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Jan Rovny

4 months ago

Teaching Assistant Position in Democracy in Europe and Democratic Backsliding at Sciences Po Sciences Po in France

Degree Level

PhD, Postdoc

Field of study

Political Science

Funding

Available

Deadline

Expired

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France

University

Sciences Po

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Keywords

Political Science
International Relations
Democratization
Multilevel Governance
Statistics

About this position

Sciences Po is advertising a Teaching Assistant position for the Autumn 2026–2027 academic year.

The role supports Professor Jan Rovny’s Master’s lecture course, Democracy in Europe – Backsliding and Competition in Multi-Level Systems, part of the Common Academic Curriculum at Sciences Po (Paris campus).

The course covers democratic developments and challenges in Europe from a multi-level perspective, including national and European institutions, the institutional and cultural foundations of democracy, populism, democratic backsliding, and responses to these trends. It also engages with advanced academic literature and quantitative measures of democracy and its institutions.

This opportunity is aimed at a PhD student or post-doc who is comfortable reading and discussing advanced academic literature in English and who is interested in supporting teaching for the course.

Schedule details: Mondays, 10:15 am–12:15 pm, Paris campus, from September 7 to December 9, 2026. Vacation period is Oct 26–Nov 1; mid-terms are Oct 17, 24, and Nov 7, 14; finals are Dec 11–17; grades are due mid-January 2027.

To apply, email Professor Jan Rovny directly with your CV and a short writing sample.

Funding details

Available

What's required

PhD student or post-doc; comfortable with advanced academic literature in English; interested in supporting teaching for a Master’s lecture course on democracy in Europe and democratic backsliding.

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Professor of Political Science

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Research Interests

Political Sociology

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