Post-Doc Fellowship Available: Research Coordinator, Decolonizing Democracy
/Attention PhD graduates! People Powered is hosting a fully funded two-year fellowship for a research coordinator focused on decolonizing democracy. We are honored to have been selected as a host organization by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for its Leading Edge Fellowship program.
In 2022, ACLS will offer 20 two-year fellowships, in which recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs will be matched with organizations advancing social justice and equity. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US for the entire duration of the fellowship term. ACLS is now accepting fellowship applications, with applications due by 9 p.m. ET on Monday, March 28. All applicants should direct questions to and apply through ACLS.
Each Leading Edge fellow will receive a $62,500 USD stipend in the first year and $65,000 in the second year, as well as health insurance and professional development funding. The fellows also will participate in a variety of professional development and networking activities designed to help translate the experiences of their 24-month placements into post-fellowship career opportunities.
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Research Coordinator - Decolonizing Democracy
The research coordinator will convene and support international research networks focused on participatory democracy, with an emphasis on researchers in the Global South, as part of our work to decolonize democracy research. Democracy research has mostly focused on the dominant western model of electoral representative government, a model that is widely losing trust and failing to address people’s needs. Most democracy reform aims to reinforce this flawed system, but a growing global community of activists, government officials, and researchers are turning to participatory democracy, to make government more responsive and equitable.
Though many participatory democracy practices emerged in the Global South, much of the recognized research on them has come from the Global North. The research coordinator will help to shift democracy research beyond the dominant western model and to shift attention and resources toward participatory democracy researchers in the Global South, supporting international research boards and partnerships in implementing collaborative projects that advance a shared research agenda for participatory democracy.