The successful candidate is a member of Belgian, European, or international research networks and has a proven capacity to participate to research projects in his/her fields of competence. He/She is expected to demonstrate, through his/her research activities and publications, a commitment in a transversal dialogue with other sub-fields of political sciences. He/She is expected to display advanced skills in qualitative and/or quantitative methods.

The successful candidate will have teachings assignments in the following subjects:

- Public Administration at the Bachelor level; - Regional Policy, Public Management, and Public policy at the Master level.

The successful candidate will have teaching assignments in the above-mentioned field(s) within the various degree programmes organised by the Faculty.

Further information: Professor Marc Lits , dean ESPO – doyen-espo@uclouvain.be Professor Christian de Visscher , research director SPLE – president-sple@uclouvain.be

General conditions

Tasks: The applicant will: - be responsible for teaching courses at all study levels (i.e. undergraduate and postgraduate), as well as in programmes of continuing education; - supervise the final diploma research (i.e. theses) of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as PhD theses; - be involved in (and/or supervise, promote) research programmes; - contribute to the international visibility of the University through teaching and research excellence; - contribute to activities of the University with a societal impact in the fields of the economy, socio-cultural changes or cooperation with developing countries.




Qualifications: the applicant must have
- a PhD degree in Political Sciences, with a specialisation in Public Administration or equivalent
- a significant scientific record with international publications;
- either  studied abroad for an extensive period or have had substantial experience outside the UCL;
- experience in and the aptitude for teaching at university level;
- the capacity to work within a team of teachers and to integrate research findings into teaching;
- creativity and must be open to pedagogic innovation and interdisciplinarity;
- the capacities required to undertake academic research at a high level and to advise, or lead, a research team;
- a  good knowledge of both spoken and written French and English. If this is not the case, the applicant should accept to learn French and/or English in order to be able to teach in French and English within 2 years. Fluency in other languages is an additional advantage.