Non-state actors, regulations, social transformations (M/F)

23 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

CNRS

Department

Direction des ressources humaines

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

France

Application Deadline

20 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

23 Feb 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The scientific project is part of the renewal of research on public policy and regulation that CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales intends to support.
Today, public policies must be able to support a series of interlocking transitions, be they economic, social, digital, energy or health related, environmental or even democratic. Do these new challenges entail paradigm shifts in the way policies are defined and implemented, or do they highlight certain impasses in our contemporary modes of government?
The aim is to develop research projects that will allow renewing and answering scientific questions relating to public policies and regulation.
From a methodological point of view, preference will be given to approaches that multiply perspectives (e.g. qualitative and quantitative, use of digital data combined with ethnographic approaches) or deploy intra- or international comparative approaches.
This CPJ chair is in line with one of the 5 themes that CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences wishes to focus on as part of a multi-year recruitment strategy via the CPJs Program, at the interface between law, economics, management, history, political science, sociology and territorial sciences. This theme is entitled: political studies, studies of the forms of social life.

Potential host laboratories come from several disciplinary fields: law, political science, sociology. They have been selected on the basis of: a) their key positioning for research on public action, and b) their place in a promising academic context in these fields. They are co-supervised by institutions with which CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences wishes to develop special relationships in this area of research.

Recent research has opened up an important front concerning the growing role, in the evolution of societies, of non-state actors, from associations to companies, NGOs, think tanks and even networks linked to the mafia economy. Today, non-state actors are responsible for "inverted" forms of regulation that are often alternatives to the framework for the production of the general interest provided by states, whether democratic or not. These new forms of regulation are carried out either in the name of market efficiency (large corporations, economic interest groups, consultancy firms), or in the name of the "commons" involving non-market goods and services (social economy, circular economy, associations and activists), or in the name of the scientific or technical expertise claimed by these players. The growing importance of private interests and the increasing role played by private actors in the production of public policies are some of the issues undermining administrative and political authorities. This raises the question of the legitimacy of these new stakeholders to intervene or represent particular interests or the general interest. It also raises the issue of conflicts of interest, the capture of regulatory bodies by private interests, and the growing role played by private actors in the production of public policies.
The research carried out within the framework of this Chair will aim to gain a better understanding of the new forms of economic, legal, political and social regulation involving non-state actors. What is their singularity on a historical scale? What are the different types of legal and political arrangements? How do their proposals and actions relate to those of states?

Teaching will be discussed in relation to the site where the recipient will be assigned. He/she will be involved at each site in existing courses.

The CNRS is developing a strong policy in favor of open science. Open science consists of making research results "as accessible as possible and closed as necessary". As such, the CNRS aims to make 100% of the texts of publications resulting from the work of its laboratories accessible , in particular through deposit in HAL. The data produced must also be made available and reusable, except for specific restrictions. In addition, the guiding principles of individual evaluation have been revised in accordance with the DORA declaration, to be more qualitative and to take into account all facets of the researcher's profession.

The dissemination of the results will be done through world-class scientific productions: publications, patents, software... In addition, the results will be communicated to various targets such as scientific communities, media, decision makers, general public, schools, etc., with an adapted calendar. Specific tools may be developed such as websites, newsletters, meetings, international symposia, summer schools and conferences.

The relationship between science and society is now recognized as a full dimension of scientific activity. The project will develop this dimension in synergy with all the partners. The resulting research work will contribute to informing public decision-making. Participatory science initiatives may be initiated with actors from the project's socio-economic and cultural eco-system.

Requirements
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

holders of a doctorate or a PhD or equivalent degree or applicants who have gained scientific. There is no restriction on the age or nationality of applicants. All CNRS positions are accessible to people with disabilities, with special arrangements for tests made necessary by the nature of the disability.

Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CPJ/CPJ-2024-045/Default.aspx

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Direction des ressources humaines

Country

France

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/CPJ-2024-045/Candidater.aspx

STATUS: EXPIRED