Two PhD positions - "Contested frontiers of settler states" project - Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
Two PhD positions - "Contested frontiers of settler states" project
Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
There are vacancies for two PhD positions at the Department of Comparative Politics.
Each position is for a fixed-term period of 4 years. Of that period, at least 75% will be devoted to PhD training and research as an integral member of the exciting ERC project “Contested Frontiers: Understanding the constitutional politics of settler-state peripheries” (ConFront). The other 25% may involve teaching, supervision, and administrative tasks at the department.
The project combines political theory, constitutional law, and comparative politics to understand efforts – usually by Indigenous peoples versus settlers/states – to (re)constitute frontier jurisdictions, especially in the North American Arctic, Fennoscandic north, U.S. Pacific, and Australian tropics. ConFront consists of five team members led by the department’s associate professor of Arctic governance, Aaron Spitzer.
Deadline: 5 August 2024