Postdoc in Business and Government at Copenhagen Business School (2 years)

We invite applications for a 2-year postdoc on the project “The Determinants and Consequences of Legislative Capacity” starting August 1st, 2024. The project is led by associate professors Florian M. Hollenbach (CBS) and David Fortunato (UCSD) and funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The postdoc will be based at the Department of International Economics, Government and Business (EGB) at the Copenhagen Business School.  It is a 100% research postdoc—there are no teaching requirements. It is our hope that the postdoc will coauthor with the project leaders and develop publications related to the project.

The project

Because policy is written by elected representatives but implemented by unelected bureaucratic agents with their own preferences, the legislature’s capacity for ex-ante policy design and ex-post oversight sets a de facto budget constraint on potential democratic responsiveness. Importantly, parliaments choose their own capacity by allocating resources necessary for legislative work, yet we observe tremendous variation in these endowments. Why? In this project, we investigate the determinants of capacity choices and their broader implications for democratic accountability.

The “Legislative Capacity” project consists of two work packages. Work package I will focus on developing a formal theoretical model of the legislature’s choice over its capacity for policy influence. The model will consider the trade-offs for current majorities to increase capacity to improve its policy making power while also handing more efficient institutions to future governments, should it lose power. Work package II moves on to empirically investigate the relationships predicted by the theoretical model. To do so, we will collect data on legislative capacity in OECD countries over the last 20 years, as well as subnational legislatures.

The postdoc will work on both packages, contributing to development of the central theoretical model, data collection, analysis, and writing. It is essential that applicants have strong research potential in comparative political economy and the ability to work in a team environment, collaborating/co-authoring with other team members.

Non-exhaustive examples of research areas that the postdoc may cover:

• Comparative Political Economy
• Social Data Science
• Quantitative Methods
• Formal Modelling
• Political Institutions

Department

EGB is a multidisciplinary department that conducts high-quality research in the fields of international business and political science with direct relevance to business, policymakers, and the public. Research at the department focuses on two principal focus areas Business & Government and International Business, in relation to societal challenges. To learn more about the research and education of the department, please visit the departmental homepagehere .

Qualifications

The applicant must have completed – or be close to completing – a PhD in the political science, political economy, or a related field. The applicant must have excellent research skills and proficiency in English (written and spoken). The ideal applicant will have solid skills in formal modelling and advanced quantitative methods.

To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the postdoc is expected to be physically present at the department on a regular basis.

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programs. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organization of this type.  

Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation (presently approximately $70,080 USD including pension contribution).

Applications must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below.

Applications must include:

Recruitment procedure

The Recruitment Committee will shortlist a minimum of two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline.

The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment.

Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application.

Closing date: October 30, 2023

Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline.

For further information about the project, please contact: Associate Professor Florian M. Hollenbach, e-mail: [email protected] .

For further information about the department (EGB), please contact: Head of Department Jens Gammelgaard, e-mail [email protected] .

Details about Copenhagen Business School are available at www.cbs.dk

Closing date: 30 October 2023.

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We are located at Frederiksberg and have approximately 20,000 full and part-time students, 800 full-time faculty members, 200 PhD students and 700 administrative staff, and a full portfolio of bachelor, master, MBA/EMBA, PhD and executive programmes taught in English and Danish. 

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