Convocatoria: PhD Scholarship (3 years, full time) in Political Science – ESPOL (Catholic Université of Lille) (Plazo: 8 de septiembre de 2023)

PhD Scholarship (3 years, full time) in Political Science – ESPOL (Catholic Université of Lille)

Requisitos:

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• A Masters degree in Political Science/International Relations (or a cognate discipline) with a focus on EU institutions or policies

• Excellent proficiency in French and English

• Candidates of any nationality are eligible to apply

Solicitudes:

Applicants are required to submit the following documents with application:

• Curriculum Vitae, including the names and contact details of two referees

• One-page Letter of Motivation

• One-page Research Proposal explaining how the applicant envisages conducting this project and outlining potential challenges that may be encountered

• Transcripts, Reports, certificates of degrees and achievements

Applications to be submitted to andrew.glencross@univ-catholille.fr

Organismo:
ESPOL (Catholic Université of Lille)

Dotación:

The successful applicant for this PhD scholarship will receive the following support:

• A stipend for 36 months at a minimum salary (as of 1 January 2023) of 2044 euros gross per month; along with office access and a computer.

• The employment package includes public and additional private health insurance, a pensions scheme, and other benefits.

• Access to university services (Library, language courses, etc.) and funds for stays abroad, fieldwork, conference trips or transcription costs

• integration in the work of ESPOL-LAB, which organises seminars and conferences• the ability to follow methods training courses • the possibility of a paid teaching contract towards the end of the PhD project

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About the Project

This PhD project, funded by the Région Hauts-de-France, examines the influence of French regions on the adoption of an EU industrial strategy aimed at establishing security of supply in lithium, a critical raw material essential for managing the transition to sustainable energy notably because of its use in electric vehicles. The central objective of this research will be to identify how far French regional interests, in a context of European multi-level governance, contributed to shaping the EU’s critical raw materials strategy, which seeks to relaunch the extraction and transformation of lithium in Europe by 2025. In particular, the empirical analysis will seek to establish the institutional and informal mechanisms used by political actors in regions particularly sensitive to the issues surrounding the extraction and transformation of lithium (e.g. l’Allier and Guyana), as well as its importance in the automotive industry (e.g. Hauts-de-France). Another element of this research will consist in exploring the political strategies deployed to try to overcome possible local resistance to the exploitation of lithium, and to consider the existence of protest movements against private industrial interests. The analysis is expected to be based on data collection in the form of interviews with the representative offices of French local authorities in Brussels as well as with French local authorities and local elected officials.

Upon completion of the project, the PhD student will thus have acquired research and policy expertise in a field of ever increasing geo-economic significance, thereby opening up a number of potential professional career paths.

Plazo de presentación: Hasta el 08/09/2023 (Susceptible a error de cálculo, comprobar siempre)

Bases

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