Post-doctoral Researcher, CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest - Research group on Environment and Democracy, REAL DEAL (EU Horizon 2020) Project

Position: 
Researcher
Location: 
Budapest
Unit: 
CEU Democracy Institute
E-mail: 
[email protected]
Application deadline: 
Open until filled

Starting date:                    January 1, 2024 (negotiable)

Full- Or Part-Time:           Full-time/ Part-time

Location:                            Budapest

 

The Democracy Institute (DI) of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest invites applications for a one-year part-time or full-time Postdoctoral Researcher position within the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 research project REAL DEAL (Reshaping European Advances towards Green Leadership Through Deliberative Approaches and Learning, https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/projects/reshaping-european-advances-towards-green-leadership-through-deliberative-approaches ). The CEU team is led by Senior Researcher Stephen Stec (https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/people/stephen-stec ). 

The CEU Democracy Institute is a research institute that strives to enable the renewal and strengthening of democratic and open societies through world-class research, collaboration across academic and professional disciplines, teaching and learning via the free exchange of ideas, and public engagement on a local, regional, and global scale. DI carries out its mission through its five research work groups on: De- and Re-Democratization, Democracy in History, Environment and Democracy, Inequalities and Democracy, and Rule of Law. It is based in CEU’s Budapest site.

For more information, please visit https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/about  

 

The REAL DEAL project 

The project aims at stimulating a pan-European debate to reshape citizens’ and stakeholders’ active participation through deliberative processes around the European Green Deal. It brings together researchers and practitioners of deliberative democracy from a wide range of disciplines including environmental rights and the law of public participation, ethics and responsible innovation, gender studies and ecofeminism, psychology, geography, urban planning and sustainability studies. It includes the EU’s largest civil society networks advocating on the environment, climate, sustainable development, local democracy and the European movement. It teams up with youth climate, social justice and women’s organizations, SMEs, universities and research institutes, mobilizing networks with thousands of CSOs, uniting millions of citizens and activating contacts to thousands of policymakers. In a large co-creation exercise, REAL DEAL will develop, test and validate innovative tools and formats to propel deliberative democracy to the next level. It will test its innovations at citizens assemblies for the transition in at least 13 countries.

 

Responsibilities 

The successful candidate will carry out empirical research within the terms of the project grant agreement under the supervision of the CEU team lead researcher.
CEU is leading on tasks related to the development of a Protocol (guidance and toolkit) on citizen engagement in relation to the European Green Deal and in laying the groundwork for the programmatic aspects of the Citizen Deliberation Academy, an institution that will carry forward the results of the REAL DEAL Project following its completion. The work under the project is expected to result in 1-2 publications in open access, peer-reviewed journals.

 

Qualifications 

We seek applicants with a record (or strong promise) of relevant and internationally recognized publications in the research area, familiarity with current political affairs. Candidates must have excellent written and oral proficiency in English and a PhD in hand (at the start of their employment) in the field of Public Policy, Citizen Participation, Law, Political Science, Sociology, Economics, or related fields.

The focus of the REAL DEAL Project is on the European Union and the European Neighborhood countries, we would be pleased to receive candidacies by scholars from this area. In the spirit of theoretical and methodological pluralism, we are open to quantitative as well as qualitative approaches.

 

What we offer 

We offer a one-year appointment (employment contract for 12 months, with a possibility of extension) based in the Budapest site of CEU with a competitive compensation package, as well as a dynamic and international academic environment.

How to apply

Applicants need to submit:

• Cover letter
• CV
• Writing sample (unpublished paper or published article or book chapter)
• Names and contact details of two scholars who could supply recommendation letters in case the candidate is shortlisted for the job. The referees will be contacted by CEU DI.

Please send your complete application package as one single pdf file to: [email protected] – including job code in subject line: 2023/093

Informal inquiries can be addressed to Stephen Stec ([email protected] ), CEU team lead researcher of the REAL DEAL project and Chair of the Search Committee. Interviews of shortlisted candidates are expected to take place online in November and December 2023.

 

CEU is strongly committed to the promotion of gender equality and equal opportunities within our institution. Previous training, work experience and/or engagement with matters of equality, diversity and inclusion at the organizational level will be an asset.

About CEU

One of the world’s most international universities, a unique founding mission positions Central European University  as both an acclaimed center for the study of economic, historical, social and political challenges, and a source of support for building open and democratic societies that respect human rights and human dignity. CEU is accredited in the United States and Austria, and offers English-language bachelor's , master's and doctoral  programs in the social sciences, the humanities, law, environmental sciences, management and public policy. CEU enrolls more than 1,400 students from over 100 countries, with faculty from over 50 countries.  

In 2019, CEU relocated from Hungary to Austria as the Hungarian government revoked its ability to issue US-accredited degrees in the country. As a result, CEU offers all of its degree programs in Vienna, Austria; and retains a non-degree, research and civic engagement presence in Budapest, Hungary, through its CEU Democracy Institute , the Institute for Advanced Study , the CEU Summer University  and The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) , and its Hungarian language public educational programs and public lectures.  

For more information, please visit https://www.ceu.edu/ .

CEU is an equal opportunity employer.

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