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Durham University - School of Government and International AffairsLocation:DurhamSalary:£32,548 to £38,832 per annum (grade 7).Hours:Full TimeContract Type:Fixed-Term/ContractPlaced on:21st March 2018Closes:20th April 2018Job Ref:012126Term: Fixed Term Contract (planned end date: 31 December 2018)Closing Date: 20 April 2018 at middayThis role is full time and fixed term with a planned end date of 31 December 2018.Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Politics and Youth Studies. The purpose of this 6 month fixed term part-time PDRA is to support Professor Emma Murphy in gathering, collating and representing data required for a monograph on the political economy of youth in the Middle East and North Africa. The research associate will be responsible for working closely with Professor Murphy to identify key sources of comparative data, to collate such data (notably with regard to national policy and data, international demographic and other statistical data, and key texts from international organisations) and to reformulate it into publication-ready graphs, tables and illustrations. The researcher will be supported in developing their own research agenda from this data collection and in developing their own publication-standard outputs.For informal enquiries please contact Professor Emma Murphy at emma.murphy@durham.ac.uk. All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.What to SubmitAll applicants are asked to submit: A CV and covering letter which details your experience, strengths and potential in the requirements set out above; An example of research you have conducted which has drawn upon quantitative datasets and required the data to be presented in graph, chart, diagram or image format.Next StepsShortlisted candidates will be invited for interview and assessment in the first half of May 2018.Source : http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BIO920/postdoctoral-research-associate-in-politics-and-youth-studies/