Marie Curie Research Fellow (PhD Funded)

University of Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

University of Birmingham invites applications for a fully funded MSCA PhD position linked to the MINARET international multi-site research programme. Based at the University of Birmingham and connected with partners across regions including Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia, this role focuses on Islamic constitutional hybridity within modern governance structures.

The appointee will conduct comparative doctoral research and contribute to project writing, while

Qualifications

• To be eligible, Doctoral Candidates must have obtained a degree which formally entitles them to start a doctorate.
• In addition, Doctoral Candidates cannot have been awarded a doctoral degree and/or completed more than four years of full-time equivalent research experience.
• Doctoral Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the hosting country for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.
• All Doctoral Candidates are required to undertake two secondments abroad, one academic and one non-academic, of between two and six months duration.

Responsibilities

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results
• Contribute to generating funding
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar
• The successful candidates will be required to work in a team, to travel to conferences and regular network training events, and to take part in an academic and non-academic secondment abroad.
• All Doctoral Candidates are required to undertake two secondments abroad, one academic and one non-academic, of between two and six months duration.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Eligible for doctoral studies

Job description

Job Summary

This post forms part of an international multi-site research programme with the title: A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures: Insights from Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia (MINARET), which is based at the University of Lund. It is funded under the auspices of the Horizon Europe MarieSkłodowska Curie Doctoral Networks. The Principal Investigator at the University of Birmingham is Prof Chris Thornhill (Law).

This post is focused on Islamic Constitutional Hybridity, entailing coverage of Indonesia, Morocco, and Uzbekistan. It addresses ways in which constitutional systems in societies with large Muslim populations internalise religious norms in state institutions and how this shapes democratic practices and aspirations. The appointee will conduct comparative doctoral-level research to investigate how Islamic values and moral reasoning are integrated in constitutional and administrative governance in Muslim-majority societies.

Main Responsibilities

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results
• Contribute to generating funding
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar
• The successful candidates will be required to work in a team, to travel to conferences and regular network training events, and to take part in an academic and non-academic secondment abroad.
• All Doctoral Candidates are required to undertake two secondments abroad, one academic and one non-academic, of between two and six months duration.

Person Specification

Fully Funded MSCA PhD Positions Essential Criteria for applicants:

• To be eligible, Doctoral Candidates must have obtained a degree which formally entitles them to start a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited.
• In addition, Doctoral Candidates cannot have been awarded a doctoral degree and/or completed more than four years of full-time equivalent research experience.
• Doctoral Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (i.e. work, studies) in the hosting country for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.
• The successful candidates will be required to work in a team, to travel to conferences and network training events, and to take part in an academic and non-academic secondment abroad.
• All Doctoral Candidates are required to undertake two secondments abroad, one academic and one non-academic, of between two and six months duration.

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Chris Thornhill ([e-mail]).

Valuing excellence, sustaining investment

We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.

Fixed salary of £49,664, additional allowances may be applicable depending on circumstances