Organisation/Company IE University Research Field Political sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 30 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 1 Jan 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - ERC Reference Number 101231111 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
IE University's School of Politics, Economics & Integral Affairs (SPEGA) is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join its team
IE University's School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs (SPEGA) seeks applicants for a four-year postdoctoral position (with option to extend by one year) in the ERC-funded project (DIS)EMPOWER led by Professor Michael Becher. The project analyzes how the ongoing wave of work automation, through AI and robots, shapes the power of workers in the workplace and in democratic politics.
We are looking to hire an outstanding young scholar with a PhD in political science or related fields, a strong background in quantitative methods (including the design and analysis of experiments) and a substantive interest in political economy issues related to the project (such as technological change, labor, democracy at work or political representation).
The project
The ERC Consolidator project (DIS)EMPOWER investigates "Automation and Worker (Dis)Empowerment: Mobilization, Bargaining, and Political Competition in Times of Technological Change." The project analyzes when automation disempowers and when it empowers workers in the workplace, through organizing and collective bargaining, and in democratic politics across advanced knowledge economies. Theoretically, the project employs game theory. Empirically, it combines the quantitative analysis of surveys and administrative data with qualitative work (e.g., interviews). The PI's research has been published in aca
📌 Postdoc in Political Economy (España)
🏢 Ie University
📍 España
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