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Research Assistant (vacancy ref. 16101)
You will join an ESRC/AHRC funded project on Muslim Participation in
Contemporary Governance (funded within the ESRC/AHRC Religion and Society
Programme). This 30-month qualitative research project, which started in
July 2010, investigates the significance of Muslim religious values,
practices and engagement within contemporary governance in the UK. It
explores: how government strategies and policies relating to citizenship
recognise and respond to Muslim religious difference; how participatory
forms of governance engage with Muslim groups, religious values and
identities; and the impact of Muslims? participation in governance on
policy processes and outcomes and for the organisation of and relations
between Muslim civil society organisations more broadly. The research is
based on analysis of policy documents and qualitative research on
participatory governance initiatives at national and local levels (in three
local case study areas).
You will join a research team, based at the University of Bristol,
comprising Dr Therese O?Toole (PI), Professor Tariq Modood (CI), Dr Daniel
Nilsson DeHanas (Research Associate) and Dr Nasar Meer (University of
Southampton). You will be responsible for carrying out research for a local
case study of Muslim participation in governance (in Leicester), which will
be conducted alongside two other local case studies (in Birmingham and
Tower Hamlets). This 12 month post is available from 1st July 2011.
You will be a member of the University Research Centre for the Study of
Ethnicity and Citizenship and will participate fully in the activities of
the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies. You should
have research interests in local governance and community/Muslim politics
in the UK, practical research experience of qualitative research methods,
and either hold, or be close to completing, a doctorate.
If successful, you may be appointed either on a fixed term or a permanent
contract depending on the extent of your previous relevant research
experience. Further information can be found at
www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc/r previous relevant research experience.
Further information can be found at www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc/
For details of the Centre's work see
http://www.bris.ac.uk/ethnicity/
Grade : Level a - Level a in Pathway 2
Salary : ?29,972 - ?33,734
Contact: ( School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies )
Dr T O'Toole
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 0117 331 0854
Closing Date : 23 March 2011
Interview Date : 08 April 2011
Timescale of Appointment(s) -
Contract : Fixed Term Contract
12 months
Further details and an application form can be found at
https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=93931
Alternatively you can telephone (0117) 954 6947, minicom (0117) 928 8894
or
E-Mail [log in to unmask] (stating postal address ONLY), quoting
reference number 16101.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am, 23 March 2011
An Equal Opportunities Employer.
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