Post-Doctoral Fellowships Opportunities

Post-Doctoral Fellowships Opportunities

University of São Paulo

Brazil

Deadline: Sat, 15 May 2021

Contact: nevselecao@gmail.com


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Job Description

The Center for the Study of Violence of the University of São Paulo (NEV-USP) is selecting seven post-doctoral fellows to develop research projects in the referred program, with duration of at least one year, with the possibility of renewal, and planned to begin in August 2021.

The aim of the research program is to analyze how the legitimacy of key institutions for democracy is constructed or jeopardized, by exploring the contacts between citizens and civil servants from local public services in representative areas of the city of São Paulo.

The post-doctoral (PD) fellows are expected to lead theoretical and empirical research in the program, aside from other regular activities such as organizing seminars, preparing papers, supervising undergraduate students, disseminating research results and cooperating with the educational projects.

Find below the list of research topics for the proposals

    Methods

  •  Longitudinal studies
  •  Research from Big Data

    Thematic

  • Legitimacy from the perspective of citizens
  • Cities, organized crime and prisons
  • Public opinion, democratic political culture and legitimacy
  • Socially grounded authoritarianism
  • Project Human Rights Observatories in Schools (PODHE)

Application deadline: 14 May 2021.

For further information on the specific research themes and requirements for application, please visit HERE