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 Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Networks. The Principal Investigator at the University of Birmingham is Prof Chris Thornhill (Law).
This post is focused on Constitutional Militarisation, Security and Democratic Reform. The appointee will conduct doctoral-level research that examines military influence on constitutional governance in societies with large Islamic populations, with some coverage of the following states: Egypt, Türkiye, and Sudan. The research will examine how military institutions shape constitutional governance and it will assess how legal reforms can strengthen civilian oversight of the military, reduce military dominance, and promote democratic transitions.
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 (c.j.thornhill@bham.ac.uk)
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Fixed salary of £49,664, additional allowances may be applicable depending on circumstances