Visiting doctoral and post-doctoral students at Sciences Po

OXPO is a meeting point for social science scholars in Oxford and at Sciences Po, who work on the comparative analysis of the evolution of political systems and societies, in Europe and beyond. It coordinates various comparative research projects that contribute to this goal and offers various opportunities to develop new ones, including for doctoral students and post-docs. OXPO seeks to facilitate scholarly exchanges between the Departments of Politics and International Relations and of Sociology in Oxford and Sciences Po in Paris.

During their stay at Sciences Po as academic visitor, they will have a student card and access to Library facilities and will be, depending on their area of research, be associated to one of the research centres (http://www.sciencespo.fr/en/content/51/doing-research-sciences-po) and with the Ecole doctorale. They will be encouraged to take part in doctoral seminars. At the end of their stay, they will be asked to write a working paper. The working paper will put online on the OXPO website.

Eligibility and procedure for application

PhD students from Oxford’s Departments of Politics and International Relations and of Sociology who would benefit from visiting Sciences Po during the course of their research for a few weeks, several months and up to an academic year are invited to apply for the support of OXPO.

The deadline to apply for the academic year 2012-13 is 25 mars 2012 but applications to be hosted for short stays (a few weeks to a term) can be sent at any time. Please send your application to Nicola Froggatt in DPIR (nicola.froggatt [AT] politics.ox.ac.uk), by 25 March 2012.

Applications must include:

a short CV (2 pages maximum)
a motivation letter explaining the objectives of their stay at Sciences Po and presenting their research project (2 pages maximum)
a letter of reference and support from their PhD supervisor.

For more information about Oxpo, please see here. You can also contact Florence Faucher at Centre d’études européennes de Sciences Po and OXPO coordinator (00 33 1 45 49 76 23 or florence.faucher [AT] sciences-po.fr).