Applications are invited for a PhD Scholarship in Political Science at ICourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts, Faculty of Law and The Department of Political Science at The University of Copenhagen. Employment is to begin as soon as possible or on 1 August
2013 if possible. ICourts, the Danish National Research Foundation´s Centre of Excellence for International Courts, is a new research centre dedicated to the study of international courts, their role in a globalizing legal order and their impact on politics and society. To understand these crucial and contemporary interplays of law, politics and society, the centre hosts a set of integrated interdisciplinary research projects on the causes and consequences of the proliferation of international courts. See further at www.jura.ku. dk/icourts
ICourts is now recruiting a PhD student with a political science training within the area of international courts and legitimacy. We are particularly looking for exciting projects which can provide new empirical and theoretical insights into the causes and consequences of international adjudication on the national/societal level. One way of studying the legitimacy of international courts could thus be to try to find out whether the case law that comes out of the courts is in fact used as a source and reference point by national courts and governments. But also whether and to what degree litigants like ordinary citizens and private organizations/ cooperations actively use and refer to cases coming from the international level. The legitimacy of international courts can also be studied from other points of departure of course. It is however important to stress that research at iCourts is problem-driven and focused on salient empirical and theoretical issues with the goal of proving path-breaking basic scientific knowledge of the impact of international courts on politics and society. See further at www.jura.ku.dk/icourts/research
We are especially interested in research proposals that include quantitative research methodologies like those traditionally employed in sociology and political science. Research questions should address the development of a raising global order but prior knowledge of
international courts is not a precondition. We welcome applications from candidates within sociology and political science. Students with mixed law-politics background are obviously also welcome to apply as are lawyers well versed in political science methodologies.
Deadline: 15 April 2013
More information: http://polsci. ku.dk/stillingso pslag/phd_ scholarship/
2013 if possible. ICourts, the Danish National Research Foundation´s Centre of Excellence for International Courts, is a new research centre dedicated to the study of international courts, their role in a globalizing legal order and their impact on politics and society. To understand these crucial and contemporary interplays of law, politics and society, the centre hosts a set of integrated interdisciplinary research projects on the causes and consequences of the proliferation of international courts. See further at www.jura.ku. dk/icourts
ICourts is now recruiting a PhD student with a political science training within the area of international courts and legitimacy. We are particularly looking for exciting projects which can provide new empirical and theoretical insights into the causes and consequences of international adjudication on the national/societal level. One way of studying the legitimacy of international courts could thus be to try to find out whether the case law that comes out of the courts is in fact used as a source and reference point by national courts and governments. But also whether and to what degree litigants like ordinary citizens and private organizations/ cooperations actively use and refer to cases coming from the international level. The legitimacy of international courts can also be studied from other points of departure of course. It is however important to stress that research at iCourts is problem-driven and focused on salient empirical and theoretical issues with the goal of proving path-breaking basic scientific knowledge of the impact of international courts on politics and society. See further at www.jura.ku.dk/icourts/research
We are especially interested in research proposals that include quantitative research methodologies like those traditionally employed in sociology and political science. Research questions should address the development of a raising global order but prior knowledge of
international courts is not a precondition. We welcome applications from candidates within sociology and political science. Students with mixed law-politics background are obviously also welcome to apply as are lawyers well versed in political science methodologies.
Deadline: 15 April 2013
More information: http://polsci. ku.dk/stillingso pslag/phd_ scholarship/
Application Deadline : 15 April 2013
