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Job: PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions)
Leiden University
The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the Leiden University invites applications for two fully-funded four-year full-time PhD positions, starting in September 2025, to work on the project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa: Repress, Resist & Reorder (COUNTERRR)”, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and led by Dr. Corinna Jentzsch.
COUNTERRR examines domestic responses to jihadist armed groups in Africa, analyzing variation in state repression, community resistance, and the evolution of security across Mali, Nigeria, and Mozambique.
Application deadline: 15 March 2025