En vistas de la situación sanitaria internacional, la Escuela de Invierno en Métodos de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay ofrecerá todos sus cursos en modalidad virtual, mantienendo la interacción entre estudiantes e instructores en tiempo real.

La edición 2020 de la EIM ofrece 18 cursos que permiten profundizar el entrenamiento metodológico y de análisis de datos.

Las postulaciones son recibidas hasta el viernes 12 de junio. Aquellas realizadas antes del 22 de mayo reciben un descuento del 10%. Los precios pueden consultarse aquí.

Más información en www.ucu.edu.uy/eim.

Contacto: eim@ucu.edu.uy

Research Scientist or Senior Research Scientist

AidData is currently recruiting for a Research Scientist OR Senior Research Scientist, depending on the applicant’s qualifications.

The Research Scientist will provide intellectual leadership for AidData’s Tracking Underreported Financial Flows program and work closely with the Director of Policy Analysis to provide technical and management oversight of the grants and contracts that support this program. The Research Scientist will assume the management, fiscal, and research integrity responsibilities of a Co-Principal Investigator on relevant, externally-sponsored research projects. The individual will also contribute to the conceptual development and preparation of grant and contract proposals in line with the mandate of the Tracking Underreported Financial Flows program and Policy Analysis Unit, represent the program and unit externally in presenting research results to academic and policy audiences, and broker financial and partnership arrangements to advance the program and unit’s research agenda.

The Senior Research Scientist will provide intellectual leadership for AidData’s Tracking Underreported Financial Flows program and provide technical and management oversight of the grants and contracts that support this program. This is a senior leadership position within AidData. The Senior Research Scientist will assume the management, fiscal, and research integrity responsibilities of a lead Principal Investigator on relevant, externally-sponsored research projects. The individual will lead the conceptual development and preparation of grant and contract proposals in line with the mandate of the Tracking Underreported Financial Flows program, and represent the program externally to academic and policy audiences. The individual will also be responsible for brokering financial and partnership arrangements to advance the program’s research agenda, while ensuring the long-term health and sustainability of the program area.

Either position may include oversight of staff conducting data collection and analysis related to the nature, scope, distribution, and effects of Chinese, Russian, and Middle Eastern financing. Either role will be responsible for the successful delivery of analysis, datasets and tools related to sponsored research projects, including:

• Financial oversight (managing budgets for active grants and contracts, developing proposals for new grants);
• External client management (ensuring on-time, high-quality deliverables for external funders);
• Personnel oversight (supervision of staff/research assistants);
• Project/portfolio management (responsible for direct implementation of projects to produce data and derivative products); and quality assurance.

This position is located at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. This is a full-time position, and salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications in the U15 range (see Salary Structure for University Employees).

Required Qualifications

Research Scientist:

• A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as economics, political science, public policy, public affairs, international relations, international development, or development finance, or comparable education and experience;
• Several years of relevant professional experience;
• Demonstrated experience leading the design and implementation of externally sponsored research projects;
• Experience writing compelling grant proposals and securing external funds for policy research projects;
• Track record of submitting high-quality deliverables and progress reports in a timely manner to external research sponsors;
• Track record of leading research collaborations;
• Established subject matter expert in at least one domain relevant to the Tracking Underreported Financial Flows program (e.g., China, Russia, Gulf Cooperation Council, development finance, foreign direct investment, blended finance, South-South cooperation, etc.);
• Track record of designing and implementing innovative research methods;
• Experience leading technical teams and projects and training/mentoring team members;
• Experience working with large, complex datasets using one or more of the following: Stata, R, Python, SAS, SPSS;
• Strong and effective communication skills;
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a demanding and complex work environment; to carry out assignments in a timely manner, and to adapt to changing situations and priorities;
• Experience managing small to mid-size project teams and delivery schedules

Senior Research Scientist:

• A terminal degree in a relevant discipline with several years’ experience as a principal investigator or co-principal investigator;
• Demonstrated academic rigor to lead the design and implementation of externally sponsored research projects as a Principal Investigator;
• Established track record of designing and implementing innovative research methods;
• Experience writing compelling grant proposals and securing external funds for policy research projects;
• Track record of submitting high-quality deliverables and progress to external research sponsors;
• Track record of publishing research in peer-reviewed journals or policy research that meets equivalent standards of scrutiny;
• Experience with personnel management and fiscal responsibilities associated with externally-sponsored research projects;
• Established track record of leading research collaborations (with and without external collaborators) that result in high-quality and high-profile research outputs;
• Established subject matter expert in at least two domains relevant to the program (e.g., China, Russia, Gulf Cooperation Council, development finance, foreign direct investment, blended finance, South-South cooperation, etc.);
• Track record of designing and implementing innovative research methods;
• Extensive professional network and presence in relevant professional communities, including researchers across multiple domains;
• Substantial experience leading large, interdisciplinary teams and technically demanding projects;
• Demonstrated experience working with large, complex datasets using one or more of the following: Stata, R, Python, SAS, SPSS;
• Strong and effective communication and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

Research Scientist:

• A Master’s degree or Doctorate in a relevant discipline;
• Extensive relevant professional experience;
• Experience designing and/or managing large-scale data collection and/or research projects in developing country contexts;
• Knowledge/experience with qualitative data collection and research methods (FGDs, interviews, Nvivo);
• Advanced experience with data science methods (machine learning, web scraping, and text mining);
• Demonstrated ability to implement rigorous analysis using experimental methods or quasi-experimental methods, including regression discontinuity, matching, difference-in-differences, instrumental variables estimation, social network analysis, and spatial analysis;
• Experience preparing statistical code for reproduction of results by a third party;
• Extensive knowledge and experience working with development finance or foreign direct investment data;
• Detailed knowledge of aid classification schemes and experience in collecting, standardizing, and publishing data from multiple actors;
• Experience delivering datasets and actionable research for policy and academic audiences;
• Knowledge of the standards, best practices, and systems related to public service and/or international aid program delivery in developing countries

Senior Research Scientist:

• Doctorate in a relevant discipline such as economics, political science, public policy, public affairs, international relations, international development, or development finance or comparable advanced level experience;
• Track record of obtaining research funding from a variety of funders;
• Experience designing and/or managing large-scale data collection and/or research in developing country contexts;
• Advanced proficiency/experience with data science methods (machine learning, web scraping, and text mining);
• Demonstrated ability to implement rigorous analysis using experimental methods or quasi-experimental methods, including regression discontinuity, matching, difference-in-differences, instrumental variables estimation, social network analysis, and spatial analysis;
• Demonstrated experience preparing statistical code for reproduction of results by a third party;
• Extensive knowledge and experience working with development finance or foreign direct investment data;
• Experience delivering datasets and actionable research for policy and academic audiences;
• Extensive knowledge of traditional and non-traditional donor classification schemes (with a particular emphasis on Non-DAC donors like China, Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries)

Application Instructions

For more details and to apply, please visit the position listing at the William & Mary Employment Opportunities portal. There, click Apply for this Job to apply with your resume/curriculum vitae, cover letter, and a peer-reviewed publication that highlights your ability to design and execute policy-relevant, empirical research with rigorous methods. This position closes at 11:59pm on June 12th, 2020.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement‍

The College of William & Mary values diversity and invites applications from underrepresented groups who will enrich the research, teaching and service missions of the university. The College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and encourages applications from women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

ABOUT AIDDATA

Our Mission

AidData is a research lab at William & Mary‘s Global Research Institute. We equip policymakers and practitioners with better evidence to improve how sustainable development investments are targeted, monitored, and evaluated. We use rigorous methods, cutting-edge tools, and granular data to answer the question: who is doing what, where, for whom, and to what effect?

Our Vision

We want to see a group of leading international development organizations make better-informed decisions at multiple stages of their programming cycles by leveraging cutting-edge methods and tools and rigorous evidence.

Curso: Política & Sociedade na América Latina
Módulo II – Chaves Para Entender os Países da América Latina Hoje
Professora Organizadora: Talita São Thiago Tanscheit
IESP-UERJ e IFCS-UFRJ
Encontros Virtuais: 08, 15, 22 e 29 de Maio de 2020
Sextas-Feiras, 16:00 às 18:30 horas

Apresentação:

O curso é uma continuidade do Módulo I – Política & Sociedade na América Latina, em que os seguintes tópicos foram abordados: Estado de Bem-Estar Social; Neoliberalismo; Autoritarismo e Democracia; e Transformações Recentes na Dinâmica Social e Política da América Latina. Este Módulo II – Chaves Para Entender os Países da América Latina Hoje, tem como objetivo analisar em profundidade os acontecimentos que desencadearam na
conjuntura atual de quatro nações: Argentina, Bolívia, Chile e México. A professora organizadora mediará e fomentará o debate nas aulas, e as professoras convidadas e os professores convidados, especialistas nestes países, realizarão um panorama a fim de fornecer elementos suficientes para uma melhor compreensão de cada um destes contextos, sempre perpassando pelos temas debatidos no Módulo I. Ao fim, o curso
pretende colaborar para uma ainda melhor compreensão da realidade latino-americana, bem como estimular o interesse sobre uma região em que o Brasil exerce um papel fundamental.

• Haverá emissão de certificado;
• As inscrições deverão ser feitas por meio do Formulário do Google e estão sujeitas a aceitação.
• O Link para as aulas será divulgado após a aceitação das inscrições.

Formulário de inscrição: https://bit.ly/inscricaoal2

Ementa (ou abaixo): https://bit.ly/ementapsalii

Aula 1 – A Encruzilhada Argentina no Contexto Latino-Americano
Professor Convidado: Ariel Goldstein
Sugestões de Leitura:
ACUÑA, Carlos H. La Elección de Macri. Paradojas y Escenarios Futuros. Disponível em: https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-287061-2015-11-27.html. Acesso em 27/04/2020.
SIDICARO, Ricardo. El partido peronista y el gobierno kirchnerista. Nueva Sociedad, n.34, Julho-Agosto, 2011.
VOMMARO, Gabriel. La centroderecha y el cambio cultural argentino. Nueva Sociedad, n.270, Julho-Agosto, 2017.

Aula 2 – Um Estado, Muitas Nações: A Bolívia Contemporânea
Professora Convidada: Marília Closs
Sugestões de Leitura:
CLOSS, Marília. Polarização política na Bolívia: o crescimento da oposição ao governo de Evo Morales entre 2016 e 2018. Boletim OPSA, Rio de Janeiro, v.13, n.3, 2018.
CLOSS, Marília. Uma proposta de cronologia para a Bolívia: um golpe em dois tempos. Disponível em: https://www.horizontesaosul.com/single-post/2019/11/15/UMAPROPOSTA-
DE-CRONOLOGIA-PARA-A-BOLDVIA-UM-GOLPE-EM-DOISTEMPOS.
Acesso em 27/04/2020.
CUNHA FILHO, Clayton. Evo Morales e a construção do novo bloco histórico: entre o nacional-popular e o indigenismo. Oikos, Rio de Janeiro, v.10, n.2, 2011.

Aula 3 – Chile: Berço e Túmulo do Neoliberalismo?
Professor Convidado: Alexis Cortés
Sugestões de Leitura:
CORTES, Aléxis. Chile en la encrucijada de un nuevo ciclo. Cadernos de Trabalho de Núcleo de Estudos de Teoria Social da América Latina, v.3, n.7, 2015.
CORTES, Aléxis. El contra-ciclo político chileno: asincronías y contra-tendencias frente a la política latinoamericana. Revista de la Red de Intercátedras de Historia de América Latina Contemporánea, v.5, n.8, 2018.
CORTES, Aléxis. La rebelión social como imaginación sociológica colectiva. Cuadernos de Teoría Social, v.5, n.10, 2019.

Aula 4 – A Narcopolítica e o México Contemporâneo
Professora: Doutora Simone Silva Ribeiro Gomes
Sugestões de Leitura:
GOMES, Simone; BENZAQUEN, Guilherme. A inflexão zapatista: o Congreso Nacional Indígena e a Candidatura Presidencial em 2018. Ciências Sociais Unisinos, v. 52, n. 4, Maio-Agosto, 2018.
GOMES, Simone. Apuntes sobre la militância de los jóvenes en contextos de violencia. Los casos de Río de Janeiro, Brasil, y de Guerrero, México. Em: Hernández, Alberto, Campos-Delgado, Amália (Coords.). Tijuana: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, 2015.
GOMES, Simone; BRANCOLI, Fernando. Entre polícia e movimento: a política comunitária no sudoeste mexicano como um desafio à categoria de monopólio legítimo da força. 41º Encontro Anual da ANPOCS, 2018.

Sobre as professoras e os professores:

Alexis Cortés é professor do departamento de sociologia da Universidade Alberto Hurtado (UAH) onde dirige o Mestrado na mesma disciplina (desde 2016). É Vice-Presidente do Colégio de Sociólogas y Sociológicos de Chile. Tem sido responsável por desenvolver a linha de estudos dedicada à sociologia da América Latina no departamento de Sociologia da UAH. Vem cultivando uma agenda de pesquisa e docência que intersecta o pensamento social latino-americano, a sociologia dos movimentos sociais (especialmente urbanos) e a sociologia das ciências sociais. Já na sua tese de doutorado, defendida em fevereiro de 2014 no IESP-UERJ de Brasil, investigou como as ciências sociais compreenderam o movimento de pobladores em Santiago do Chile e o movimento de favelados no Rio de Janeiro. Foi pesquisador responsável do projeto FONDECYT (2014-
2016) “SUR y la construcción del anti-movimiento de pobladores: ciencias sociales, performatividad y movimientos sociales en Chile 1985-1995”. Tem sido palestrante convidado no grupo TRAMOD da Universidade de Barcelona (2015), no Janey Program in Latin American Studies da New School of Social Research (2016) e no Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales da UNAM-México (2017) e Professor Visitante da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. É autor do livro: (2018) Favelados e pobladores nas ciências
sociais: A construção teórica de um movimento social. Eduerj.

Ariel Goldstein é Doutor em Ciências Sociais pela Faculdade de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Buenos Aires (UBA) e Investigador Assistente do Conselho Nacional de Investigações Científicas e Técnicas (CONICET) no Instituto de Estudos da América Latina e do Caribe. Foi professor de pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Buenos Aires (UBA) e atualmente é docente da cátedra Política Latino-americana do curso
de Ciência Política. Realizou conferências em universidades do Brasil e estadias de pesquisa no Departamento de Ciência Política da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Participa nos projetos UBACYT como investigador formado e no projeto internacional do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) “Imprensa e Circulação de
Ideias: O Papel dos Periódicos nos Séculos XIX e XX”. Suas últimas publicações incluem: Prensa Tradicional y Liderazgos Populares en Brasil (Editorias A Contracorriente e North Carolina State University, 2017); The Press and Classical Populism in Argentina and Brazil (Latin American Perspectives, 2018) e Bolsonaro. La Democracia de Brasil en Peligro (Marea Editorial, 2019).

Marília Closs é doutoranda e mestra em Ciência Política pelo Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (IESP/UERJ) e bacharela em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). É pesquisadora do Observatório Político Sul-Americano (OPSA) e Coordenadora-Executiva do Núcleo de Estudos em Teoria Social e América
Latina (NETSAL). Atualmente é coordenadora de projetos no Centro Brasil no Clima.

Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes é professora do departamento de Sociologia e Ciência Política da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (UFPel). É doutora em Sociologia pelo IESP – Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos da UERJ, onde foi bolsista do CNPq. Realizou período sanduíche (2014 – 2015) na UNAM- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. É mestre em Sociologia pela Université Paris VII – Paris Diderot (2011). Tem experiência na área de Sociologia, com ênfase em Teorias de Gênero, Sociologia Urbana, Violência Política, Sistema Prisional, Narcotráfico e Movimentos Sociais.

Authored by some of the most outstanding academics in the IPSA community, IPSAMOOC is a joint project from IPSA and Federica WebLearning. The Center devoted to innovation, experimentation and dissemination of multimedia distance learning at the University of Naples Federico II.

IPSAMOOCs are an essential tool for a wide number of users: students who are considering or starting a degree in Political Science; professors and lecturers at any level, who can innovatively complement their existing courses; anyone interested in a better understanding of the challenges facing contemporary democracies.

The IPSAMOOCs are now also available on edX, the leading MOOC platform founded by Harvard & MIT. All the courses are open, and are free of charge, with a certification available for learners who successfully complete the content and assignments. A small fee is payable for issue of the certificate.

Five of the IPSAMOOCs form part of an XSeries, a new frontier in alternative online qualifications. It combines a set of related MOOCs to form a comprehensive curriculum, leading to a professional certificate that can be included on CVs and applications. The IPSAMOOC XSeries is the first online highly qualified and certified core curriculum in Political Science from a global provider.

With an innovative interface, IPSAMOOC offers interactive classes with no geographical constraints!

Courses available:

Comparative Political Systems

Understanding Political Concepts

Comparative Research Designs and Methods

Democracy and Autocracy: Theories and Empirical Findings

Contemporary Issues in World Politics

Global Politics

Teoria Politica