Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

Position: 
Researcher
Location: 
Budapest
Status: 
Full-time
Unit: 
CEU Democracy Institute
E-mail: 
[email protected]
Application deadline date: 
March 30, 2024

Starting date:  September 01, 2024 (negotiable)

The CEU Democracy Institute (DI) in Budapest invites applications for a 2-year position as a Post-doctoral Researcher at the research group on Inequalities and Democracy . Apart from pursuing their own research, the Post-doctoral Researcher will assist with constructing and consolidating an innovative, international research network for the research group. Therefore, the position will combine research and organizational tasks.

The candidate will be based and working in Budapest, Hungary,  but might occasionally be requested to travel or teach sessions in courses at CEU Private University in Vienna, Austria.
The successful candidate is expected to carry out independent empirical research within the broad thematic mission of the research group that covers four broad substantive fields:

• old and new agendas in human rights based emancipatory struggles in times of crisis and crisis management;
• the challenges and potentials of civil society participation in facilitating more inclusive democratic politics;
• the (re)production of inequalities and social exclusion in authoritarian and de-democratizing regimes;
• the emergence of new forms of social solidarity in urban, domestic, and transnational contexts in times of democratic crisis.

We would be pleased to receive candidacies by scholars pursuing a research agenda on countries beyond Western Europe and North America. In the spirit of theoretical and methodological pluralism, we are open to a wide range of methodological approaches including qualitative, interpretive, ethnographic, participatory, as well as quantitative, bigdata based and mixed methods.

Responsibilities and opportunities

• Conduct their own, independent research.
• Explore and develop research collaboration possibilities within the Inequalities and Democracy workgroup, the Democracy Institute and CEU at large.
• Contribute to organizing seminars and public events of the research group.
• Participate in public events and regular management meetings of the research group.
• Strengthen the international research network, presence, and academic visibility of the Inequalities and Democracy research group.
• Assist institution building efforts and the provision of public goods with the Democracy Institute.
• Engage in the development of research project plans and funding proposals.
• Take advantage of the multidisciplinary composition of the DI academic community and engage with other workgroups.
• Collaborate with the Review of Democracy , the CEU Democracy Institute’s online journal.

Your 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, and a keen interest in networking and institution building. Candidates must have excellent written and oral proficiency in English. At the start of their employment, they must have a defended PhD in the fields of Political Science, Sociology, Public Policy, Law or related fields.

What CEU offers
We offer a competitive compensation package as well as a dynamic and international academic environment. The initial employment contract is for 24 months with the possibility of extension for another two years.

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 the job code in the subject line: 2024/013.
Informal inquiries can be addressed to Andrea Krizsan , Lead Researcher of the DI's Inequalities and Democracy Workgroup and Chair of the Search Committee.
Interviews of shortlisted candidates are expected to take place online in late April 2024.

Research areas:
Inequalities and Democracy

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.
Central European University does not discriminate on the basis of—including, but not limited to—race, color, national and ethnic origin, religion, gender and sexual orientation in administering its educational policies, admissions policies, employment, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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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