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Postdoctoral Associate in Civically Engaged Research and Democracy Rutgers University–Camden in United States
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Postdoc
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Funding
Full-time, one-year postdoctoral appointment beginning in August 2027, renewable based on performance and available funding. Salary is $70,000; the final offer may depend on qualifications, experience, expertise, and available department or grant funds. Eligible employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage; paid vacation, holidays, leave programs; retirement benefits; educational benefits where applicable; life insurance; and
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Rutgers University Camden
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Rutgers Democracy Lab (RDL) at Rutgers University–Camden invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in Civically Engaged Research. The postdoctoral scholar will work closely with Dr. Ashley E. Nickels, Camden Campus Director of RDL and Professor of Political Science, on teaching, collaborative research, and democracy-building in the Philadelphia–Camden–South Jersey region.
The research agenda examines how people come together across differences to deliberate, solve shared problems, and participate in governing their communities. The project centers on local democracy-building, participatory and deliberative democracy, dialogue, civic engagement, and community-engaged research. Community partners will serve as co-creators who help shape research questions, study design, interpretation of findings, and decisions about how results are used.
Approximately three-quarters of the appointment will support RDL teaching and collaborative research, while the remaining time will be protected for the scholar’s own research agenda. The postdoc will help build partnerships with community leaders, shape the emerging research program, and co-author resulting scholarship.
In teaching, the postdoc will co-teach a year-long community-engaged learning course with Dr. Nickels. Modeled on RDL’s Think and Do Tank, the course connects students with community partners to address public problems and provides experience in experiential, dialogue-based, and community-engaged pedagogy. The postdoc will also mentor students and participate in RDL events and programming across Rutgers campuses.
RDL is housed within the Eagleton Institute of Politics and works across Rutgers’ New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden campuses. The postdoc will be based in the Division of Impact and Community Engagement at Rutgers University–Camden, a research-intensive, civically engaged urban campus with established partnerships throughout Camden and the surrounding region.
Funding details
Full-time, one-year postdoctoral appointment beginning in August 2027, renewable based on performance and available funding. Salary is $70,000; the final offer may depend on qualifications, experience, expertise, and available department or grant funds. Eligible employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage; paid vacation, holidays, leave programs; retirement benefits; educational benefits where applicable; life insurance; and
What's required
Applicants must hold a PhD in political science, public administration, urban studies, sociology, peace and conflict studies, education, or a related field by the August 2027 start date; candidates whose degree is not yet conferred by then may be appointed as Research Associates until the degree is awarded. Applicants should be familiar with both qualitative and quantitative methods and demonstrate commitment to civically engaged scholarship, experience building reciprocal relationships with community partners and sharing decision-making throughout the research process, and commitment to teaching and mentoring through community-engaged learning. Application materials include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement of no more than two pages discussing community-engaged research, teaching statement of no more than two pages, writing sample of approximately 30 pages maximum, and contact information for three references.
How to apply
Apply through the Rutgers employment portal using the Apply for this Job link. Submit a cover letter, CV, research statement, teaching statement, writing sample, and contact information for three references.
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