O departamento de pesquisa IV "Intrastate Conflict" do Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), um dos principais institutos de pesquisa da paz da Europa, localizado em Frankfurt am Main, Alemanha, está com candidaturas abertas para uma vaga de investigador pós-doutorado, que colaborará no projeto “Uso policial da força mortal nas democracias: Filipinas e Brasil”, apoiado financeiramente pelo Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. A data limite é dia 15 de setembro de 2020.

A candidatura selecionada implementará o estudo de caso sobre violência policial letal no Brasil, com foco em padrões e explicações para variações espaciais e temporais no nível estadual.

As responsabilidades incluem:

• pesquisa e análise de dados estaduais sobre violência policial letal no Brasil;
• pesquisa de campo ampliada em vários estados brasileiros, com um foco específico nos determinantes políticos em nível estadual do uso policial da força mortal (papel dos governadores estaduais; populismo penal);
• participação no trabalho do departamento de pesquisa e atividades de publicação do atual programa de pesquisa do PRIF "Coerção e Paz", em particular no que diz respeito à dinâmica de conflitos intraestatais;
• desenvolvimento das redes nacionais e internacionais do Instituto.

Requisitos de candidatura:

• doutorado em ciência política, sociologia ou outra disciplina relevante;
• pesquisa comprovada sobre violência política e experiência em pesquisa no Brasil;
• bom conhecimento dos debates acadêmicos atuais nesta área temática;
• bom conhecimento dos métodos qualitativos ou quantitativos das ciências sociais.

É exigido muito bom domínio do português do Brasil e inglês, falado e escrito. O conhecimento do alemão não é um pré-requisito, mas espera-se que o candidato demonstre vontade de tentar adquirir conhecimentos básicos do idioma alemão.

Para mais informações sobre o projeto, confira: https://www.hsfk.de/en/research/projects/democracy-beyond-legitimate-coercion-deadly-use-of-force-by-the-police-in-the-philippines-and-brazi/.

Mais informações no website do PRIF.

PostDoc (m/f/d) (100%) in salary scale E 13 TV-H, for three years

Our Research Department IV "Intrastate Conflict" is, as of March/April, 2021, seeking

a PostDoc (m/f/d) (100%)
in salary scale E 13 TV-H, for three years (under the terms of the WissZVG).

This position is for a postdoctoral scholar who will collaborate in the project on “Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies: the Philippines and Brazil”, financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

You will implement the case study on lethal police violence in Brazil, with a focus on patterns of and explanations for spatial and temporal variation on the state-level.

Your responsibilities include:

• Research and analysis of state-level data on lethal police violence in Brazil;

• extended field research in several Brazilian states with a specific focus on state-level political determinants of police use of deadly force (role of state governors; penal populism);

• participation in the work of the research department and publication activities for PRIF’s current research program “Coercion and Peace”, in particular with regard to intra-state conflict-dynamics;

• development of the Institute’s national and international networks.

In addition, we expect willingness to cooperate on an interdisciplinary basis and to communicate research results to the political and social public as well as participation in the committees of PRIF’s self-administration.

The applicant should fulfill the following requirements:

• At least a very good doctorate in political science, sociology or another relevant discipline;

• proven research on political violence and research experience in Brazil;

• good knowledge of current academic debates in this topic area;

• good knowledge of qualitative and/or quantitative social science methods;

Very good command of Brazilian Portuguese and English, spoken and written, as well as competent handling of standard office software are prerequisites. Knowledge of German is not a prerequisite, but it is expected that the applicant shows willingness to try to acquire basic German language skills. For further information on the project, please consult https://www.hsfk.de/en/research/projects/democracy-beyond-legitimate-coercion-deadly-use-of-force-by-the-police-in-the-philippines-and-brazi/.

PRIF is a winner of the Total E-Quality award and seeks to promote work/life balance.

In the case of equal qualification, applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference.

Please send your application documents including a motivation letter, a complete CV, certificates and one or two informative samples of your work by September 15, 2020 via e-mail to bewerber(at)hsfk.de. Please include the position code “4.Brazil” Unfortunately, application expenses cannot be reimbursed.