
  • that they have the qualification required by art. 2 of the call for applications, specifying the university and year in which it was earned; or that they possess an academic qualification earned
  • abroad acknowledged as equivalent.

The candidates in possession of a qualification obtained abroad must include as an annex to their applications a translation into Italian or English of their foreign qualification, accompanied by a sworn statement that it is a faithful translation of the original certificate. The foreign qualification may be declared admissible by the Evaluation Board, solely for the purposes of admission to the selection procedure.

In case of award, the winning candidates having obtained their qualification in a country outside of the European Union, must provide the Structure, in the same manner as laid down for the
presentation of applications, the official translation with a declaration of value of the foreign qualification issued by the competent diplomatic representation or Italian consulate in their home
country, in accordance with the applicable laws, within 30 days from the notification of official approval of the selection procedure reports. If the documents are not received by the Structure within the stated deadline, the candidate will not be awarded the contract.

Candidates must enclose, under penalty of exclusion, an original research project which has not been developed in collaboration with others or related to which others may not claim to have been involved in the original drafting. The project, drawn up in English for a maximum of 3000 words (excluding bibliographic references and any tables and/or figures), must be directly related to one of the four scientific areas listed in art. 1 of this call for applications and contain an initial, clear indication of the scientific area of relevance.

Within the framework of this call, each candidate can submit only one research project, under penalty of exclusion from the selection process.

The project must indicate the research object and goals, as well as the time frame for the development of the project. It is also suggested that the project have a section relating to the theoretical framework and the scientific relevance of the proposed study, a section presenting the main research questions and hypotheses, a methodological section that discusses the possible analytical perspectives, the tools, techniques used in the study and any further element that may be useful to evaluate the project’s practical and scientific feasibility.

Candidates must also enclose the following with their applications (failure to do so entails exclusion from the selection procedure) the following documents in pdf format:

  • a copy of a valid identity document;
  • a scientific and professional curriculum vitae highlighting the candidate’s academic career and post-doctoral research activities, partipication in conferences and national and international research projects and a list of scientific publications.

Candidates with certified disabilities pursuant to art.3 of Italian Law no. 104 of 05.12.1992 may in their application request the benefits laid down in art. 20 of the same Law, enclosing the original or an authenticated copy of the certification relative to the specific disability issued by the competent territorial medical board.

Candidates are admitted to the selection procedure with reserve. At any time, even after participation in any tests, the Administration may, with justification, exclude them from the selection procedure. The concerned candidate will be notified of such exclusion.