Post-doctoral Researcher on Sovereignty and Aesthetics Politics - Conflict- en Ontwikkelingsstu
Listed on 2026-08-02
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Research/Development
Social Sciences & Sociology, Research Analyst, Research Assistant/Associate, Academic
Location: Town of Belgium
Organisation/Company Ghent University Research Field Anthropology » Cultural anthropology Communication sciences » Media studies Geography » Human geography Political sciences » Other Sociology » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Final date to receive applications 14 Aug 2026 - 21:59 (UTC) Country Belgium Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - ERC Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
→Apply before 14/08/2026(DD/MM/YYYY) 23:59 (Brussels Time)
→Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
→Department:
PS05 - Conflict- en Ontwikkelingsstudies
→Occupancy rate:100%
→Number of positions:1
→Type of employment:
Contract of unlimited duration with clause
→Term of assignment:28 months
→Wage scale:
PD1 to PD4 (doctoral degree)
→Required diploma:
PhD
ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY
Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 15,000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities. With its 11 faculties and more than 80 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.
The Conflict Research Group (CRG) – the institutional home of this vacancy – is a multidisciplinary research unit within the Department of Conflict and Development Studies at Ghent University’s Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. The CRG constitutes a thriving and colleagial research environment with diverse academics who converge around their interest in studying micro-level dynamics of civil conflict and political violence.
The group’s research is structured around four main clusters:
Interventions, Contested Resources, Armed Politics and Conflict and Space.
YOUR TASKS
You will join the Sovereign Performance project, which is funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant. The project will grow into a team of five post-docs and is coordinated by Bart Klem. More details can be found on this page .
The successful candidate will contribute to the project’s second work package, which focuses on the aesthetics dimensions of the political repertoires of three entities/movements:
1) the Catalan independence movement;
2) the autonomous region in Northeast Syria known as Rojava (and Kurdistan more widely); and
3) the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalist movement.
You will:
- spend at least 70% of your assignment on academic research.
- gather data on the political and aesthetic repertoires of the three independence movements through a combination of fieldwork and online research.
- collaboratively analyse data that was gathered by project colleagues working on Catalonia, Kurdistan and the Sri Lankan Tamil society.
- attend regular in-person team discussions.
- publish academic publications on the aesthetic politics in relation to the substance focus of the overall project.
- develop public outreach on the subject matter of the project.
- present insights at academic workshops and conferences.
- help organise project-related events.
- make minor contributions to the broader activities of the department.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Mandatory merits:
- You hold a thesis-based doctorate in relevant discipline (Communication, Media and Art studies, Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, Conflict Studies, Development Studies, and similar). (obtained max. 6 years ago. This term of 6 years is determined by the date written on the above-mentioned required diploma).
- You have demonstrable experience doing academic research on political aesthetics and publishing this research in academic journals or books.
- You have demonstrable knowledge about (or experience working on) societies that grapple with separatist politics.
- You have an excellent publishing record, commensurate to your career stage.
- You have an excellent command of written and spoken English, suitable for academic writing and oral presentations.
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