Dear Colleagues The Chair of Public Administration at the University of Konstanz is seeking Research Assistants (BA/MA/PhD) for the research project "COVICORR: Comparing Mask Scandals in 27 European Union Member States", which analyzes corruption scandals in public procurement in the EU during the pandemic. The research assistants will conduct one or several country case studies in order to collect the qualitative data for the project. The work can be done remotely from online. We are seeking RAs with very good language skills (B2 or plus) of one of the following countries: Cyprus Latvia Lithuania RAs interested in academic research are offered the opportunity to co-author one of three comparative research articles, to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, coming out of the project. The project is led by Prof. Eva Thomann. Please find more information attached. Interested candidates should send their CV and short statement of motivation to Tiziano Zgaga <mailto:tiziano.zgaga@uni-konstanz.de> tiziano.zgaga@uni-konstanz.de . Thank you for considering and disseminating the call! Best wishes Tiziano Zgaga, on behalf of Eva Thomann Dr. Tiziano Zgaga Department of Politics and Public Administration | University of Konstanz E-mail: <mailto:tiziano.zgaga@uni-konstanz.de> tiziano.zgaga@uni-konstanz.de | www.tizianozgaga.com Under contract: Zgaga, T. (expected 2025). Fiscal Integration and Administration in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, <https://link.springer.com/series/14977> European Administrative Governance series. New publications: Zgaga, T. (2023). The Coexistence of Fiscal Sovereignties: the Post-Pandemic European Union in Comparative Perspective. Politics and Governance <https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/7244> , 11(4), 102-111. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i4.7244 Zgaga, T., Thomann, E., & Goubier, M. (2023). European Union versus core state powers: the customisation of EU fiscal policy. <https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2023.2217234> Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2023.2217234 Fabbrini, S., & Zgaga, T. (2023). Right-Wing Sovereignism in the European Union: Definition, Features and Implications. <https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13497> Journal of Common Market Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2023.2217234 Zgaga, T. (2023). The fiscal sovereignty of the European Union after the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. <https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2023.2210967> Journal of European Integration, https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2023.2210967 Zgaga, T., & Thomann, E. (2023). Regulation in Public Policy. In: van Gerven, M., Rothmayr Allison, C., & Schubert, K. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Public Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90434-0_65-1 <https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-90434-0_65-1 #citeas>