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The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct peace research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. Currently approx. 80 persons are employed at the Department and at present some 300-400 students are enrolled every academic year. Courses offered include undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as well as a Ph. D. programme. For more information, visit www.pcr.uu.se.
The Department and the project Universities at Risk: Explaining Organized Student Violence at African Universities are now looking for a full-time research assistant for a six months employment, starting in August 2023.
Project
The project Universities at Risk: Explaining Organized Student Violence at African Universities aspires to map and explain why students engage in organized violence at African universities. Improving access to higher education is heralded as a central component of promoting democracy and peace. Despite this, African universities are often fraught by organized violence in many developing countries. This constitutes a serious problem. Not only does the militarization of campuses risk degrading the quality of higher education, but also foster a new generation of leaders who use violence as a tool for political contestation. There is currently a lack of studies investigating universities as sites of violent mobilization. The purpose of this project is therefore to explain under what conditions university based organized violence is most likely to erupt. To address this question, we will collect novel data on the prevalence of organized violence across African universities (1989-2021) and statistically analyze its causes. We will combine this with a comparative study of a few African universities.
Duties
Tasks include:
Requirements
The applicant must have:
Additional qualifications
Individual suitability will be considered.
About the employment:
The employment is a temporary position, 6 months. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date: 14 August 2023, or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala.
For further information about the position, please contact: Anders Themnér, anders.themner@pcr.uu.se
Please submit your application by 8 May 2023, UFV-PA 2023/672.
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Type of employment | Special fixed-term employment |
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Employment expires | 2024-02-16 |
Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 2023-08-14 or as agreed |
Salary | Individual salary |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Uppsala |
County | Uppsala län |
Country | Sweden |
Reference number | UFV-PA 2023/672 |
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Published | 28.Feb.2023 |
Last application date | 08.May.2023 11:59 PM CEST |