Call for PhD Applications:
16 MSCA Doctoral Fellowships studying the EU, Democratic Institutions, the rise of Alternative MOdels, and mounting Normative Dissensus
All 16 positions offer fixed-term full-time contracts for 36 months. Hours of work are full time, a mobility schedule is associated with each position and all fellows are expected to have arrived at their hiring institution and started their contract at the latest by October the 31st, 2022.
Interested parties are invited to apply to one of the 16 different topical full-time Doctoral Research Fellowships associated with the GEM-DIAMOND research project (2022-2026).
The project
Coordinated by the Institut d’études européennes (IEE-ULB), with Professor Ramona Coman as the scientific lead, the project sets out to assess the EU’s capacity to act given the challenges facing Democratic Institutions, the rise of Alternative MOdels, and mounting Normative Dissensus (DIAMOND). Within this agenda, 16 individual and interdisciplinary research projects have been drawn up to be entrusted to 16 early-stage doctoral researchers. The Consortium includes:
- Université libre de Bruxelles (BE),
- Universiteit van Amsterdam (NL),
- LUISS-Guido Carli (IT),
- University of Copenhagen (DK),
- Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (FR),
- Babeș-Bolyai University (RO),
- University of Warwick (CH),
- Université Laval (CA),
- Waseda University (JP),
- Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
The positions
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PhD POSITION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
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PhD POSITION IN POLITICAL ECONOMY & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
The capitalism-democracy nexus and struggles over European governance |
PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
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PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL & EUROPEAN LAW |
Law and practice of the rule of law within the European Union |
PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW & EUROPEAN LAW |
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PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
EU grand strategy in a competitive system: European liberal democracy in a multipolar world |
PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
Contesting European border regimes: challenging and remaking EU migration governance |
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PhD POSITION IN COMPARATIVE & EUROPEAN LAW |
National and European courts reacting to dissensus: The case of fundamental rights protection |
PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & AREA STUDIES (Europe/Russia) |
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PhD POSITION IN SOCIOLOGY & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
The ‘resistance’ social movement: towards a re-politicisation of the European public sphere |
PhD POSITION IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS & AREA STUDIES (Europe/Asia) |
Responding to competing authoritarian models: Japan and EU’s respective neighbourhoods compared |
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PhD POSITION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE & EUROPEAN STUDIES |
The politics of the untidy right: illiberal democracy as a contagious concept |
PhD POSITION IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS & AREA STUDIES (Europe/ Neighborhood / Eastern Partnership & Mediterranean) |
Impact of competing models on the EU’s political conditionality in a turbulent neighbourhood |
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PhD POSITION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE & EUROPEAN LAW |
PhD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW & EUROPEAN LAW |
Application
Candidates are asked to apply through the online system which can be found via the following link: https://gem-diamond.eu/positions
CLOSING DATE: July 3rd, 2022 (5pm, CET)
Informal inquiries may be addressed to the academics associated with each position. Their names and contact details can be found in the detailed Call for Application associated with each position. These 16 detailed calls can be found on the aforementioned website. This same webpage is also where you will find both further information on all 16 positions, as well as a contact form and an FAQ page for all additional questions you might have.
