The University of Potsdam (Germany), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, invites applications for two positions:<\/p>\n
Academic Staff Members (Reference number: 113\/2014)<\/p>\n
Successful candidates will work for 26 hours per week and should be able to begin work on 1 June 2014. Both positions end on 31 May 2017. Remuneration is based on German pay grade 13 \u201cTV-L\u00e4nder\u201d.<\/p>\n
The positions are associated with the larger Research Group \u201cInternational Public Administrations. The Emergence and Development of Administrative Patterns and their Effects on International Policy-Making\u201d, which is funded by the DFG and coordinated by Professor Christoph Knill (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t Munich). Successful candidates will contribute to the project \u201cWho has a say? Extent, Variation and Determinants of Expert Authority of International Public Administrations\u201d. The project analyzes to what extent and under what conditions international public administrations (secretariats of intergovernmental organizations) enjoy expert authority and how their expert authority varies and why. It focuses on the secretariats of the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, OECD, OCHA, OHCHR and EU-ECHO and the issue area \u201eHuman Security\u201c. Specific tasks include<\/p>\n
Contributing to conceiving, preparing and implementing a survey among government officials in a stratified sample of 80 countries by means of computer-assisted telephone interviewing More information<\/p>\n Complete Job Advertisement (includes detailed information on essential and desirable qualifications as well as on required application documents)<\/p>\n
\nProcessing, cleaning and analyzing survey data by means of appropriate statistical procedures
\nCollecting data by means of a) literature and document analysis and b) semi-standardized interviews with staff in international public administrations and experts
\nProcessing and coding of collected data
\nContributing to analysis of research results and publications
\nApplications should either be emailed to Marion Dr\u00e4ger (draegerm@uni-potsdam.de<\/a>) or by sent by post to Professor Andrea Liese, Chair of International Organizations and Public Policy, August-Bebel-Stra\u00dfe 89, 14482 Potsdam. Deadline: 07.04.2014.<\/p>\n