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Nazwa stanowiska: Scholarship Holder 1 (f/m/x) (qualitative researcher)
Wymagania
Requirements:
• NCN scholarships may be awarded to individuals who are not PhD holders and meet any of the following terms:
a) be students of full-time first or second-cycle degree programmes or uniform Master’s studies at any university in Poland;
b) participate in a doctoral programme;
c) are PhD students at a doctoral school.
• BA or MA in Sociology, Political Science or a related discipline;
• experience in preparing scientific publications and disseminating research findings at national and international conferences;
• very good command of English, spoken and written, enabling scientific publication in English;
• data analysis skills, including up-to-date knowledge of qualitative data analysis;
• proven track record of publications and/or research expertise in democracy studies or a related field.
Required documents:
• Application letter for a scholarship addressed to the Director of IPS PAS.
• CV including a detailed list of publications, research projects, research internships, conference papers and completed courses;
• confirmation of student status (first-cycle, second-cycle or long-cycle Master’s studies at a higher education institution in Poland) or of doctoral candidate status at a Polish university or a PAS research institute.
• The complete set of required documents must be submitted electronically to:
politic@isppan.waw.pl (e-mail subject: “Recruitment: DEMRES - Scholarship 1”). Only applications containing all required documents will be considered.
Opis zadań
Description of tasks:
• conducting research under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, prof. Agnieszka Kwiatkowska;
• participation in collection of data covering framings of democracy in public discourse in Europe;
• involvement in the development of the coding scheme of gathered data, data coding, and interpretation;
• testing the functionality of the database on discourse on democracy;
• leading role in preparing and conducting IDIs with political experts;
• participation in preparing and analysis of open-ended questions in a survey;
• leading role in preparing and conducting FGIs;
• participation in data analysis and interpretation;
• participation in dissemination activities, including conference presentations, preparation of scientific articles and a book, responsible for press releases and social media content.
The main objective of DEMRES is to identify and analyze the key narratives of democratic backsliding and democratic resilience used by anti-democratic and pro-democratic political actors, as well as to assess the responsiveness of key target groups to these narratives and their mobilizing potential in elections. The project aims to create a unique knowledge base on how populist challenges reshape contemporary democracies. By combining advanced analysis of political texts with qualitative and quantitative research, the project examines how political language can contribute either to democratic erosion or to democratic resilience.
Research questions:
• Which narratives are used to legitimize democratic backsliding, and which are used to defend democracy?
• How do these narratives vary between political actors and across changing political contexts?
• Which social and political groups are most responsive to particular backsliding and resilience narratives?
• Under what conditions can these narratives shape political attitudes, electoral choices and political mobilization?
Typ konkursu NCN: OPUS – HS
Termin składania ofert: 2026-11-20 23:59
Forma składania ofert: e-mail
Warunki zatrudnienia
Terms of employment:
• remuneration: 5.000,00 PLN gross/month [In accordance with the NCN Regulations on the allocation of funding for research projects financed by the National Science Centre (NCN), the remuneration amount may be increased by an additional PLN 1.500 gross/month for each doctoral student who will receive a doctoral scholarship after the month in which their mid-term evaluation is conducted];
• period of employment: 48 months;
• competition results announced by: 12.12.2026
• planned start date: 18.12.2026
Dodatkowe informacje
Additional information:
NCN regulations:
https://ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/uchwaly-rady/2024/uchwala25_2024-zal1_ang.pdf
Project information:
https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/opisy/636468-en.pdf
Information clause
1. The controller of your personal data is the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, with its registered office in Warsaw (00-625), ul. Polna 18/20; contact details: politic@isppan.waw.pl; tel. +48 22 825 52 21.
2. The controller has appointed a Data Protection Officer, who may be contacted in writing at the address indicated in point 1 or by e-mail at: iod@isppan.waw.pl.
3. Your personal data will be processed on the basis of a legal obligation incumbent on the controller (including the provisions of the Labour Code) and, with regard to data exceeding the statutory obligation and sensitive data, on the basis of voluntary consent, understood as the explicit act of submitting them in the application. The data will be processed solely for the purpose of conducting the recruitment procedure for the vacant position at the Institute of Political Studies and, where applicable, in connection with the subsequent engagement.
4. Providing the data required by law is necessary to conduct the recruitment procedure. If such data are not provided, your application will not be considered. With regard to personal data processed on the basis of voluntary consent, failure to provide them or withdrawal of consent will not constitute grounds for unfavourable treatment, will not result in any negative consequences and, in particular, will not constitute grounds for refusing engagement.
5. Your personal data may be disclosed to entities authorized under the law and to entities providing organizational and administrative services to the Institute. The controller does not intend to transfer personal data to a third country or an international organization.
6. The data will be processed until the conclusion of the agreement with the selected candidate, then for the duration of the engagement and for a further 10 years, counted from the end of the calendar year in which the relationship was terminated or expired. The data of candidates not selected in the recruitment procedure for a given announcement will not be processed further and will be destroyed (except where the candidate has expressed the wish and consent to take part in future recruitment procedures).
7. Your personal data will not be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling.
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a) request from the controller access to your personal data, their rectification, erasure or restriction of processing;
b) request data portability (with regard to data processed on the basis of consent);
c) lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, i.e. the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO), ul. Stanisława Moniuszki 1A, 00-014 Warsaw;
d) withdraw consent to the processing of personal data (with regard to data processed on the basis of consent).
These rights may be exercised within the limits and in accordance with the rules laid down by law.
Data dodania ogłoszenia: 2026-10-29 15:32