Good afternoon, In the framework of the GEM Diamond research project, a call for 16 PhD positions has been opened. The project examines how growing dissensus surrounding liberal democracy has impacted the legitimacy and efficiency of EU policy instruments and the 16 positions cover different aspects of the project. The project involves 11 universities and 4 non-academic partners : Université libre de Bruxelles, Luiss Guido Carli University Rome, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Kobenhavns Universitet Copenhagen, Universitatea Babes Bolyai Cluj Romania, Université de Genève, University of Warwick, Waseda University, Université de Laval et Fundaçao Getulio Vargas de Rio de Janeiro as well as Instituto Affari Internazionali (Rome), The Transatlantic Foundation, Egmont Institut Royal des Relations Internationales, PATRIR Romania (Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania), Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) et Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme. Deadline to apply: 3 July 2022 All the information can be found here: Positions - GEM-DIAMOND<https://gem-diamond.eu/positions> Best wishes, Nathalie Brack Associate Professor in Political science CEVIPOL/Institut d'Etudes Européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles @NathalieBrack Co-leader of the SOVEU research project on Conflicts of sovereignty in the EU : https://www.sovereigntyconflicts.eu/ Latest publications Bickerton, C., Brack, N. (2022), Implementing the will of the people: sovereignty and policy conflicts in the aftermath of the UK's referendum on EU membership<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41295-022-00271-y>, Comparative European Politics, Brack, N., Costa, O., Marié, A. (2022), The European Parliament and Covid-19: Organisational Adaptations and their Implications on Parliamentary Activity<https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/0340-1758-2021-4-844/the-european-parliament-and-covid-19-organisational-adaptations-and-their-implications-on-parliamentary-activity-volume-52-2021-issue-4?page=1>, ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 52(4) Brack, N. (2021), The Parliaments of Europe: full part actors or powerless spectators? - A state of play 2010-2020<https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU%282021%29698534>, study for the European Parliament