Postdoc: Geoeconomic Policy Discourse & Justification

Heriot-Watt University Malaysia; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Job summary

Heriot-Watt University at Panmure House in Edinburgh invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geoeconomic Policy Discourse and Justification Mechanisms. The role develops three research components over 33 months, with cross-disciplinary collaboration and opportunities for first authorship.

Based in Edinburgh, the project includes international workshop series and public-facing outputs. The postholder will design and deliver research, conduct elite interviews, publish

Qualifications

• PhD in political science, international relations, IPE, public policy or cognate discipline.
• Expertise in the political economy of trade, industrial policy, economic security or geoeconomics.
• Experience with elite interviewing and policy-oriented research outputs.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan and deliver the research programme for the assigned component within the 33-month timetable.
• Conduct primary and secondary research using qualitative and/or quantitative methods.
• Design and conduct semi-structured elite interviews with policy actors.
• Secure and maintain research ethics approval and data management per policy.
• Publish peer-reviewed articles and policy briefs from the component, and contribute to the project monograph.

Skills

PhD

Geoeconomics

Qualitative analysis

US/EU policy

Elite interviewing

Education

PhD (awarded or expected)

Tools

NVivo

ATLAS.ti

MAXQDA

Job description

Heriot-Watt University at Panmure House in Edinburgh invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geoeconomic Policy Discourse and Justification Mechanisms. The role develops three research components over 33 months, with cross-disciplinary collaboration and opportunities for first authorship.

Based in Edinburgh, the project includes international workshop series and public-facing outputs. The postholder will design and deliver research, conduct elite interviews, publish