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  • PhD Position The Rule of Law from Below

    • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    • €3,059 - €3,881
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    Interested in understanding how communities try to access their rights and seek justice in the city? Keen to test your qualitative research skills and try out experimental methods? Then apply for this PhD project which will explore how urban residents and civil society groups defend, shape and reinvent the rule of law from below in their interactions with municipal authorities.
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  • PhD Position Local Democracy and Underrepresented Communities in Amsterdam

    • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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    • Closes on
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    • Master's
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    Are you passionate about researching democracy and political inequality? Do you want to make a  real impact in urban communities? Join this PhD project exploring how underrepresented groups in Amsterdam shape political participation, build publics, and redefine local democracy. Work closely with communities, develop innovate methods, and contribute to cutting-edge debates on political inequality. 
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  • PhD Position Negotiating Democracy in Amsterdam

    • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    • €3,059 - €3,881
    • Closes on
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    • Master's
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    Do you have a passion for researching contestation and local democracy? We now have the opportunity for you to join this PhD project that explores how the municipality of Amsterdam, social movements and civil society organisations negotiate local democracy. You will work in close collaboration with the municipality, activists and citizen initiatives to study the fault lines of contemporary democratic life in the city.
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