{"id":14370,"date":"2012-02-29T15:14:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=14370"},"modified":"2012-02-29T15:14:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T15:14:35","slug":"post-doctoral-research-fellowship-available-in-political-economy-at-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2012\/02\/29\/post-doctoral-research-fellowship-available-in-political-economy-at-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship available in political economy at Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am posting this in case anyone is interested:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Sheffield\u00a0Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI)\u00a0is seeking to appoint\u00a0<strong>two exceptional Post-Doctoral Research Fellows\u00a0<\/strong>to help shape, develop and lead SPERI\u2019s research agenda over the next three years. We also have two funded\u00a0PhD Studentships available. More information about SPERI\u00a0and both opportunities can be found below in a form designed to make it easy for you to pass on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>About SPERI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) aims to bring together leading international researchers in the social sciences, including policy-makers, journalists and opinion formers, to reassess and develop substantive proposals to respond to the political and economic challenges posed by the global financial crisis and its legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the heart of such challenges is the problem of growth \u2014 where it will come from, how it will be sustained and how it might be made both environmentally and institutionally sustainable. These are challenges for the world economy as a whole as they are for the local, regional and national economies which together comprise it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">SPERI\u2019s research themes include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thinking through the theoretical basis of a sustainable new model of political economy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Understanding and resolving the British growth crisis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Analysing the changing political architecture of the Eurozone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Assessing the emerging role of the BRICs in the new world order<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Reflecting on the G20's leadership and management of the global political economy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A fuller statement of SPERI\u2019s research focus is available at:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/speri\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">www.sheffield.ac.uk\/speri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>About the Research Fellowships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You will hold a PhD in a relevant area (or have equivalent experience) and maintain research activity of a substantial external reputation. This will be achieved through: generating research income and direction for self and others, conducting high quality research, producing research publications of exceptional quality and impact, supervising research students and research staff, participating actively in the development and implementation of the department and the Faculty\u2019s research strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The posts are full time and fixed-term<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>from 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0August 2012 to 31 December 2014 at Grade 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grade 8: \u00a337,012 - \u00a344,166 per annum with the expectation of annual incremental progression.\u00a0 Potential to progress to \u00a349,689 through sustained exceptional contribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You can find more information about the posts on our website\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/speri\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">www.sheffield.ac.uk\/speri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0and in the attached document.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>How to apply<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You can apply for the positions online at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">www.sheffield.ac.uk\/jobs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Applicants should include in their application a 3000 word (maximum) post-doctoral research fellowship application, indicating clearly its links to SPERI\u2019s core research focus and at least one of the five research themes, as well as its potential to generate user and\/or policy-maker impact.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am posting this in case anyone is interested: The Sheffield\u00a0Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI)\u00a0is seeking to appoint\u00a0two exceptional Post-Doctoral Research Fellows\u00a0to help shape, develop<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2012\/02\/29\/post-doctoral-research-fellowship-available-in-political-economy-at-sheffield\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}