Research Assistant (12 months, full-time) in the project “Digitalisation and political behaviour in Africa” at Aarhus University

Institut for Statskundskab - Aarhus BSS Research Assistant (12 months, full-time) in the project “Digitalisation and political behaviour in Africa” at Aarhus University Ansøgningsfrist - nov. 23:59 CET Forventet start - feb. - Institut for Statskundskab Bartholins Allé 7 8000 Aarhus C - Tidsbegrænset fuldtidsstilling - feb. 2027 - 31. jan.

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171115 Søg stillingen The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University invites applications for a 1-year Research Assistant position to work with Assistant Professor Alex Yeandle (the PI) on a series of research projects about digitalisation and political behaviour in Africa. This work is supported by a recruitment grant from the Aarhus University Research Foundation.

The start date is preferably 1st February 2027, with flexibility by mutual agreement. The research project The project examines how digitalisation, broadly defined, shapes political dynamics in Africa.

There is particular focus on how citizens and states use digital technologies - such as mobile phones or biometric identification schemes - to access new sources of information and the political consequences that follow from this. There are two bro1 …