Postdoctoral researcher opportunity - applying emerging ‘big text’ approaches in mixed-methods environmental policy research

An opportunity exists at Emory University for a motivated and productive early-career researcher to join Dr. Murray Rudd’s new environmental social science lab in the Department of Environmental Sciences. The position will focus on applying emerging methods for text mining and other ‘Big Text’ approaches to environmental policy challenges. The project will include theoretical, practical, and policy-focused aspects – one of the goals will be to advance empirical applications within the Narrative Policy Framework. While a marine or freshwater focus is desirable, the substantive focus on particular environmental issues will be flexible for the successful candidate.

Full time Assistant Professor in Political Science and public policy (for 3 years, renewable for two years) at the Institue of Human and Social Sciences,  Scuola Normale Superiore, Firenze.

·         Research programme: Political Change, Policy Change and Policy Design –Supervisor: Prof. Giliberto Capano

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) at NTU Singapore invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in any of the following areas: political science, including public policy, public administration, comparative politics, international relations and political theory. Priority will be given to Public Policy and Public Administration. Outstanding senior candidates may be appointed at the Associate Professor level.

The School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University is accepting applications for two full time tenure-track positions:

Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy
Lecturer in Public Administration

 

The professorship shall cover comparative policy analysis as an important field of comparative political science in research and teaching. The person to be appointed must prove comprehensive internationally acknowledged research achievements in the analysis of one or more policy areas. Mastery of a variety of theoretical approaches and comprehensive experience in the application of qualitative methods of comparative policy analysis in research as well as the willingness to teach these aspects are expected. Disposition for teaching in the field of comparative political science in its range at Bachelor, Master and PhD level is required.

The research project “Overlapping Subsystems: Identification and Integration of Fragmented Games in Swiss Water Politics” (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation) aims at identifying the policy games political actors are involved in and analyzing how these games are interrelated. For this project, we are looking for a PhD candidate interested in the politics of the water sector in Switzerland.