Your responsibilities
Development and conduct of own PhD project in the field of comparative political institutions, broadly defined. Applicants should have a focus on parliaments, parties, legislative behavior, representation, European politics, or European integration.
Participation in the Department's doctoral program, which offers advanced methodological and substantive training as well as professional development.
To teach own courses and/or co-teach with Prof. Slapin or other members of the IPZ
To contribute to intellectual life at the IPZ and the Chair of Comparative Political Institutions and European Politics
Conditional on approval of the PhD proposal by the end of the first year, funding is guaranteed for four years total.
Your profile Qualifications
Excellent MA degree in political science or closely related discipline
Substantive interest in democratic political institutions, democratic governance, representation, parties, parliaments, legislative behavior, European integration or other substantive and methodological topics that fit with the research conducted at the chair.
Excellent quantitative methods background and an interest in further developing methodological skills. Specific areas of interest/expertise could include (but are not limited to) econometrics, causal inference, survey methods and design, computational social and data science (including quantitative text analysis), and experimental methods.
Motivation to pursue an academic career
Ability to work both independently and in a team
Language requirements
Excellent English
Preference for an ability to speak and teach in German, but not required
Susanne Arlt Personalverantwortliche 044 634 39 19 personal@ipz.uzh.ch
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Development and conduct of own PhD project in the field of comparative political institutions, broadly defined. Applicants should have a focus on parliaments, parties, legislative behavior, representation, European politics, or European integration.
Participation in the Department's doctoral program, which offers advanced methodological and substantive training as well as professional development.
To teach own courses and/or co-teach with Prof. Slapin or other members of the IPZ
To contribute to intellectual life at the IPZ and the Chair of Comparative Political Institutions and European Politics
Conditional on approval of the PhD proposal by the end of the first year, funding is guaranteed for four years total.
Your profile Qualifications
Excellent MA degree in political science or closely related discipline
Substantive interest in democratic political institutions, democratic governance, representation, parties, parliaments, legislative behavior, European integration or other substantive and methodological topics that fit with the research conducted at the chair.
Excellent quantitative methods background and an interest in further developing methodological skills. Specific areas of interest/expertise could include (but are not limited to) econometrics, causal inference, survey methods and design, computational social and data science (including quantitative text analysis), and experimental methods.
Motivation to pursue an academic career
Ability to work both independently and in a team
Language requirements
Excellent English
Preference for an ability to speak and teach in German, but not required
Susanne Arlt Personalverantwortliche 044 634 39 19 personal@ipz.uzh.ch
#J-18808-Ljbffr
