Research Fellow (South-East Asia) (109978-1224)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: Ending 31 March 2029

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Lena Rethel (Professor) at L.Rethel@warwick.ac.uk.

Applications are invited for the role of Research Fellow as part of the UKRI Frontier Research Grant (ERC Consolidator Grant conversion) project “FINDEM – The Politics of Financial Citizenship”, led by Professor Lena Rethel, in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick. The project examines how middle-class expectations shape financial policy and politics in emerging market democracies, with a focus on Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Nigeria and/or Ghana).

The successful candidate will be expected to support theoretical innovation around key concepts such as financial citizenship, financial development and the financialisation of social policy provision, contribute to data collection and conduct fieldwork in Indonesia and Malaysia, lead on academic outputs (research articles, edited volume) and work collaboratively with an international team of scholars in the interdisciplinary field of international political economy.

Please note that it is a University of Warwick requirement that you reside in the UK outside fieldwork periods; no exemptions can be made.

About You  

The Research Fellow will undertake research under the PI’s guidance and will receive appropriate training on methods from the PI, Senior Team Members and the host institution. The research fellow will co-author with the PI and other research team members, lead own project publications and play a significant part in disseminating the results of the project at conferences and policy reports. The research fellow should have expertise in conducting fieldwork in Indonesia and/or Malaysia and an academic background in one or more of the following areas comparative politics, international political economy or a related discipline.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure. 

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 30 January 2025 at 11.55 pm

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

Advert information