Applications are invited for a temporary post of a UCD Post-doctoral
Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of Politics and International
Relations.
The ELECT project aims to understand the normative attitudes of key actors
in the electoral process and the values that play a role in their
decision-making processes, how those attitudes and values are shaped by
different institutional and regulatory contexts, and the consequences of
this for democratic norms and political trust. To this end, four agents in
the electoral context are studied in four countries: candidates, campaign
professionals, journalists and citizens in Germany, Italy, the UK and the
USA. Surveys, interviews and focus groups are central to the data
collection.
The postdoctoral researcher will join the project team in its third year,
after most of the empirical data has been collected. Their central role
will be to help analyse the qualitative data from the perspective of key
themes in moral and political philosophy or other relevant normative
lenses, identify normative issues that arise and prescribe normative
solutions that are responsive to how the electoral actors experience their
moral agency. The researcher will also be involved in the design and
delivery of other data yet to be collected, such as citizen focus groups,
as well as the analysis of this data.
*Application materials: *
- Cover letter (max 2 pages), Including Writing sample (publication or
work in progress, max 12,000 words)
- CV (max 2 pages)
Fixed Salary: €45,847 Per Annum
Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 9th of June 2025.
For further information on the application process and to read the full Job
Descriptions, please go to www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs
http://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs and search under External Applicants
and the School of Politics and International Relations
--
Dara Gannon
School Manager
School of Politics & International Relations
www.ucd.ie/spire
*Applications are invited for a temporary post of a UCD Post-doctoral
Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of Politics and International
Relations.*
The ELECT project aims to understand the normative attitudes of key actors
in the electoral process and the values that play a role in their
decision-making processes, how those attitudes and values are shaped by
different institutional and regulatory contexts, and the consequences of
this for democratic norms and political trust. To this end, four agents in
the electoral context are studied in four countries: candidates, campaign
professionals, journalists and citizens in Germany, Italy, the UK and the
USA. Surveys, interviews and focus groups are central to the data
collection.
The postdoctoral researcher will join the project team in its third year,
after most of the empirical data has been collected. Their central role
will be to help analyse the qualitative data from the perspective of key
themes in moral and political philosophy or other relevant normative
lenses, identify normative issues that arise and prescribe normative
solutions that are responsive to how the electoral actors experience their
moral agency. The researcher will also be involved in the design and
delivery of other data yet to be collected, such as citizen focus groups,
as well as the analysis of this data.
*Application materials: *
- Cover letter (max 2 pages), Including Writing sample (publication or
work in progress, max 12,000 words)
- CV (max 2 pages)
*Fixed Salary: €45,847 Per Annum*
*Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 9th of June 2025.*
For further information on the application process and to read the full Job
Descriptions, please go to *www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs
<http://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs>* and search under External Applicants
and the School of Politics and International Relations
--
Dara Gannon
School Manager
School of Politics & International Relations
www.ucd.ie/spire