Context:
The Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies (MaxPo) in Paris invites applications for doctoral fellowships. Fellowship recipients will work under the supervision of Prof. Jenny Andersson or Prof. Olivier Godechot. In addition, the applicants are required to apply for formal enrollment in the doctoral program in sociology or political science at Sciences Po in Paris.
The MaxPo PhD program runs in close collaboration with the doctoral program of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) in Cologne. Moreover, together, we offer the possibility of a double doctorate (cotutelle de thèse).
Position Title: Doctoral Fellow
Employer name: Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies (MaxPo)
Duty Station: Paris, France
Job nature: Doctoral Fellowships
Application deadline: 15 March 2018
Fellowship conditions:
2,188 euros (monthly gross salary); three-year contract starting in October 2018; including a 12-week period of administrative service to MaxPo and a research stay at the IMPRS-SPCE in Cologne.
Eligibility:
Candidates will hold a master’s degree (or equivalent) and have received training in the following disciplines: history, sociology, or political science, with additional training in related fields. Moreover, they should have experience with qualitative and quantitative methods.
In addition, there is no nationality requirement; however, a firm command of English and a working knowledge of French is required.
Other requirements:
Applicants’ research interests should fall into the area of MaxPo’s research program. Moreover, their PhD project proposal should fit into one of the two research groups at MaxPo. Moreover, we welcome original and independent proposals. However, research topics should be situated in economic sociology, political economy, or economic or political history and can include:
- The intellectual, political, and economic history of neoliberalism; elite and mass politics; the marketization of social life; concepts of democracy, politics, and progress since the 1970s; the consequences of neoliberalism;
- Labor markets and inequality; job polarization; team dynamics and team splits in organizations, firms, and political parties; the sociology of financial markets; the political and social consequences of economic crises.
How to apply:
Required documents (to be compiled into one PDF):
- a CV
- a transcript of records from each institution attended
- a cover letter briefly describing your intellectual trajectory so far and discussing the topics that interest you (2 pages maximum)
- a thesis project proposal (5,000 words maximum)
- a project title
- an abstract summarizing your thesis project
- a writing sample (such as an article, thesis, or term paper)
- if possible, we strongly encourage you to obtain one or more letters of recommendation (a letter from your MA advisor would be especially useful)
Please email the complete file to allison.rovny@sciencespo.fr by March 15, 2018 (with “MaxPo PhD positions 2018” in the subject line). Incomplete files will not considered. However, shortlisted candidates will invited to an online interview. In addition, final decisions will be made by mid-April 2018.
Please note that successful candidates will need to apply for admission through the online procedure of the Ecole doctorale of Sciences Po before April 25, 2018.
Finally, Administrative registration will occur in June 2018 through the Ecole doctorale. In addition, detailed instructions will forwarded in April 2018 to the candidates selected for a MaxPo fellowship.
Contact Information: Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75337 Paris Cedex 07, France, Web address: http://www.maxpo.eu/
