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RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Fixed term from 25 March 2024 to 25 June 2024
Contract type: Service contract (Werkvertrag)
Salary: negotiable
Hours: not to exceed 160 hours, to be worked according to the availability of the research assistant, and spread out in the weeks of work (about 13/20 hours a week)
Workplace: home-based
The research assistant will work under the supervision of
Dr. Katia Bianchini
Research Fellow
Max Planck for Social Anthropology
Advokatenweg 36
06114 Halle (Saale)
Germany
bianchini@eth.mpg.de
Main task
Support, through conducting interviews, empirical legal research in the field of migration law.
The post holder will support the project on missing migrants in the Central Mediterranean and address the practical issues of searching, identifying and burying missing migrants, in light of the current international and national legislative framework.
Specific duties and responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to
(1) Read background information on missing migrants in the Central Mediterranean sea and related Italian legislation (as provided by Katia Bianchini);
(2) undertake about 15 interviews of experts (NGOs, associations, institutions, lawyers, scholars) and, if accessible, of 10/15 families of missing migrants in person (probably in Milan, Rome, Apulia and Sicily) and/or online; if necessary because some more questions arise, follow up with the interviewees;
(3) transcribing interviews;
(4) Respect confidentiality: all confidential information should be kept in confidence and not released to unauthorised persons.
Applicants should meet the following criteria:
(1) Essential
Degree in law
Experience carrying out interviews for research purposes
Experience to work with vulnerable people and awareness of ethical issues
Familiar with key authors and issues in the field of immigration and refugee law
Ability to carry out interviews with little supervision
Able to organise and prioritise work effectively demonstrating flexibility and reliability to meet required deadlines
Able to work with integrity
Italian language mother tongue and good knowledge of English
Interest in migration and human rights
(2) Desirable
Currently enrolled as Ph.D. student or completed Ph.D.
Publications in the field of human rights, refugee law
Interested applicants should send a CV and interest letter to Dr. Katia Bianchini by 20 March 2024: bianchini@eth.mpg.de
The offer is subject to the waiver of further negotiations. (Art 12 s 4 Regulation on Sub-Threshold Procurement)
Die Angebotseinholung erfolgt unter Vorbehalt des Verzichtes auf weitere Verhandlungen
(§ 12 Abs 4 – Unterschwellenvergabeverordnung)
