Job description:

As part of the DFG Research Group “Entangled Energies: Actors, Spaces and Practices in Eastern Europe”, in the sub-project in cultural studies “Biographical Footprints of Energy and Political Elites in Russia and Kazakhstan” (PI: Prof. Alexander Libman), a 65% part-time pre-doctoral position is to be filled from 1 July , on a fixed-term contract for four years. Remuneration is in accordance with the TV-L FU pay scale, pay grade 13.

This sub-project focuses on investigating the political role of so-called “energy elites”—that is, elite groups with a biographical background in the energy sector (oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power plants). The research examines both central and regional elites in Russia and Kazakhstan. The project aims to explore both the differences in elite rhetoric (particularly using text-as-data tools) and the implications of biographical background in the energy sector for the outcomes of policy decisions implemented ...