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19.07.2024
Recruitment 'Assistant Professor (tenure track)'
Status: Private sector employment as Assistant Professor with tenure track
Discipline: Political science
Profile: Politics and policy in/of Europe and the European Union
The Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics at Sciences Po is actively seeking to recruit 2 tenure-track Assistant Professors, who will meet important teaching needs at Sciences Po in the institutions, governance, and politics of the EU and Europe.
The successful candidates will contribute to (at least) one of the four research clusters of the CEE: 1) capitalist transformations; 2) cities, borders and mobility; 3) the state and public policy ; 4) strains on democratic representation. They will have demonstrated their ability to conduct substantive empirical and theoretical research to an international standard. We welcome applications from highly qualified candidates with a strong profile, an international record of publication, and well-grounded expertise in comparative methodologies and analytic strategies, be they qualitative, quantitative, or mixed.
The successful candidates will be required to teach courses on the institutions, governance, and associated democratic tensions of/in the EU. Annual duties comprise teaching (the equivalent of three courses of 24 hours each for tenured faculty) and administrative service (to the Centre and to Sciences Po more broadly). Teaching and service obligations are reduced during the first three years of the tenure track. At least one course will be delivered at one of Sciences Po’s regional campuses at Collège universitaire level (in Reims, Le Havre, Dijon, Nancy, Poitiers or Menton), the others in Paris (whether at undergraduate or at graduate level in one or more of Sciences Po’s Schools). The specific workload will be agreed annually by the Head of the Department of Political Science in consultation with Sciences Po’s Learning and Teaching Directorate. A preference will be given to candidates with the ability to teach in English. Proficiency in English is a prerequisite, fluency in French is not a requirement.
Sciences Po is an employer that respects equal opportunities and is committed to ensuring a balanced representation of gender, geographic areas, and minorities. Applications from women are particularly welcome.
Recruitment process
Applications from candidates holding a PhD in political science or cognate disciplines must be electronically submitted before 9th January 2025 (4 pm Paris time) to the following email address: recruitment.cee@sciencespo.fr.
The application must include the following documents:
- A cover letter setting out the research projects and priorities of the applicant were they to be appointed;
- A CV containing a complete list of publications;
- Copies of 3 publications showing the range and quality of the research of the applicant;
- The syllabi of 2 potential courses that the applicant might credibly teach (at Bachelor and Master level) and, if possible, student evaluations of courses already taught.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
The selection committee will review applications and establish a short list of candidates who will be invited to present their research in the form of a ‘Job Talk’ in early April 2025 to the academic community prior to a formal interview.
The anticipated start date for the post is September 2025.
Unit of affiliation
Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (UMR 8239)
https://www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-europeennes/en.html
The CEE is a multidisciplinary laboratory dedicated to Comparative Political Analysis.
Contacts
President of the selection committee
Jan Rovny, Professor of Political Science
Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics
Administrative contacts
Eleonora Russo, General Secretary
Silvia Duerich-Morandi, Executive Assistant
