Research Associate, Early Warning and Conflict Prevention
Research Associate post available on EU-funded Project on Early Warning and Conflict Prevention, Division War Studies.
Job Ref. N6/DAW/74/08
Closing Date: 07/07/2008
Application are invited for a three year (full-time only) Research Associate position in the context of a major project entitled ‘Do Forecasts Matter? Early Warnings and the Prevention of Armed Conflict’.
The project is led by Dr Christoph Meyer and will receive funding by the European Research Council, a new body set-up by the EU to support frontier research. The project team further comprises two doctoral researchers on full scholarships. The project seeks to better understand the interplay of communication and political perception of early warnings about impending intra-state armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. Visit Dr Meyer’s staff webpage for a project summary (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/staff/com.html)
Candidates must have PhD in the social sciences, be well-organised, have a good knowledge of methodological issues in doing research, good IT and foreign language skills (e.g. French or Italian).
The appointment will be on Grade 6 at £29,138 plus £2,323 London Allowance.
Fixed-term contract for 3 years as this is the duration of the ERC-funded project.
For an application pack please click on the ‘Further details’ link below. Alternatively, please email strand-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk. All correspondence should clearly state the job title and reference number N6/DAW/74/08.
