Twelve PhD Positions in Politics of Adolescence and Democracy (Political Science, Psychology, Neuroscience and related disciplines)

We have twelve PhD Studentships available to join the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network project ‘Interdisciplinary Perspectives of the Politics of Adolescence & Democracy’ (IP-PAD). Full details can be found here https://www.ippad.eu/phd

 About us: The IP-PAD project “Interdisciplinary Perspectives of the Politics of Adolescence & Democracy” (https://www.ippad.eu/ )  is an MSCA Doctoral Network that aims to train a new generation of early career researchers in the fields of political science, political psychology and developmental neuroscience. IP-PAD will study how young adolescent citizens process political information and how this affects their engagement with politics.

Where : The project involves extensive collaborations between the following universities located in Europe : Royal Holloway University of London (UK), University of Vienna (Austria), Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Jagiellonian University (Poland). Across all universities we have formed multidisciplinary supervisory teams with the participation of political scientists and political/social psychologists, cognitive and developmental neuroscientists, and social scientists.

Each university will recruit between two and three Early Stage Researchers who will also enrol for their Doctoral Degree. Description of the Work Packages and Research Questions that will be hosted in each of the participating Universities can be found here : https://www.ippad.eu/research

About you: We are looking for recent graduates with an academic background in any of the relevant disciplines who meet the following Essential Requirements  (for a full list and other specific requirements please see https://www.ippad.eu/phd ):   

• BSc in Psychology, Political Science, Communication Science, Neuroscience, Sociology, or other cognate disciplines; 

• MSc/MA (already in possession or expected to be obtained by the start date of the project) in Psychology, Political Science, Communication Science, Neuroscience, Sociology and related disciplines;  

In addition, applicants must meet the general MSCA criteria :  

• Early Stage Researcher : Be in the first four years of their research careers and not yet have been awarded a doctorate.
• Mobility Rule : Applicants can be of any nationality but must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country where they apply for more than 12 months in the last 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.

What can we offer you ? We offer an ambitious interdisciplinary doctoral research training programme, which is to be completed with a PhD thesis. These fixed-term positions are for three years and start between 1st September and 30th October 2023. The salary consists of a generous living allowance, mobility allowance, and family allowance (if applicable) as determined by the European Commission for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions guidelines. Specific benefits and salary levels for each participating Institution are presented in the tables above.

How to apply ? Applicants, irrespective of the University they wish to apply for, should prepare the requested material and submit their applications here   by Monday 30th of January 2023 Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.  

 Deadline : Monday 30th January , 23:59 CET