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| Three-Year Post-Doctoral Research Position in the Research Group of Professor Fabrizio Gilardi (PDF, 92 KB) | The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich (http://www.ipz.uzh.ch) invites applications for a post-doctoral research position in the research group of Professor Fabrizio Gilardi (https://fabriziogilardi.org/). The post-doctoral researcher will be part of Fabrizio Gilardi's ERC-funded research project “Problem Definition in the Digital Democracy” (PRODIGI) (https://fabriziogilardi.org/PRODIGI/) as well as to the Digital Democracy Lab (http://digdemlab.io/). |
| Post-doctoral research position at the Chair of International Relations and Political Economy (PDF, 113 KB) | The post-doctoral researcher will pursue his or her own research agenda in the field of international relations, ideally with a specialization on international organizations, international negotiations, or international cooperation more generally. The position is connected to Stefanie Walter’s ERC-funded research project on “The Mass Politics of Disintegration” (www.disintegration.ch), which explores when and how unilateral challenges to international institutions reverberate in other countries. An ability to exploit a large existing corpus of media data on international cooperation using text-as-data methods is an asset. The post-doctoral researcher will produce scholarship with the potential for publication in top outlets; will collaborate with other team members; and will disseminate research results through conference presentations, publications, and other outreach activities. He or she will also contribute to teaching in the fields of international relations (3 hours per week, which translates into a 1-2 teaching load), advising of students and doctoral candidates, and some administrative tasks. |
| Student Assistant / Hilfsassistent:in Position (20%) (PDF, 78 KB) | The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich (www.ipz.uzh.ch) invites applications for a fixed-term (6 months; extension possible) Student Assistant / Hilfsassistent:in (20%) starting on January 1, 2023. The position is specifically meant to support Prof. Karsten Donnay and Prof. Fabrizio Gilardi for the coordination of the “Democracy” community of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) (www.dsi.uzh.ch) at the University of Zurich. |
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We invite applications for a research assistant position (studentische Hilfskraft) (20%) in the context of the project “How Technological Change Reshapes Politics – Technology, Elections, and Policies (TECHNO)”, starting in November/December 2022 (or upon agreement). The position is initially offered for six months but can be extended upon mutual agreement. |
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Research assistant in computer science (20-40%) (PDF, 70 KB) |
Professor Fabrizio Gilardi invites applications for a research assistant position (Hilfsassistent:in) (20-40%) in the context of the project “Problem Definition in the Digital Democracy” (PRODIGI), starting in September 2022 (a later start may be possible). The position is initially offered until December 2022, but may be extended. |
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PhD position in political science (4 years, starting February 1st, 2023) (PDF, 602 KB) |
The Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau (ZDA), the University of Zurich’s Centre for Democracy Studies, is inviting applications for a PhD position in political science in the team of the project "Swiss direct democracy in the 21st century" (SDD- 21) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, coordinated by the ZDA and conducted in partnership with the Universities of Bern, Basel, as well as Lausanne. This project is built around a joint data collection effort involving representative population surveys conducted after every federal vote during the project’s funding period. |