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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.uu.nl/en/news/four-phd-positions-on-erc-advanced-grant-funded-globalgoals-project">https://www.uu.nl/en/news/four-phd-positions-on-erc-advanced-grant-funded-globalgoals-project</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:30.0pt;line-height:33.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B'>Four PhD positions on ERC Advanced Grant-funded GLOBALGOALS project<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=intro style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:26.25pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B'>Four PhD candidates will become part of the new, cutting-edge international research programme <a href="https://www.uu.nl/globalgoals"><span style='color:#262626'>GLOBALGOALS</span></a>. This research programme is directed by Professor <a href="https://www.uu.nl/staff/FHBBiermann/0"><span style='color:#262626'>Frank Biermann</span></a> and funded through an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. The project aims to analyse steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>The ambition expressed in UN Sustainable Development Goals is unprecedented. The world, <a href="https://www.uu.nl/en/research/sustainability"><span style='color:#262626'>including Utrecht University</span></a>, is increasingly aligning itself to these Global Goals. But can such goal-setting help resolve the pressing challenges of economic development, poverty eradication, social justice and global environmental protection?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>This new 2.5 million euro project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant has been designed to critically address this question and break new ground in sustainability and global governance theories.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B;text-transform:uppercase'>PHD POSITIONS<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>The four PhD candidates will play a critical role in GLOBALGOALS. We are looking for a candidate for each of the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:25.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#3B3B3B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>Quantitative methods and approaches in political science/international relations, especially in social network analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:25.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#3B3B3B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>Discourse analysis, especially with a focus on international relations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:25.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#3B3B3B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>Theory of international relations and world politics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:25.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#3B3B3B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>Analysis of the political systems of non-European countries<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>If you are excited about being part of a research programme that deploys a unique set of cutting-edge methodologies to assess and explain the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals, we would love to hear from you. <a href="https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?PortalID=4124&VacatureID=987725&Vacancy=Four%20PhD%20Positions%20in%20Global%20Sustainability%20Governance%20%281%2E0%20FTE%29#top"><span style='color:#262626'>Click here for the vacancy</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#3B3B3B'>Application deadline: 1 September 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>