Research Fellow - Silk Road Connectivity

Vacancy Information

  • Salary: based on interview results
  • Status: OPEN
  • Account Division:
  • Posting Period: from 14.03.2025, to 14.04.2025
  • Aptitudes and Skills: - Innovative - Ability to think strategically and creatively, able to adopt ideas and to produce practical results. - Good organizational and time-management skills - Good analytical and research skills. - A strong sense of corporate commitment to the mission and objectives of the University. - Flexible and able to work independently and effectively in a fast-paced work environment - Entrepreneurial disposition, innovative mindset and drive for results - ICT and project management skills - A positive mindset encouraging performance and constructively criticizing outputs.
  • Purpose: This Research Fellow (RF) will engage stakeholders in applied high-quality evidence-based research, policy analysis, public outreach and capacity building. The Fellow will help CPRO influence public policy as a leading think tank in the greater Central Asia region to strengthen WIUT as an international research university, and grow its portfolio of research. Individuals with a strong commitment to applied research and outreach in public policy are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

·         Co-design, plan and undertake anticipatory research on cross-border and greater regional issues such as sustainability, regionalism, connectivity, energy, trade, natural resources, etc.

·         Develop complementary products, timely policy briefs and internationally indexed peer-reviewed publications

·         Conduct interdisciplinary futures research and use futures tools supporting WIUT’s proposed UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Governance and Sustainable Policy Making

·         Research should have local, regional, and international relevance; using a diverse range of innovative research approaches and methods

·         Leverage existing links with regional and international research and outreach partners

·         Strengthen and form relationships with different stakeholders

·         Generate external sponsorship for research and outreach activities

·         Collaborate and publish research with lecturers and local and international co-authors

·         Through interdisciplinary research, increase CPRO’s ‘think-tank’ footprint, influencing policy, implementation, and the way policy is made and how people participate

Requirements

• Earned / near completion of internationally recognized doctorate in a relevant discipline such as development economics, public policy, a specific sector, area studies or futures studies on governance

• Relevant professional/research experience on Central Asia / Silk Road countries

• Demonstrated capacity in policy research and analysis

• A record of indexed international peer-reviewed publications in English

• Fluent in English (Russian desired), excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong experience revising, editing, and proofreading for international publication

• Proficiency in quantitative, qualitative, and futures research and analysis methods

• Demonstrated contribution to successful grant writing leading to sponsored research

Conditions

Working time:

40 hours per week, 5/2


Our benefits:

  • Health and Welfare
  • Medical Insurance
  • Financial aid (in case of a serious illness, a surgery, etc.)
  • Maternity leave
  • Sick leave (paid)
  • Paid and unpaid leave (Professional support, technical support staff are entitled to 28, 24 working days annual paid leave, respectively).
  • Sport and leisure facilities
  • Tuition assistance (WIUT offers several schemes of a tuition reduction for eligible employees and their family members)
  • Other bonuses
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