Research Fellow, Integrating Citizen Deliberation ; i4i Project

Job Overview

We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) project, an international collaboration to examine the variety of ways that national and subnational European climate assemblies have been differently connected to their respective political-administrative systems and how this shapes their polity, policy and political impacts (see: ).

The post holder will develop the cross-cutting conceptual schemes and empirical analyses that unite the different work packages of the project. This will primarily include carrying out a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of the integration and impacts of European climate assemblies and writing academic outputs that conceptualise integration and impacts of public participation, as well as presenting the findings of the empirical analysis of the relationship between the two.

This work will be carried out under the supervision of Rikki Dean (principal investigator of the project).

This research position will be based in the Department of Politics and International Relations within the Faculty of Social Sciences, at the University of Southampton where Dr Dean is based. You will join a team of researchers based across the UK, Belgium, Germany and Poland, as well as a supportive Department that contains the largest concentration of democratic innovations scholars in Europe.

• Develop cross-cutting conceptual schemes and empirical analyses that unite the work packages of the project.
• Carry out a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of the integration and impacts of European climate assemblies.
• Write academic outputs that conceptualise integration and impacts of public participation.
• Present findings of the empirical analysis of the relationship between integration and impacts.

• Completed PhD in a relevant discipline (or equivalent professional qualifications).
• Facility with building theoretical frameworks.
• Interest in mixed-methods research.
• Ability to plan and organise work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to write research presentations and papers for peer review publication.
• Knowledge and experience of the subfield of democratic innovations and familiarity with using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is desirable.

The Research Fellow post is full-time for a fixed term of one year with a negotiable start date, but an early start date is preferred.

As part of your application, please ensure that you include both a CV and a cover letter
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The University of Southampton holds an Athena SWAN Silver Award demonstrating commitment to equal opportunities in the workplace.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Rikki Dean, email: