Call for expressions of interest in PhD scholarship: "The political consequences of financial and trade shocks: historical evidence from individual level panel-data in Catalonia, 1920-1950"
Principal Investigators (PIs): Francesc Amat and Enrique Jorge-Sotelo.
We invite applications for a 4-year full-time pre-doctoral position starting in March 2025 (tentative). Successful applicants would work as part of the project.
 
Summary of the project: The project explores the political consequences of income and wealth shocks, with a focus on the changing democratic attitudes of elites during periods of economic instability. It focuses on the crucial years of 1919-1950, which include some of history's main episodes of financial and real economic distress against the background of a rapidly changing political environment, including the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. The project addresses key research questions for current scholarly debates in Political Science, Economic History and Political Economy, related to the effects of wealth and income shocks on political elites' and individuals' stance towards democracy, incumbent political institutions and their role in democratisation processes, as well as their legacies. The selected doctoral candidate will contribute by extending these research topics.
 
Specific requirements: grant candidates must have a background in quantitative Political Science, Economic History and/or Economics. Working knowledge of statistics and econometrics software such as Stata or R is required, and familiarity with OCR and data digitalization software, as well as ArcGIS is desirable.
 Interested candidates should submit their expression of interest by sending (i) CV, (ii) a letter of interest and (iii) a sample of recent academic work (MSc thesis, working paper, etc.) to Francesc Amat (francesc.amat[at]ub.edu) and Enrique Jorge-Sotelo (enriquejorgesotelo[at]ub.edu) before September 5, 2024.
 
The letter of interest (500 words max) should detail your past experience, interest in the project's areas, and why you would be an outstanding candidate for this pre-doctoral position.